telnet
noun
- terminal-based network protocol
verb
- use the telnet protocol to access another computer
Wiktionary
noun
Etymology: Short for telecommunication network.
- A network protocol that enables one computer to communicate with another via a local area network or the Internet.
- The program that acts as the client for such communication.
verb
Etymology: Short for telecommunication network.
- To use such a program to make such a connection.
“I've been running tin with nano in Terminal in my Mac since 2003, and before then, by telnetting in to my university's server, which I first started doing as a first year undergrad in September 1993.”