A terminal emulator is a software for desktop computers that can perform like a hardware terminal to connect with VT, Mainframe, AS/400 hosts.
A terminal emulator inside a graphical user interface is often called a terminal window. A terminal window allows access to a text terminal and its applications, for example the command line interface.
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A terminal emulator emulates a terminal in a graphical environment. It provides a command line interface from which you can give shell commands, which you cannot do otherwise from a GUI (other than by using Run Command from the Main menu).
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In computer science a terminal emulators is a program. This program allows to use personal computers to access a mainframe computer of make them respond like a terminal.
By invoking a terminal emulator or switching to one of the virtual terminals.
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You have two command-line options is ubuntu: 1) terminal emulator in a fancy window or 2) the old school virtual terminal. 1) the terminal emulator is a normal window on your desktop that you type commands into. To open it in ubuntu 13.04, just type "terminal" into the search bar (hit ubuntu symbol in top left corner to get it) and click on the terminal icon. 2) The old school version has the advantage of not running in the current graphical desktop, useful if the desktop dies or you want to remove distraction. You normal have 7 virtual terminal at startup. They can be accessed using the key combo "ctrl-alt-Fx" where x is a number 1-6. The 7th virtual terminal is running you graphical desktop, this can be re-accessed by type alt-ctrl-F7 from any virtual terminal. For beginners I suggest using 1. For people who want a true terminal experience, use 2.
PuTTY, or putty, is an open sourced terminal emulator that can control SSH connections, as well as transfer files across a network, and act as a serial console.
It is possible, but it would a webcam app (ie: SimpleWebcamApp is one out there, available outside of Google Play however), terminal app/Terminal Emulator, a webcam that that has low-to-moderate power usage, and a USB OTG cable.
There is no standard reader for manpages for a graphical environment. You can either use the man command in a terminal emulator, or a graphical program like Tkman or TkViewMan.