Console may refer to:
Computing and video games
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System console
One meaning of system console, computer console, root console, operator's console, or simply console is the text entry and display device for system administration messages, particularly those from the BIOS or boot loader, the kernel, from the ...
, a physical device to operate a computer
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Virtual console
A virtual console (VC) – also known as a virtual terminal (VT) – is a conceptual combination of the keyboard and display for a computer user interface. It is a feature of some Unix-like operating systems such as Linux, BSD, illumos, Uni ...
, a user interface for multiple computer consoles on one device
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Command-line interface, a method of interacting with a computer
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Console application
A console application is a computer program designed to be used via a text-only computer interface, such as a text terminal, the command-line interface of some operating systems (Unix, DOS, etc.) or the text-based interface included with most gr ...
s are programs designed to be used via a text-only computer interface
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Terminal emulator
A terminal emulator, or terminal application, is a computer program that emulates a video terminal within some other display architecture. Though typically synonymous with a shell or text terminal, the term ''terminal'' covers all remote term ...
, a program that substitutes for a computer console or computer terminal
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Win32 console
Windows Console is the infrastructure for console applications in Microsoft Windows. An instance of a Windows Console has a screen buffer and an input buffer. It allows console apps to run inside a window or in hardware text mode (so as to oc ...
, the terminal emulator of Microsoft Windows
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Video game console
A video game console is an electronic device that outputs a video signal or image to display a video game that can be played with a game controller. These may be home consoles, which are generally placed in a permanent location connected to ...
, a specific device for playing video games
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Home video game console
A home video game console is a video game console that is designed to be connected to a display device, such as a television, and an external power source as to play video games. Home consoles are generally less powerful and customizable than ...
, a specific home device for playing video games
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Handheld game console
A handheld game console, or simply handheld console, is a small, portable self-contained video game console with a built-in screen, game controls and speakers. Handheld game consoles are smaller than home video game consoles and contain the cons ...
, a specific lightweight and portable device for playing video games
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Console (Mac OS X), a log viewer on OS X
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Console (video game CLI), a command-line user interface element for personal computer games originating in ''Quake''
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Console Inc., an American technology startup company
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Konsole
Konsole is a free and open-source terminal emulator graphical application which is part of KDE Applications and ships with the KDE desktop environment. Konsole was originally written by Lars Doelle. It ls licensed under the GPL-2.0-or-later and ...
, a computer terminal emulator program for the K Desktop Environment
Music
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Console (musician)
Console (also known as Acid Pauli) is an electronic music project founded by Martin Gretschmann, the former lead programmer for the German band The Notwist. The band incorporates elements of electronic music. The band consists of Miriam Osterriede ...
, an electronic music project by Martin Gretschmann
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tape recorder
An audio tape recorder, also known as a tape deck, tape player or tape machine or simply a tape recorder, is a sound recording and reproduction device that records and plays back sounds usually using magnetic tape for storage. In its present ...
, also used for computer tape
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Mixing console
A mixing console or mixing desk is an electronic device for Audio mixing (recorded music), mixing audio signals, used in sound recording and reproduction and sound reinforcement systems. Inputs to the console include microphones, signals fro ...
, a device for controlling and combining audio signals
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Organ console, which includes the keys, stops, and foot pedals for playing music
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Timpani
Timpani (; ) or kettledrums (also informally called timps) are musical instruments in the percussion family. A type of drum categorised as a hemispherical drum, they consist of a membrane called a head stretched over a large bowl traditionally ...
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Other uses
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Console (architecture)
In architecture, a corbel is a structural piece of stone, wood or metal jutting from a wall to carry a superincumbent weight, a type of bracket. A corbel is a solid piece of material in the wall, whereas a console is a piece applied to the s ...
, a support element of a construction such as a balcony
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Console (charity), an Irish suicide bereavement charity which closed due to a mismanagement controversy
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Console (heraldry)
A console in heraldry is a decorative frame or support surrounding a heraldic shield or Escutcheon (heraldry), escutcheon.
The term derives from the compound Latin verb ''consolor'' "to alleviate, lighten", from the verb ''solor'', "to assuage ...
, a frame supporting a heraldic shield
* Console, a verb describing the offering of
consolation
Consolation, consolement, and solace are terms referring to psychological comfort given to someone who has suffered severe, upsetting loss, such as the death of a loved one. It is typically provided by expressing shared regret for that loss an ...
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Center console (automobile)
The center console (American English) or centre console in an automobile refers to the control-bearing surfaces in the center of the front of the vehicle interior. The term is applied to the area beginning in the dashboard and continuing beneath ...
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Console table
A console table is a table whose top surface is supported by corbels or brackets rather than by the usual four legs. It is thus similar to a supported shelf and is not designed to serve as a stand-alone surface. It is frequently used as pier t ...
, a table supported by corbels designed to be placed against a wall
* Entertainment console, a type of home
entertainment center
An entertainment center (or centre), also known as an entertainment complex, is a piece of furniture designed to house consumer electronic appliances and components, such as televisions.
Evolution of home TV and stereo
A stereo console (or "con ...
, with various home electronics housed in a self-contained unit
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Lighting control console
A lighting control console (also called a lightboard, lighting board, or lighting desk) is an electronic device used in theatrical lighting design to control multiple stage lights at once. They are used throughout the entertainment industry and a ...
, a device for controlling theatrical lighting
See also
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Consol (disambiguation) Consol may refer to:
*Consol Energy, an American coal mining company
*Consol Energy Center, the home arena of the Pittsburgh Penguins, named after the above coal mining company
*Consol (bond), a type of perpetual bond issued by the government of th ...
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Consols
Consols (originally short for consolidated annuities, but subsequently taken to mean consolidated stock) were government debt issues in the form of perpetual bonds, redeemable at the option of the government. They were issued by the Bank of Englan ...
Consolidated Stock, variety of British government financial bond
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Glove compartment
A glove compartment or glove box is a compartment built into the dashboard of an automobile, located over the front-seat passenger's footwell, and often used for miscellaneous storage. The name derives from the original purpose of the compart ...
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