ten-finger interface

from Jargon File (4.4.4, 14 Aug 2003)

ten-finger interface
 n.

   The interface between two networks that cannot be directly connected
   for security reasons; refers to the practice of placing two terminals
   side by side and having an operator read from one and type into the
   other.

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

ten-finger interface

   The interface between two networks that cannot be directly
   connected for security reasons; refers to the practice of
   placing two terminals side by side and having an operator read
   from one and type into the other.

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