dumb terminal

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(thing) by Rancid_Pickle (1 mon) (print)   ?   (I like it!) 1 C! Sun Feb 04 2001 at 8:43:41
A dumb terminal is basically a monitor and keyboard connected to a server or mainframe. There is no native CPU for processing, all of the work is done at the server/mainframe and the results are displayed on your monitor. The old RS-232 serial port versions are very popular with Ham Radio operators, who use them for Packet Radio.
(idea) by Jargon (1.9 y) (print)   ?   (I like it!) Thu Jul 19 2001 at 7:54:56
Duff's device = D = dumbass attack

dumb terminal n.

A terminal that is one step above a glass tty, having a minimally addressable cursor but no on-screen editing or other features normally supported by a smart terminal. Once upon a time, when glass ttys were common and addressable cursors were something special, what is now called a dumb terminal could pass for a smart terminal.

--The Jargon File version 4.3.1, ed. ESR, autonoded by rescdsk.

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