Talk:Text terminal

Google agrees with my belief that Data Terminal is ten times more common a word for this thing than Text Terminal, despite the likely belief of a few real geezers to the contrary, so I'm going to be bold and move it. --Kaz 05:37, 17 July 2006 (UTC)


 * Google doesn't tell you whether "data terminal" is a more appropriate term for the concept discussed in this article. I doubt it is: there are all kinds of computer terminals and terminal emulators which all let you view and enter data. Not all of them are textual, which is the reason for this article. I was bold and moved the article back. --TuukkaH 09:37, 25 March 2007 (UTC)


 * Should all be merged into "computer terminal" - "text terminal" only is a necessary term after graphic terminals were invented. --Wtshymanski 19:03, 11 August 2007 (UTC)

The term "terminal emulator"
The in-kernel software modules running "system consoles", or "virtual terminals" in Linux and FreeBSD also contain what are called terminal emulators -- namely, the code that turns, for example, VT100 input into VGA output -- so it is somewhat misleading to state that terminal emulators only run in window systems. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 62.183.165.57 (talk) 05:50, 16 January 2007 (UTC).


 * That's why we link to system console, and restrict the terminal emulators that run in windowing systems to programs, which I'd say a part of kernel is not. --TuukkaH 09:37, 25 March 2007 (UTC)