shell, linux console, terminal, what's the difference?

[Mario Vukelic]

On Tue, 2007-12-18 at 19:21 -0600, James Macele Jones wrote:

> Have I been mistaken, is there some difference between them?

Have fun :)

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shell_%28computing%29

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Computer_terminal
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pseudo_terminal
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Terminal_emulator

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/System_console
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Virtual_console_%28PC%29