This will launch a terminal containing a unix shell. To access the terminal program on a Mac go to This includes anyone using Mac os X or any flavor of Linux. Today, users who are working on a laptop or desktop with an operating system that is based on Unix will have a useful terminal built into their operating system.
The terminal has been the primary means of interfacing with a cluster computing machine since the 1960s. Taken from UNIVAC promotional materials circa 1960
