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Telnet Terminal Emulation
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tel·net   (těl'nět')   
n.  

  1. often Telnet An Internet communications protocol that enables a computer to function as a terminal working from a remote computer.

  2. A program that implements this protocol.

intr.v.   tel·net·ted or tel·net·ed, tel·net·ting or tel·net·ing, tel·nets
To access an account over the Internet using the Telnet protocol: telnetted from her work computer to her university account.
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Telnet Terminal Emulation
VTxxx, TN 3270, TN 5250, Emulator Free trial download now available
www.sdisw.com
Computing Dictionary

TELNET
/tel'net/ 1. The Internet standard protocol for remote login. Runs on top of TCP/IP. Defined in STD 8, RFC 854 and extended with options by many other RFCs. Unix BSD networking software includes a program, telnet, which uses the protocol and acts as a terminal emulator for the remote login session. Sometimes abbreviated to TN. TOPS-10 had a similar program called IMPCOM.
2. The US nationwide network into which one dials to access CompuServe. It was created by John Goltz, one of the founders and system guru of CompuServe. He later worked for Tymshare, one of CompuServe's big competitors.
[The Jargon File]
(2004-09-14)

The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing, © 1993-2007 Denis Howe
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