TELNET

/tel'net/ 1. The Internet standard protocol for remote

login. Runs on top of TCP/IP. Defined in STD 8, RFC854 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.

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