[ale] tty

[jcphil at mindspring.com (Jim Philips)]

The abbrieviation actually derives from the original "terminal" which
was the teletype.


On Sat, 2001-12-01 at 12:49, John Wells wrote:
> What exactly is tty?  I know the man page says "tty is
> the controlling terminal"...but is/was it actually a
> serial protocol or what?
> 
> Thanks,
> 
> John
> 
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