terminal emulation

terminal emulation definition - telecom
The process by which a microcomputer imitates a dumb terminal in order to communicate with a mainframe computer or other device. See also dumb terminal, emulation, mainframe, microcomputer, and TELNET.

Webster's New World Telecom Dictionary Copyright © 2008 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Indianapolis, Indiana.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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