glass tty
COMPUTER INPUT/OUTPUT DEVICE; AN ELECTRONIC OR ELECTROMECHANICAL HARDWARE DEVICE THAT IS USED FOR ENTERING DATA INTO, AND DISPLAYING DATA FROM, A COMPUTER OR A COMPUTING SYSTEM UPDATE PROGRAMMING
Block-oriented terminal; Character-cell and block-oriented terminals; Character-oriented terminal; Computer terminals; Dumb terminals; Video terminal; Glass tty; Serial terminal; Text terminal; Text console; Hard TTY; Glass TTY; Intelligent terminal; Character terminal; Data terminal; Glass teletypes; Glass teletype; Video display terminal; Video display terminals; Terminal host; Dumb terminal; Physical terminal; Dumb Terminal; Data terminals; Block mode terminal; Graphics terminal; Graphical terminal; Printing terminal; Hard-copy terminal; Decwriter; Console terminal; Electronic terminal; Character-based terminals; Terminal (computing)
/glas T-T-Y/ or /glas ti'tee/ A terminal that has a display
screen but which, because of hardware or software limitations,
behaves like a teletype or some other printing terminal,
thereby combining the disadvantages of both: like a printing
terminal, it can't do fancy display hacks, and like a display
terminal, it doesn't produce hard copy. An example is the
early "dumb" version of Lear-Siegler ADM 3 (without cursor
control). See
tube,
tty; compare
dumb terminal, {smart
terminal}. See "
TV Typewriters" for an interesting true
story about a glass tty.