What is telnet?
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What is telnet?

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Telnet is an application (e.g. client/server) that provides terminal access to servers, local area networks, or other computers on the same network.  In the early days telnet was a service offering through the windows operating system.  Telnet has two core components: the communication protocol and the application that offers the communication protocol service.