[1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

console \con"sole\, n. f.
   1. arch.
      a a bracket whose projection is not more than half its
          height.
      b any small bracket; also, a console table.
          1913 webster

   2. computers the keyboard and monitor of a computer
      considered together.
      gg

   3. engineering the controlling portion of an electrical,
      electronic, or mechanical device or system, from which the
      operator may observe the state of the system as indicated
      by gauges or on some form of displayn3, and may direct
      or control the action of the system.
      gg +pjc

   4. the desklike controlling unit of an organ containing the
      keyboard, pedals, stops, etc. by means of which the organ
      is played.
      pjc

   5. a home entertainment device such as a television, radio,
      phonograph, cd player, or combination of these, designed
      as a piece of furniture, to stand on the floor rather than
      on a table or in a separate cabinet; -- also used
      attributively in the phrase console model.
      pjc

   console table, a table whose top is supported by two or
      more consoles instead of legs.
      1913 webster
see also:
displayn3 console model console table 

[2] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

console \console"\, v. t. imp.  p. p. consoled; p. pr. 
   vb. n. consoling. l. consolari,. p. p. consolatus; con- +
   solari to console, comfort: cf. f. consoler. see solace.
   to cheer in distress or depression; to alleviate the grief
   and raise the spirits of; to relieve; to comfort; to soothe.
   1913 webster

         and empty heads console with empty sound. --pope.
   1913 webster

         i am much consoled by the reflection that the religion
         of christ has been attacked in vain by all the wits and
         philosophers, and its triumph has been complete. --p.
                                                  henry.

   syn: to comfort; solace; soothe; cheer; sustain; encourage;
        support. see comfort.
        1913 webster
see also:
consoled consoling solace comfort 

[3] : WordNet (r) 2.0

console
     n 1: a small table fixed to a wall or designed to stand against a
          wall syn: console table
     2: a scientific instrument consisting of displays and an input
        device that an operator can use to monitor and control a
        system especially a computer system
     3: an ornamental scroll-shaped bracket especially one used to
        support a wall fixture; "the bust of napoleon stood on a
        console"
     4: housing for electronic instruments, as radio or television
        syn: cabinet
     v : give moral or emotional strength to syn: comfort, soothe,
          solace
see also:
console table cabinet comfort soothe solace 

[4] : Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0

67 moby thesaurus words for "console":
   animate, assuage, assure, bear up, buck up, cabinet, calm, chassis,
   cheer, cheer up, choir, claviature, comfort, commiserate,
   condole with, control desk, control panel, ease, echo,
   eighty-eight, encourage, express sympathy for, feel with,
   fingerboard, give comfort, graphic panel, great, grieve for,
   grieve with, hearten, housing, inspirit, ivories, jack field,
   keyboard, keys, manual, master control desk, mixer, organ manual,
   panelboard, pedals, piano keys, put at ease, radio, radio receiver,
   radio set, radio telescope, reassure, receiver, receiving set,
   relieve, set, set at ease, solace, solo, soothe, sorrow with,
   speak soothing words, swell, sympathize with, tranquilize, upraise,
   weep for, weep with, wireless, wireless set

[5] : Jargon File (4.3.1, 29 Jun 2001)

console n. 1. the operator's station of a mainframe. in times past,
   this was a privileged location that conveyed godlike powers to anyone
   with fingers on its keys. under unix and other modern timesharing oses,
   such privileges are guarded by passwords instead, and the console is
   just the tty the system was booted from. some of the mystique remains,
   however, and it is traditional for sysadmins to post urgent messages to
   all users from the console on unix, /dev/console. 2. on microcomputer
   unix boxes, the main screen and keyboard as opposed to character-only
   terminals talking to a serial port. typically only the console can do
   real graphics or run x.


see also:
mainframe tty x 

[6] : The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (27 SEP 03)

console
     
        1. the operator's station of a mainframe.  in times past,
        this was a privileged location that conveyed godlike powers to
        anyone with fingers on its keys.  under unix and other
        modern time-sharing operating systems, such privileges are
        guarded by passwords instead, and the console is just the
        tty the system was booted from.  some of the mystique
        remains, however, and it is traditional for sysadmins to
        post urgent messages to all users from the console on unix,
        /dev/console.
     
        2. on microcomputer unix boxes, the main screen and
        keyboard as opposed to character-only terminals talking to a
        serial port.  typically only the console can do real
        graphics or run x.  see also cty.
     
        jargon file
     
     
see also:
mainframe unix time-sharing operating system tty sysadmin 
microcomputer serial port x cty jargon file 

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