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'''Telnet''' is a common name for a '''remote login''' [[protocol]] in a [[communication network]]. It allows someone at a [[terminal]] on one system (usually a [[time-sharing]] system) to log into another system (again, usually a time-sharing system) as if they were using a terminal attached directly to the remote system.
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'''Telnet''' (originally spelt '''TELNET''') is a common name for a '''remote login''' [[protocol]] in a [[communication network]]. It allows a [[user]] at a [[terminal]] on one system (usually a [[time-sharing]] system) to log into another system (again, usually a time-sharing system) as if they were using a terminal attached directly to the remote system.
  
 
It requires two pieces of software: an [[application]] (the [[client]]) which runs on the system where the [[user]] is, and a [[server]] (along with the necessary support from the [[operating system]]) on the remote computer.
 
It requires two pieces of software: an [[application]] (the [[client]]) which runs on the system where the [[user]] is, and a [[server]] (along with the necessary support from the [[operating system]]) on the remote computer.
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Latest revision as of 23:20, 9 June 2023

Telnet (originally spelt TELNET) is a common name for a remote login protocol in a communication network. It allows a user at a terminal on one system (usually a time-sharing system) to log into another system (again, usually a time-sharing system) as if they were using a terminal attached directly to the remote system.

It requires two pieces of software: an application (the client) which runs on the system where the user is, and a server (along with the necessary support from the operating system) on the remote computer.

It is almost always part of a protocol suite which includes other protocols which it uses to do its own job, e.g. a reliable byte stream protocol.