what is pts

From: yonderstar (liuyingzhi_at_yahoo.com)
Date: 06/28/04 

Date: 28 Jun 2004 09:57:39 -0700

silly question but what is the difference between tty and pts ?
i know tty means terminal
when i use the 'who' command i also see myself login in pts/0
i guess it has something to do with terminal

thanks

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