> Any overview will do, if don't mind.  =)

OK.  Quoting:

Screen: Runs console sessions remotely on your behalf, keeps them open
after you disconnect, with easy reconnection and resuming all running
applications the way you left them. Natural combination with SSH.

The GNU Project's screen utility is one of my mainstays, letting me keep
my most-used applications open and able to be resumed exactly as I left
them, all the time. I normally leave several copies of my preferred
e-mail program, mutt, running, plus the lynx Web browser and slrn for
reading Usenet newsgroups. Screen as a "session multiplexer" will keep
my place in each such session. I reach my machine from wherever I am
using SSH remote login, and then do "screen -r" to reattach all the
running screen sessions to my current terminal.

Screen has a built-in cut-and-paste mechanism reminiscent of the old
Quarterdeck DesqView one. It also has automated session logging,
supports screenshots, configurable window titles, and has a screen-lock
feature. Type "ctrl-a ?" to see a command quick-reference.

Screen's default configuration file is (naturally) /etc/screenrc, which
individual users can override using ~/.screenrc .

For the truly devoted, there's an entire screen-type window manager,
called "ratpoison", http://ratpoison.sourceforge.net/ , with the slogan
"Say goodbye to the rodent".


References:
http://www.gnu.org/directory/screen.html
http://www.gnu.org/software/screen/screen.html 

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