In some operating systems, including Unix-like systems, a pseudoterminal, pseudotty, or PTY is a pair of pseudo-device endpoints (files) which establish an asynchronous, bidirectional communication (IPC) channel (with two ports) between two or more processes. One pseudo-device in the pair, the master, provides means by which a terminal emulator or remote login server (e.g.
In some operating systems, including Unix-like systems, a pseudoterminal, pseudotty, or PTY is a pair of pseudo-device endpoints (files) which establish an asynchronous, bidirectional communication (IPC) channel (with two ports) between two or more processes. One pseudo-device in the pair, the master, provides means by which a terminal emulator or remote login server (e.g.
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