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5. Screen

Screen is a "terminal multiplexer", originated by the GNU project, which multiplexes a single terminal across multiple processes, typically interactive shells, each such terminal generally emulating the functionality of a DEC VT100 terminal. It somewhat resembles the notion of a X window manager, and there are a number of X window managers that behave very much like screen.

What does a terminal multiplexer do?

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