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This isn't solely a mainframe thing. The pty/tty designation for terminals on Linux is a reference to when the computer had no display, but output to a typewrit
by ndespres 7y ago
This isn't solely a mainframe thing. The pty/tty designation for terminals on Linux is a reference to when the computer had no display, but output to a typewriter (to give one such example).
- majewsky 7y agoAlso, tar is short for "tape archive".
- whatshisface 7y agoTape archives were actually cost-effective right up until a few years ago.