Storage Device
Dumb Terminal
A dumb terminal refers to a CRT and keyboard that have no processing power of their own. It is simply an input and output device wired into another computer. It was common in the days of the mainframe, to allow many users to interface with a single computer relatively inexpensively. It can also be referred to as the ultimate in 'thin client.' All of the functions, activities and work were done on the main computer.
A "dumb terminal"
Advantages of dumb terminal no one person can misuse his power because his power is given by a main computer which is server.
it can be used to fucck your own azz
Yes and no. It's...hard to explain. The monitor on the terminal is the Output device and the keyboard on the terminal is the input device.
a terminal
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no, just entering and displaying text
Dumb Terminal
That is correct a dumb terminal does what is called an emulation. Whenever you turn it own, it emulates an operating system that is on a server somewhere. The dumb terminal is a display monitor with no processing abilities.