terminal emulator
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(communications)A program that allows a computer to act like
a (particular brand of) terminal, e.g. a vt-100. The
computer thus appears as a terminal to the host computer and
accepts the same escape sequences for functions such as
cursor positioning and clearing the screen.
xterm is a terminal emulator for the X Window System.
xterm is a terminal emulator for the X Window System.
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terminal emulation
Using software in a desktop machine to make it perform like a hardware terminal. The emulated terminal is typically in the VT100-500 family, designed originally by Digital Equipment. Connected to stand-alone, centralized minicomputers and mainframes, VT terminals were very popular in the 1980s. See 3270 emulator, twinax card, virtual terminal and xterm.Copyright © 1981-2019 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.