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console¹ Definition

con·sole (kən sōl′)

transitive verb -·soled′, -·sol′·ing

to make feel less sad or disappointed; comfort

Etymology: Fr consoler < L consolari < com-, with + solari, to comfort, solace

console¹ Related Forms
con·sol′·able adjective con·sol′·ingly adverb
console² Definition

con·sole (kän′sōl′)

noun

  1. an ornamental bracket for supporting a shelf, bust, cornice, etc.
  2. console table
  3. the desklike frame containing the keys, stops, pedals, and other controls of an organ
  4. a radio, television, or phonograph cabinet designed to stand on the floor
  5. ☆ an instrument panel or unit, containing gauges and the controls for operating aircraft, automobiles, computers, and other electrical or electronic systems
  6. a raised portion between bucket seats in an automobile, containing storage compartments, switches and controls, etc.

Etymology: Fr, prob. contr. < consolateur, lit., one who consoles (see console); name for carved figures supporting cornices or as rails in choir stalls (sense development analogous to misericord, sense )

console Synonyms

console

v.

solace, comfort, soothe, reassure; see comfort, sympathize. See syn. study at comfort.

Console Hacker Definition
A program interface for managing networks or software, or a terminal consisting of a computer monitor and a computer keyboard.

See Also: Computer; Network.

console Telecom Definition
  1. A control unit or terminal, including a display and keyboard, that an operator or administrator uses to communicate with and control a computer system such as a central office (CO), PBX, or general-purpose computer.
  2. The keyboard and display components of a personal computer (PC), or microcomputer.
console Usage Examples

Object

  • gamers: The next step for Multiplay is Lan parties for console gamers - a much larger potential audience than PC owners.
  • gaming: In console gaming, especially in the earlier days, you could not save the game.
  • game: There are many aspects to the gaming industry from console games to mobile phone games to Internet online games.
  • command: You should therefore use the UI options instead of console commands to set options wherever possible.
  • version: The console version of the popular virtual life game is coming to the GameCube.
  • accessory: Consoles And Gadgets - GC Nintendo GameCube Gamecube games console accessories.

Converse of object

  • detach: Also when I played it it felt a lot more " spongy " owing to the detached console.
  • mix: Yamaha defined the first generation of affordable, professional digital mixing consoles.

Adjective modifier

  • videogame: It can be used with DVD players, smart phones, multimedia players or videogame consoles.
  • virtual: Linux provides up to 64 virtual consoles, although the Rescue floppy only uses a few of them.
  • remote: From a remote console, an authorized user has the ability to perform centralized management, configuration and administrative functions across multiple zones.
  • manual: A new 4 manual console has been built by Wood of Huddersfield, in the style of the original 3 manual console.
  • portable: How can a portable console be capable of such speed, such detail, such dynamism and obvious raw power in its graphic chip?

Adjective complement

  • systemsheadquartered: Around the world from three different perspectives rich for your and console systemsheadquartered.

Noun used with modifier

  • next-gen: So we were led to believe that Sony's next-gen console would ship with a 60GB hard drive as standard.

Used with why or when

  • that: Im going to feel like an idiot if I buy a console that barely compares to the PS3, and the XBOX 360.

Infinitive complement

  • re-allocate: Amazon UK realizing their mistake stopped all shipments of Xbox 360 consoles to re-allocate them.

Modifies a noun

  • counterpart: Thankfully, the controls on the PSP are quite good compared to the console counterparts.
  • gaming: That said, online console gaming is still relatively embryonic.
  • port: Each product within the IP Express family is manageable by telnet, local console port, or SNMP.
console Quotes

Lord, make me an instrument of Your peace. Where there is hatred, let me sow love; Where there is injury, pardon; Where there is doubt, faith; Where there is despair, hope; Where there is darkness, light; Where there is sadness, joy. O divine Master, grant that I may not so much seek To be consoled as to console; To be understood as to understand; To be loved as to love. For it is in giving that we receive; It is in pardoning that we are pardoned; And it is in dying that we are born to eternal life.

—Franklin, Benjamin

Most of our pocket wisdom is conceived for the use of mediocre people, to discourage them from ambitious attempts, and generally console them in their mediocrity.

—Stevenson, Robert Louis

Knowledge of physical science will not console me for ignorance of morality in time of affliction, but knowledge of morality will always console me for ignorance of physical science.

—Pascal, Blaise