|ge = generic perhaps?
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|generic tty?
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|m for modem?
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|modem generic teletype
No, just modem get teletype. getty was already an established process
name on Unix. It's the process that sits waiting for a keystroke
indicating a user wanting to login. Back in those days it even did
autobauding on serial lines. Then it exec'ed login which would validate
the user and exec a shell. When the shell exited, init would notice this
and start another getty on that line.
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