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TELNET - technical definition
A TCP/IP protocol functioning at the Application Layer,TELNET provides terminal emulation service over a Transmission Control Protocol (TCP) connection, enabling the user to assume control over the applications that reside on a remote system.Virtual network terminal services permit the data terminal equipment (DTE) to emulate other terminal devices, transparently. TELNET is defined in IETF RFC 854 (May 1983). See also Application Layer, DTE, IETF, TCP, TCP/IP, terminal emulation, and virtual.
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