Console
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Console may refer to:
Computing and video games
- System console, a physical device to operate a computer
- Virtual console, a user interface for multiple computer consoles on one device
- Command-line interface, a method of interacting with a computer
- Console applications are programs designed to be used via a text-only computer interface
- Terminal emulator, a program that substitutes for a computer console or computer terminal
- Win32 console, the terminal emulator of Microsoft Windows
- Video game console, a specific device for playing video games
- Home video game console, a specific home device for playing video games
- Handheld game console, a specific lightweight and portable device for playing video games
- Console (Mac OS X), a log viewer on OS X
- Console (video game CLI), a command-line user interface element for personal computer games originating in Quake
- Console Inc., an American technology startup company
- Konsole, a computer terminal emulator program for the K Desktop Environment
Music
- Console (musician), an electronic music project by Martin Gretschmann
- Console tape recorder, also used for computer tape
- Mixing console, a device for controlling and combining audio signals
- Organ console, which includes the keys, stops, and foot pedals for playing music
- Timpani console
Other uses
- Console (architecture), a support element of a construction such as a balcony
- Console (charity), an Irish suicide bereavement charity which closed due to a mismanagement controversy
- Console (heraldry), a frame supporting a heraldic shield
- Console, a verb describing the offering of consolation
- Center console (automobile)
- Console table, a table supported by corbels designed to be placed against a wall
- Entertainment console, a type of home entertainment center, with various home electronics housed in a self-contained unit
- Lighting control console, a device for controlling theatrical lighting
See also
- Consol (disambiguation)
- Consols Consolidated Stock, variety of British government financial bond
- Glove compartment