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HOST EMULATION [2 records]

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Record 1 2011-10-27

English

Subject field(s)
  • Information Processing (Informatics)
  • Internet and Telematics
DEF

TCP/IP terminal emulation protocol; [that] allows users of a host computer to connect to hardware and software resources of another host computer.

OBS

Software supporting TELNET usually comes as a utility in a TCP/IP package, and all TELNET programs provide DEC VT-100 terminal emulation. Many companies either provide or allow other add-in emulators.

CONT

Telnet: useful for interactive sessions (games, searching, BBS, etc). (The Internet Handbook, section 7, p. 55).

French

Domaine(s)
  • Traitement de l'information (Informatique)
  • Internet et télématique
DEF

Protocole d'émulation de terminal TCP/IP qui permet aux utilisateurs d'un ordinateur hôte de se connecter aux ressources matérielles et logicielles d'un autre ordinateur.

CONT

Le logiciel qui supporte Telnet se présente comme un utilitaire de la suite TCP/IP. Tous les programmes Telnet comportent un émulateur du terminal VT 100 de Digital.

Key term(s)
  • protocole Telnet

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Tratamiento de la información (Informática)
  • Internet y telemática
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Record 2 1997-06-16

English

Subject field(s)
  • Computers and Calculators
  • Simulation (Cybernetic Systems)
  • Data Transmission
OBS

host computer: a computer that is connected to a stored-program multiplexer and which is the base or independent computer upon which the multiplexer is dependent for certain vital functions ....

French

Domaine(s)
  • Ordinateurs et calculateurs
  • Simulation (Systèmes cybernétiques)
  • Transmission de données
DEF

Imitation, par un matériel ou par un logiciel, du fonctionnement d'un ordinateur central.

Spanish

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