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telnet

 

  3  definitions  found 
 
  From  Jargon  File  (4.2.3,  23  NOV  2000)  [jargon]: 
 
  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  (13  Mar  01)  [foldoc]: 
 
  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}] 
 
 
 
  From  V.E.R.A.  --  Virtual  Entity  of  Relevant  Acronyms  13  March  2001  [vera]: 
 
  TELNET 
  TELephone  NETwork  (Unix,  Internet,  RFC  854)