Telnet

Telnet definition - hacker
A terminal emulation program, or a program based on that protocol, allowing individuals to remotely log on to other computers on the Internet. For many users, this program is not used because it requires familiarity with the UNIX operating system ­software.

See Also: Internet; Operating System Software; SSH; UNIX.

Internet Highway, LLC. Internet Highway, LLC. Internet Terminology: Telnet. [Online, 1999.] Internet Highway, LLC. Website. http://www.ihwy.com/support/ netterms.html.

Webster's New World Hacker Dictionary Copyright © 2006 by Bernadette Schell and Clemens Martin.
Published by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Indianapolis, Indiana.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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