#@hardware@# /tit'ee/ ( ITS pronunciation, but some Unixpeople say it this way as well; this pronunciation is not considered to have sexual undertones), /T T Y/ 2. (Especially Unix) Any terminal at all; sometimes used to refer to the particular terminal controlling a given job (it is also the name of a Unix command which outputs the name of the current controlling terminal). connected to it is a terminal; so called because under Unix such devices have names of the form tty*. Ambiguity between senses 2 and 3 is common but seldom bothersome. (1995-11-23)
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