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What is the exact difference between a 'terminal', a 'shell', a 'tty' and a 'console'?
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What is the exact difference between a 'terminal', a 'shell', a 'tty' and a 'console'?

I think these terms almost refer to the same thing, when used loosely: terminal shell tty console What exactly does each of these terms refer to?

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