/tel'net/ 1. The Internet standard protocol for remote login. Runs on top of TCP/IP . Defined in STD 8, RFC 854 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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