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Since the advent and subsequent popularization of the [[personal computer]], few genuine hardware terminals are used to interface with computers today. Using the [[Computer monitor|monitor]] and [[Computer keyboard|keyboard]], modern operating systems like [[Linux]] and the [[Berkeley Software Distribution|BSD]] derivatives feature [[Virtual console (computer user-interface)|virtual consoles]], which are mostly independent from the hardware used.
In a GUI environment, like the [[X Window System]], the display can show multiple programs {{endash}} each in its own window {{endash}} rather than a single stream of text associated with a single program.
== System console ==
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