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De - Pt| English Dictionary: Telnet | by the DICT Development Group |
| 2 results for Telnet | |
| From Jargon File (4.2.0, 31 JAN 2000) [jargon]: | |
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TELNET /tel'net/ vt. (also commonly lowercased as `telnet') To communicate with another Internet host using the TELNET ({RFC} 854) protocol (usually using a program of the same name). TOPS-10 people used the word IMPCOM, since that was the program name for them. Sometimes abbreviated to TN /T-N/. "I usually TN over to SAIL just to read the AP News." | |
| From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
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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. [{Jargon File}] | |
