Computing 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, the typical use of the computer console
- 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
- 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
- Video game console, a specific device for playing video games
- Handheld game console, a specific lightweight and portable device for playing video games
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Famous quotes containing the words video games, video and/or games:
“I recently learned something quite interesting about video games. Many young people have developed incredible hand, eye, and brain coordination in playing these games. The air force believes these kids will be our outstanding pilots should they fly our jets.”
—Ronald Reagan (b. 1911)
“We attempt to remember our collective American childhood, the way it was, but what we often remember is a combination of real past, pieces reshaped by bitterness and love, and, of course, the video past—the portrayals of family life on such television programs as “Leave it to Beaver” and “Father Knows Best” and all the rest.”
—Richard Louv (20th century)
“At the age of twelve I was finding the world too small: it appeared to me like a dull, trim back garden, in which only trivial games could be played.”
—Elizabeth Bowen (1899–1973)