telnet

from The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (8 July 2008)
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}]

   (2004-09-14)
    
from V.E.R.A. -- Virtual Entity of Relevant Acronyms (June 2006)
TELNET
       TELephone NETwork (Unix, Internet, RFC 854)
       
    

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