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I'm not quite sure how to say this; you made it eextrmley easy for me!
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A console allows you to issue commands via the keyboard that will be executed by the computer. The theoretical background is very well explained on [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Command_line_interface wikipedia]. When asking for help e.g. in [[irc]] forums, it is very common that you will be asked to open a console. You can do this by pressing ALT_F2 and then typing <tt>xterm</tt> and ''enter''.
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''Pictured: An ''xterm'' console on a computer named ''tweedleburg

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A console allows you to issue commands via the keyboard that will be executed by the computer. The theoretical background is very well explained on wikipedia. When asking for help e.g. in irc forums, it is very common that you will be asked to open a console. You can do this by pressing ALT_F2 and then typing xterm and enter.

Snapshot-xterm.png

Pictured: An xterm console on a computer named tweedleburg