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Console vs Savestate - What's the difference?

console | savestate |

As a verb console

is .

As a noun savestate is

a file that contains an emulator or virtualizer's state at the moment it was saved to disk popular in console emulation, the file contains the contents of the memory, registers and other pertinent data that allows the user to resume the application from the moment the file was created.

console

English

Etymology 1

From (etyl)

Noun

(en noun)
  • A cabinet designed to stand on the floor, especially one that houses home entertainment equipment, such as a TV or stereo system.
  • A cabinet that controls, instruments, and displays are mounted upon.
  • The keyboard and screen of a computer or other electronic device.
  • A storage tray or container mounted between the seats of an automobile.
  • (video games) A device dedicated to playing video games, set apart from arcade cabinets by its ability to change games.
  • (architecture) An ornamental member jutting out of a wall to carry a superincumbent weight.
    • Derived terms
    * console table
    See also
    * corbel

    Etymology 2

    From (etyl)

    Verb

    (consol)
  • To comfort (someone) in a time of grief, disappointment, etc.
  • * P. Henry
    • I am much consoled by the reflection that the religion of Christ has been attacked in vain by all the wits and philosophers, and its triumph has been complete.
  • * 1856 : (Gustave Flaubert), (Madame Bovary), Part III Chapter X, translated by Eleanor Marx-Aveling
    • "Do you remember, my friend, that I went to Tostes once when you had just lost your first deceased? I consoled you at that time. I thought of something to say then, but now—" Then, with a loud groan that shook his whole chest, "Ah! this is the end for me, do you see! I saw my wife go, then my son, and now to-day it's my daughter."
    Synonyms
    * comfort, solace
    Derived terms
    * consolable * consolation * consolatory * consoler * consoling * consolingly

    savestate

    English

    (wikipedia savestate)

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A file that contains an emulator or virtualizer's state at the moment it was saved to disk. Popular in console emulation, the file contains the contents of the memory, registers and other pertinent data that allows the user to resume the application from the moment the file was created.