Say
A human may "say" things to a computer by typing them on a terminal.
"To list a directory verbosely, say "ls -l"." Tends to imply a newline-terminated command (a "sentence").
A computer may "say" things to you, even if it doesn't have a speech synthesiser, by displaying them on a terminal in response to your commands.
This usage often confuses mundanes.
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