X terminal


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X terminal

(hardware)
An intelligent terminal which operates as an X server directly connected to Ethernet.

Not to be confused with the program xterm which is an X client.
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X terminal

An earlier display terminal that was used only for rendering X Window applications. An X terminal was an dedicated "X server." See X server and X Window.
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