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Define the word telnet

"telnet" vera "Virtual Entity of Relevant Acronyms (Version 1.9, June 2002)"

TELNET
     TELephone NETwork (Unix, Internet, RFC 854)

"telnet" foldoc "The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (27 SEP 03)"

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]