telnet
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telnet
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Short for telecommunication network.
noun telnets · Telnet · TELNET
- A network protocol that enables one computer to communicate with another via a local area network or the Internet.
- The program that acts as the client for such communication.
verb telnets · telnetting · telneting · telnetted · telneted
- To use such a program to make such a connection. I've been running tin with nano in Terminal in my Mac since 2003, and before then, by telnetting in to my university's server, which I first started doing as a first year undergrad in September 1993.
Talk about this word "telnet." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/telnet. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026. telnet. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/telnet "telnet." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/telnet.
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@misc{telnet_2026,
title = {telnet},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
year = {2026},
url = {https://micwyn.com/word/telnet},
urldate = {2026-11-06}
}
