Console may refer to:

Computing and video games

System console A computer terminal is an electronic or electromechanical computer hardware, hardware device that can be used for entering data into, and transcribing data from, a computer or a computing system. Most early computers only had a front panel to ...

, a physical device to operate a computer **

Virtual console The Virtual Console was a line of downloadable retro video games for Nintendo's Wii and Wii U home video game consoles and the Nintendo 3DS family of handheld systems. The Virtual Console lineup consisted of titles originally released on pa ...

, a user interface for multiple computer consoles on one device **

Command-line interface A command-line interface (CLI) is a means of interacting with software via command (computing), commands each formatted as a line of text. Command-line interfaces emerged in the mid-1960s, on computer terminals, as an interactive and more user ...

, a method of interacting with a computer ***

Console application A console application or command-line program is a computer program (applications or utilities) designed to be used via a text-only user interface. A console application can be used with a computer terminal, a system console, or a terminal emu ...

s are programs designed to be used via a text-only computer interface ***

Terminal emulator A terminal emulator, or terminal application, is a computer program that emulates a video terminal within some other display architecture. Though typically synonymous with a shell or text terminal, the term ''terminal'' covers all remote term ...

, a program that substitutes for a computer console or computer terminal *** Win32 console, the terminal emulator of Microsoft Windows **

Video game console A video game console is an electronic device that Input/output, outputs a video signal or image to display a video game that can typically be played with a game controller. These may be home video game console, home consoles, which are generally ...

, a specific device for playing video games ***

Home video game console A home video game console is a video game console that is designed to be connected to a display device, such as a television, and an external power source as to play video games. While initial consoles were dedicated units with only a few game ...

, a specific home device for playing video games ***

Handheld game console A handheld game console, or simply handheld console, is a small, portable self-contained video game console with a built-in screen, game controls and speakers. Handheld game consoles are smaller than home video game consoles and contain the con ...

, 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 An audio tape recorder, also known as a tape deck, tape player or tape machine or simply a tape recorder, is a sound recording and reproduction device that records and plays back sounds usually using magnetic tape for storage. In its present ...

, also used for computer tape *

Mixing console A mixing console or mixing desk is an electronic device for Audio mixing (recorded music), mixing audio signals, used in sound recording and reproduction and sound reinforcement systems. Inputs to the console include microphones, signals fro ...

, a device for controlling and combining audio signals * Organ console, which includes the keys, stops, and foot pedals for playing music *

Timpani Timpani (; ) or kettledrums (also informally called timps) are musical instruments in the percussion instrument, percussion family. A type of drum categorised as a hemispherical drum, they consist of a Membranophone, membrane called a drumhead, ...

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Console (architecture) In architecture, a corbel is a structural piece of stone, wood or metal keyed into and projecting from a wall to carry a bearing weight, a type of bracket. A corbel is a solid piece of material in the wall, whereas a console is a piece applie ...

, a support element of a construction such as a balcony *

Console (charity) Mental health in the Republic of Ireland is the subject of state and community sector intervention in Ireland. The Irish state devolves responsibility for mental health to the Department of Health. Community groups and charities also provide sup ...

, 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 Consolation, consolement, and solace are terms referring to psychological comfort given to someone who has suffered severe, upsetting loss, such as the death of a loved one. It is typically provided by expressing shared regret for that loss and ...

Center console (automobile) The center console (American English) or centre console in an automobile consists of the control-bearing surfaces in the center of the front of the vehicle interior. The term is applied to the area beginning in the dashboard and continuing bene ...

Console table A console table is a table whose top surface is supported by corbels or brackets rather than by the usual four legs. It is thus similar to a supported shelf and is not designed to serve as a stand-alone surface. It is frequently used as pier ta ...

, 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 lighting control console (also called a lightboard, lighting board, or lighting desk) is an electronic device used in theatrical lighting designer, lighting design to control multiple stage lighting, stage lights at once. They are used throughou ...

, a device for controlling theatrical lighting

Computing and video games

Music

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