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Re:HTTP/2 and HTTP/3 explained by dragonwriter on Thursday March 14, 2024 @10:17AM (#39704336)
> cmd.exe is a terminal emulator

Isn't Windows Console the (old) terminal emulator, with cmd.exe being just the command-line interpreter.

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Re:HTTP/2 and HTTP/3 explained by jkrejcha on Sunday March 17, 2024 @08:15PM (#39739265)
Yeah, conhost.exe is the old terminal emulator effectively (cmd.exe being a shell).

Before that, csrss.exe handled terminal emulation (which is why console windows weren't themable[1]).

[1]: https://devblogs.microsoft.com/oldnewthing/20071231-00/?p=23...

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