I am a student and new to ubuntu. I read about tty command in the questions people posted earlier but couldn't understand the answers. Could anybody explain it in a more easy way? :)
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1Which questions did you read and what didn't you understand? – muru Aug 13 '15 at 15:37
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This link might help:
https://stackoverflow.com/questions/4426280/what-do-pty-and-tty-mean
Some very good explanations there.
tty stands for teletype - the original terminals used a line printer for output (as opposed to a screen or terminal as you find today) and a keyboard for input. A pty is a pseudo-terminal.
Both terms have survived the annals of time.
