Overview
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Remote Terminal Access
A third core application that dates to the 1960s is remote terminal access in
the form of the Telnet application. During the 1960s, it was recognized that
a mechanism to access distant computers as if a person’s local computer was
directly connected to the distant computer would be very desirable. This
capability would allow people to configure remote devices as if they were
directly connected to the remote device and resulted in the development of
the Telnet application. ...