Telnet

Definition	:	TELecommunication NETwork
Category	:	Computing » Protocols
Country/Region	:	Worldwide
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Type	:	Portmanteau

What does Telnet mean?

Telnet is a network protocol used on the Internet or Local Area Network (LAN) connections. Telnet is one of the earliest remote login protocols that enables remote terminal access to a host computer. A Telnet program allows a user on one system to log in to a remote system and issue commands in a command window of the remote system.

Note:
The term Telnet may have derived from “TELecommunication NETwork”, “TELecommunications NETwork”, “TERminal NETwork” or “TELetype NETwork”