TTY

TTY (from the English teletypewriter ) is an abbreviation for:

• Telex, see teleprinter
• a data terminal, see terminal (computer)
• TTY interface , an interface that used to be common between two data processing devices
• Writing phone , a device for transmitting text

tty stands for:

• Terminal emulation , the command line command in Unix-like operating systems ( tty ) for terminal programs

This is a disambiguation page for differentiating between several terms identified with the same word.