Console's can be hardware (physical switches et al) as well as web based (AWS Console). "console" is also often used interchangeably with different layers of th

Console's can be hardware (physical switches et al) as well as web based (AWS Console). "console" is also often used interchangeably with different layers of the stack such as the device you directly interface with (terminal emulator, physical console, etc), the transmission medium (eg RS232, sshd, etc), nor any of the console software stack (pseudo-TTYs et al). Console is a generic term for the management concept whereas "terminal emulator" is a specific term for a software application used to launch a command line.