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Origin of the word console in computing

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Nowadays within the programming community, console mostly refers to a text-based environment, either software (shells, terminals, cli) only or hardware included. But why is it so called?

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In computing terms, “console” originally referred to the main human-oriented I/O device, which quickly ended up being a separate piece of furniture based on a desk, with a keyboard and some form of output device (lights, printer, or screen). This is reminiscent of an organ console, and that might explain the use of the term.

On early multi-user computers, the console often had a special role: it was typically the only active terminal during early boot, and on some systems, logging in on the console granted more privileges than any other terminal. On most early systems the console was a text-only terminal, and that limitation has been associated with the term ever since. On PCs running Unix-like systems, the console generally used the built-in text-mode support, which probably helped preserve that association; but even on graphical workstations, emergency logins were typically text-only (albeit on a graphical framebuffer).

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It looks like "console" started out as an architectural term in french around 1500. It denotes a kind of ornamented pillar or some kind of furniture to but vases on. Harps also have it.

It really is connected to the verb "to consolate".

The term "console cable" appears 1810, they say, similar to "teletypewriter". See wikipedia etc.!

Cars also have it: "center console": a nicely made set of knobs and lights arranged for the driver (passengers have only a button for their own window - just a "terminal", one of many endpoints).

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There’s a similar question on Retrocomputing.

In computing terms, “console” originally referred to the main human-oriented I/O device, which quickly ended up being a separate piece of furniture based on a desk, with a keyboard and some form of output device (lights, printer, or screen). This is reminiscent of an organ console, and that might explain the use of the term.

On early multi-user computers, the console often had a special role: it was typically the only active terminal during early boot, and on some systems, logging in on the console granted more privileges than any other terminal. On most early systems the console was a text-only terminal, and that limitation has been associated with the term ever since. On PCs running Unix-like systems, the console generally used the built-in text-mode support, which probably helped preserve that association; but even on graphical workstations, emergency logins were typically text-only (albeit on a graphical framebuffer).

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There’s a similar question on Retrocomputing.

In computing terms, “console” originally referred to the main human-oriented I/O device, which quickly ended up being a separate piece of furniture based on a desk, with a keyboard and some form of output device (lights, printer, or screen). This is reminiscent of an organ console, and that might explain the use of the term.

On early multi-user computers, the console often had a special role: it was typically the only active terminal during early boot, and on some systems, logging in on the console granted more privileges than any other terminal. On most early systems the console was a text-only terminal, and that limitation has been associated with the term ever since. On PCs running Unix-like systems, the console generally used the built-in text-mode support, which probably helped preserve that association; but even on graphical workstations, emergency logins were typically text-only (albeit on a graphical framebuffer).

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There’s a similar question on Retrocomputing.

In computing terms, “console” originally referred to the main human-oriented I/O device, which quickly ended up being a separate piece of furniture based on a desk, with a keyboard and some form of output device (lights, printer, or screen). This is reminiscent of an organ console, and that might explain the use of the term.

On early multi-user computers, the console often had a special role: it was typically the only active terminal during early boot, and on some systems, logging in on the console granted more privileges than any other terminal. On most early systems the console was a text-only terminal, and that limitation has been associated with the term ever since. On PCs running Unix-like systems, the console generally used the built-in text-mode support, which probably helped preserve that association; but even on graphical workstations, emergency logins were typically text-only (albeit on a graphical framebuffer).

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It looks like "console" started out as an architectural term in french around 1500. It denotes a kind of ornamented pillar or some kind of furniture to but vases on. Harps also have it.

It really is connected to the verb "to consolate".

The term "console cable" appears 1810, they say, similar to "teletypewriter". See wikipedia etc.!

Cars also have it: "center console": a nicely made set of knobs and lights arranged for the driver (passengers have only a button for their own window - just a "terminal", one of many endpoints).

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It looks like "console" started out as an architectural term in french around 1500. It denotes a kind of ornamented pillar or some kind of furniture to but vases on. Harps also have it.

It really is connected to the verb "to consolate".

The term "console cable" appears 1810, they say, similar to "teletypewriter". See wikipedia etc.!

Cars also have it: "center console": a nicely made set of knobs and lights arranged for the driver (passengers have only a button for their own window - just a "terminal", one of many endpoints).

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It looks like "console" started out as an architectural term in french around 1500. It denotes a kind of ornamented pillar or some kind of furniture to but vases on. Harps also have it.

It really is connected to the verb "to consolate".

The term "console cable" appears 1810, they say, similar to "teletypewriter". See wikipedia etc.!

Cars also have it: "center console": a nicely made set of knobs and lights arranged for the driver (passengers have only a button for their own window - just a "terminal", one of many endpoints).

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