xterm
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xterm
(operating system)A
terminal emulator program for the
X Window System. A user can have many different invocations of
xterm running at once on the same display, each of which
provides independent input and output for the process running
in it (normally a
shell).
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xterm
A terminal emulator for X Window that is used to provide command line access to the operating system. Since X Window allows applications to run on any computer in the network, the xterm executable can be running on one computer, displaying on another and managing a session on a third computer. See X Window.Copyright © 1981-2025 by The Computer Language Company Inc. All Rights reserved. THIS DEFINITION IS FOR PERSONAL USE ONLY. All other reproduction is strictly prohibited without permission from the publisher.
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