Console \Con"sole\, n. [F.]
   1. (Arch.)
      (a) A bracket whose projection is not more than half its
          height.
      (b) Any small bracket; also, a console table.
          [1913 Webster]

   2. (Computers) The keyboard and monitor of a computer
      considered together.
      [GG]

   3. (Engineering) The controlling portion of an electrical,
      electronic, or mechanical device or system, from which the
      operator may observe the state of the system as indicated
      by gauges or on some form of display[n3], and may direct
      or control the action of the system.
      [GG +PJC]

   4. the desklike controlling unit of an organ containing the
      keyboard, pedals, stops, etc. by means of which the organ
      is played.
      [PJC]

   5. a home entertainment device such as a television, radio,
      phonograph, CD player, or combination of these, designed
      as a piece of furniture, to stand on the floor rather than
      on a table or in a separate cabinet; -- also used
      attributively in the phrase console model.
      [PJC]

   Console table, a table whose top is supported by two or
      more consoles instead of legs.
      [1913 Webster]