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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A terminal that has no internal microprocessor and thus no processing power independent of its host computer.
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- noun computing A
computer terminal consisting of amonitor (usually inmonochrome ) andkeyboard , but (unlike apersonal computer ) having almost noprocessing capability , used to provideinput to and receiveoutput from aremote server ,minicomputer , ormainframe .
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
[dumb + (smart) terminal.]
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