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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • noun An Internet communications protocol that enables a computer to function as a terminal working from a remote computer.
  • noun A program that implements this protocol.
  • intransitive verb To access an account over the Internet using the Telnet protocol.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

  • noun computing A network protocol that enables one computer to communicate with another via the Internet; the program that acts as the client in this situation
  • verb computing, intransitive To use such a program to make such a connection

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telecommunication network

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