https://www.chiark.greenend.org.uk/~sgtatham/putty/faq.html#faq-meaning https://www.chiark.greenend.org.uk/~sgtatham/putty/faq.html#... > What does ‘PuTTY’ mea

https://www.chiark.greenend.org.uk/~sgtatham/putty/faq.html#faq-meaning https://www.chiark.greenend.org.uk/~sgtatham/putty/faq.html#... > What does ‘PuTTY’ mean? > It's the name of a popular SSH and Telnet client. Any other meaning is in the eye of the beholder. It's been rumoured that ‘PuTTY’ is the antonym of ‘getty’, or that it's the stuff that makes your Windows useful, or that it's a kind of plutonium Teletype. We couldn't possibly comment on such allegations.