The Telnet protocol defined an ASCII "Network Virtual Terminal" (NVT), so that connections between hosts with different line-ending conventions and character sets could be supported by transmitting a standard text format over the network.
ðə tˈɛlnɪt pɹˈoʊɾəkˌɑːl dᵻfˈaɪnd ɐn ˈæski "nˈɛtwɜːk vˈɜːtʃuːəl tˈɜːmɪnəl" ˌɛnvˌiːtˈiː, sˌoʊ ðæt kənˈɛkʃənz bᵻtwˌiːn hˈoʊsts wɪð dˈɪfɹənt lˈaɪnˈɛndɪŋ kənvˈɛnʃənz ænd kˈæɹɪktɚ sˈɛts kʊd biː səpˈoːɹɾᵻd baɪ tɹænsmˈɪɾɪŋ ɐ stˈændɚd tˈɛkst fˈɔːɹmæt ˌoʊvɚ ðə nˈɛtwɜːk.