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What (who) is video terminal - definition

COMPUTER INPUT/OUTPUT DEVICE; AN ELECTRONIC OR ELECTROMECHANICAL HARDWARE DEVICE THAT IS USED FOR ENTERING DATA INTO, AND DISPLAYING DATA FROM, A COMPUTER OR A COMPUTING SYSTEM UPDATE PROGRAMMING
Block-oriented terminal; Character-cell and block-oriented terminals; Character-oriented terminal; Computer terminals; Dumb terminals; Video terminal; Glass tty; Serial terminal; Text terminal; Text console; Hard TTY; Glass TTY; Intelligent terminal; Character terminal; Data terminal; Glass teletypes; Glass teletype; Video display terminal; Video display terminals; Terminal host; Dumb terminal; Physical terminal; Dumb Terminal; Data terminals; Block mode terminal; Graphics terminal; Graphical terminal; Printing terminal; Hard-copy terminal; Decwriter; Console terminal; Electronic terminal; Character-based terminals; Terminal (computing)
  • DEC]] [[VT100]], a widely emulated computer terminal
  • IBM 2250 Model 4, including [[light pen]] and programmed function keyboard
  • [[IBM 2260]]
  • Nano]] text editor running in the [[xterm]] terminal emulator
  • A typical text terminal produces input and displays output and errors
  • A Televideo [[ASCII]] character mode terminal

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/glas T-T-Y/ or /glas ti'tee/ A terminal that has a display screen but which, because of hardware or software limitations, behaves like a teletype or some other printing terminal, thereby combining the disadvantages of both: like a printing terminal, it can't do fancy display hacks, and like a display terminal, it doesn't produce hard copy. An example is the early "dumb" version of Lear-Siegler ADM 3 (without cursor control). See tube, tty; compare dumb terminal, {smart terminal}. See "TV Typewriters" for an interesting true story about a glass tty.

Wikipedia

Computer terminal

A computer terminal is an electronic or electromechanical hardware device that can be used for entering data into, and transcribing data from, a computer or a computing system. The teletype was an example of an early-day hard-copy terminal and predated the use of a computer screen by decades.

Early terminals were inexpensive devices but very slow compared to punched cards or paper tape for input, yet as the technology improved and video displays were introduced, terminals pushed these older forms of interaction from the industry. A related development was time-sharing systems, which evolved in parallel and made up for any inefficiencies in the user's typing ability with the ability to support multiple users on the same machine, each at their own terminal or terminals.

The function of a terminal is typically confined to transcription and input of data; a device with significant local, programmable data-processing capability may be called a "smart terminal" or fat client. A terminal that depends on the host computer for its processing power is called a "dumb terminal" or a thin client. A personal computer can run terminal emulator software that replicates functions of a real-world terminal, sometimes allowing concurrent use of local programs and access to a distant terminal host system, either over a direct serial connection or over a network using, e.g., SSH.