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Console may refer to:

Computers and video games

• System console, a physical device to operate a computer
  • Virtual console, a user interface for multiple computer consoles on one device
  • Command-line interface, a method of interacting with a computer
    • Console applications are programs designed to be used via a text-only computer interface
    • Terminal emulator, a program that substitutes for a computer console or computer terminal
    • Win32 console, the terminal emulator of Microsoft Windows
  • Video game console, a specific device for playing video games
    • Home video game console, a specific home device for playing video games
    • Handheld game console, a specific lightweight and portable device for playing video games
  • Console (Mac OS X), a log viewer on OS X
  • Console (video game CLI), a command-line user interface element for personal computer games originating in Quake
• Console Inc., an American technology startup company
• Konsole, a computer terminal emulator program for the K Desktop Environment

Music

• Console (musician), an electronic music project by Martin Gretschmann
• Console tape recorder, also used for computer tape
• Mixing console, a device for controlling and combining audio signals
• Organ console, which includes the keys, stops, and foot pedals for playing music
• Timpani console

Other uses

• Console (architecture), a support element of a construction such as a balcony
• Console (charity), an Irish suicide bereavement charity which closed due to a mismanagement controversy
• Console (heraldry), a frame supporting a heraldic shield
• Console, a verb describing the offering of consolation
• Center console (automobile)
• Console percussion musket, pattern Jaegerstutzen M1835 rifle from the Habsburgs empire
• Console table, a table supported by corbels designed to be placed against a wall
• Entertainment console, a type of home entertainment center, with various home electronics housed in a self-contained unit
• Lighting control console, a device for controlling theatrical lighting

See also

• Glove compartment
• All pages with titles beginning with Console
• All pages with titles containing Console
• Consol (disambiguation)
• Consols Consolidated Stock, variety of British government financial bond
• Consul (disambiguation)
• Council (disambiguation)
• Counsel (disambiguation)