Chapter 1. Introduction

 

console n. [From latin consolatio(n) “comfort, spiritual solace.”] A device for displaying or printing condolances or obituaries for the operator.

Stan Kelly-Bootle, The Computer Contradictionary.

Table of Contents
1.1. What is a console?
1.2. Why use a serial console?
1.3. Alternative meanings of ‘console’
1.4. Configuration overview