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Terminal emulation program that connects user to a remote host or server using the Internet, although the user is able to act as if directly connected to the server.
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(tel´net) (n.) A terminal emulation program for TCP/IP networks such as the Internet. The Telnet program runs on your computer and connects your PC to a server on the network. You can then enter commands through the Telnet program and they will be executed as if you were entering them directly on the server console. This enables you to control the server and communicate with other servers on the network. To start a Telnet session, you must log in to a server by entering a valid username and password. Telnet is a common way to remotely control Web servers.
Terminal emulation in which a user is connected to a remote host using an Internet account as if the user were directly connected to the host. For example, typing telnet hostname connects a user to a host named "hostname." After a prompt for a username and password, the session continues as if the user was at a terminal connected to the host, though the user is actually connected to another site, using the Internet to connect to the host. See terminal emulation.
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