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  • virtual network computing (VNC)

    Virtual network computing (VNC) is a type of remote-control software that makes it possible to control another computer over a network connection...  Definition

  • terminal emulation

    Terminal emulation is the ability to make one computer terminal, typically a PC, appear to look like another, usually older type of terminal so that a user can access programs originally written to communicate with the other terminal type.  Definition

  • Telnet

    What is Telnet? Telnet is a user command and an underlying TCP/IP protocol for accessing remote computers.  Definition

  • terminal

    In data communications, a terminal is any device that terminates one end (sender or receiver) of a communicated signal.  Definition

  • thin client (lean client)

    A thin client, sometimes called a lean client, is a low-cost, centrally-managed computer devoid of CD-ROM players, diskette drives, and expansion slots... (Continued)  Definition

  • home server

    A home server is a computer that functions as a server in a client-server home network.  Definition

  • Uuencode (Uuencode/Uudecode)

    Uuencode (also called Uuencode/Uudecode) is a popular utility for encoding and decoding files exchanged between users or systems in a network.  Definition

  • gateway

    A gateway is a network point that acts as an entrance to another network.  Definition

  • open relay (insecure relay or a third-party relay)

    An open relay (sometimes called an insecure relay or a third-party relay) is an SMTP e-mail server that allows third-party relay of e-mail messages.  Definition

  • queries-per-second (QPS)

    Queries-per-second (QPS) (or the query-per-second rate) is a measure of how much traffic a particular query server is handling at a given time.  Definition

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