In computing, some operating systems such as UnixWare, Linux and BSD, feature a virtual console (VC, sometimes virtual terminal, VT) — a conceptual combination of the keyboard and the display for a user interface. The concrete combination is the system console of the computer, where the user can switch between the virtual consoles to access multiple unrelated user interfaces. Virtual consoles date back at least to Xenix in the 1980s.

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  • In computing, some operating systems such as UnixWare, Linux and BSD, feature a virtual console (VC, sometimes virtual terminal, VT) — a conceptual combination of the keyboard and the display for a user interface. The concrete combination is the system console of the computer, where the user can switch between the virtual consoles to access multiple unrelated user interfaces. Virtual consoles date back at least to Xenix in the 1980s. Usually in Linux, the first six virtual consoles provide a text terminal with a login prompt to a Unix shell. The graphical X Window System starts in the seventh virtual console. In Linux, the switching is performed with a key combination of Alt plus a function key -- for example Alt+F1 to access the virtual console number 1. Alt+Left arrow changes to the previous virtual console and Alt+Right arrow to the next virtual console. To switch from the X Window System, Ctrl+Alt+function key works. The need for virtual consoles has lessened now that most applications work in the graphical framework of the X Window System, where each program has a window and the text mode programs can be run in terminal-emulator windows. If several sessions of the X Window System are required to run in parallel, such as in the case of fast user switching or when debugging X programs on a separate X server, each X session usually runs in a separate virtual console. GNU Screen is a program that can change between several text-mode programs in one textual login. There are also other graphical frameworks such as FrameBuffer UI, Y Window System, and Fresco. (en)
  • В некоторых операционных системах, таких как GNU/Linux, BSD и Solaris, виртуальная консоль (VC, иногда виртуальный терминал) — это концептуальная комбинация клавиатуры и дисплея для обеспечения интерфейса пользователя. Конкретная комбинация — это системная консоль компьютера, где пользователь может переключаться из одной виртуальной консоли в другую для произведения множества независимых действий. Обычно в GNU/Linux, первые семь виртуальных консолей обеспечивают текстовый терминал с приглашением входа в UNIX-оболочку. Графическая система X Window System запускается с седьмой виртуальной консоли. (ru)
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  • In computing, some operating systems such as UnixWare, Linux and BSD, feature a virtual console (VC, sometimes virtual terminal, VT) — a conceptual combination of the keyboard and the display for a user interface. The concrete combination is the system console of the computer, where the user can switch between the virtual consoles to access multiple unrelated user interfaces. Virtual consoles date back at least to Xenix in the 1980s. (en)
  • В некоторых операционных системах, таких как GNU/Linux, BSD и Solaris, виртуальная консоль (VC, иногда виртуальный терминал) — это концептуальная комбинация клавиатуры и дисплея для обеспечения интерфейса пользователя. (ru)
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  • Virtual console (PC) (en)
  • Виртуальная консоль (ru)
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