city

n 1: a large and densely populated urban area; may include

several independent administrative districts; "Ancient

Troy was a great city" [syn: {metropolis}, {urban center}]

2: an incorporated administrative district established by state

charter; "the city raised the tax rate"

3: people living in a large densely populated municipality;

"the city voted for Republicans in 1994" [syn: {metropolis}]

CTY

/sit'ee/ or /C-T-Y/ [MIT] The terminal physically associated

with a computer's system {console}. The term is a contraction

of "Console {tty}", that is, "Console TeleTYpe". This {ITS}-

and {TOPS-10}-associated term has become less common, as most

Unix hackers simply refer to the CTY as "the console".

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