An open-source terminal emulator that supports the major protocols such as SSH and Telnet. Written initially for Windows in 1999 by British programmer Simon Tatham, PuTTY is also available for the Mac and Linux. The origin of the name was not declared, although some think it means "Put TTY," because TTY is an abbreviation for teletypewriter. See
terminal emulator and
TDD/TTY.
PPK and PuTTYgen Encryption
PPK (PuTTY Private Key) is a file format created by the PuTTYgen key generation utility.
PuTTY Home Screen
PuTTY has a huge number of configuration options. When a plus sign in the menu (red arrows) is clicked, more options are displayed.