I’ve always just used konsole or gnome terminal. Never really looked into what else is available. Tried cool-retro-term the other day, but the novelty wore off pretty fast for me.
Curious to see if there’s a terminal someone swears by and refuses to use anything else.
“Terminal emulator” does exactly what it says, it emulates a terminal but in your modern computer.
Below is an image of what a terminal looks like (taken from the Wikipedia page I mentioned):
Of course, since nowadays these aren’t used anymore, “terminal” and “terminal emulator” now have the same meaning outside of specific contexts.