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macOS also call their log viewer "Console" for what I'm sure are obvious reasons to some, but seemingly confuses every beginner developer at least initially, while "console" is what many have come to understand "Text-like entry system to run computer commands".

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Unix has a dedicated console concept which is the system output. This is more likely to be the hardware console (and maybe synonyms). I think there’s a lot of steps to get to a log viewer named console, though.