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What kind of applications might use a computer terminal to mainframe computer connection?
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What is the another term of computers?
It is I.T. or P.C.
What is the difference between a workstation and a mainframe?
A network is a group of interconnected communicating devices (computers, portable devices, routers, modems, printers etc.) While a mainframe is a centralized server which provides primary services to a network or multiple networks. Typically, the term 'mainframe' is differentiated between 'server' by way that a mainframe provides service to dummy or smart terminals. Terminals do little or nothing by themselves, and require an established link to the mainframe to boot or function basically. A dummy terminal has no processing capability and boots off the mainframe over the network. IE, it's little more than a network card, monitor, and keyboard. Most ATMs and credit-card machines are dummy terminals- If the mainframe goes down, they become inoperable. A smart terminal, which is more common, has it's own processing capabilities. A desktop computer is an example of a smart terminal, as it can function even if offline. Also, typically, smart terminals will load data from the mainframe then store it on the terminal itself, rather than running entirely from the mainframe.
What is the difference between dumb and smart terminals?
A dumb terminal has no local processing capabilities of its own. The computer it is working from could be in another room. An intelligent terminal has local processing capability, so it does more than just act as a way of displaying things. Most old mainframe computers are attached to dumb terminals, enabling one computer to be used by many people. A PC is an intelligent terminal. It can be linked to a mainframe too, acting as a dumb terminal then, but it can be used as a standard computer too.
What is telnet used for?
Telnet is a simple IP/IPS telephony tool used to access text-based content such as MUCKs, MUDs, MU*s, BBS (Bulletin Board Systems), and other pre-World Wide Web content.One can interface with MainFrame, VAX, and VMS systems, as well as UNIX and Windows systems.To quote Wikipedia:"TELNET (TELe-NETwork) is a network protocol used on the Internet or local area networks to provide a bidirectional interactive text-oriented communications facility via a virtual terminal connection."Originally, computers were what we now call "mainframes", and all users connected through them via a Dumb Terminal - a small monitor and keyboard which was connected with a hardwired cable to the mainframe itself. Mainframes could have several of these Dumb Terminals connected at once, each with one user. You could only use the computer that the terminal was directly hardwired to.After the invention of the ARPANET and the IP protocol, which allowed for computer to talk to each other over telephone cables, some method for connecting to a different computer was needed. That is, a person might be connected to a specific computer via a dumb terminal, but want to log into a completely different machine. TELNET was invented to perform this function: by using TELNET, the software emulated a hardwired terminal connection to the other computer (this was called a "virtual" terminal connection). Telnet was implement both as a client (which the user ran) and a server (which the computer ran, waiting for connection requests). It has been implemented on virtually every computer system which supports IP networking.These days, telnet is still used primarily for that purpose: to provide a text-based remote log-in capability. Perhaps the most common usage is for logging into various network equipment (routers, switches, modem banks, terminal servers, etc.) to perform administrative tasks. However, as telnet passes on communications in the clear, it has been superceded by SSH (which encrypts all communications) for most virtual terminal use.Another common usage of the Telnet client program is to talk directly to certain server daemon processes, enabling the user to pass raw commands to these server daemons, primarily for debugging and test purposes. Thus, a Telnet client can talk directly to a mail daemon, an http (web) daemon, the syslog daemon, and even to some file-sharing daemons. In this case, no virtual terminal is created; rather, the user can pass plain text commands to the server daemon in question, just as a normal service request would do.
What is the name of a computer connected to a workstation?
A workstation is a computer connected to a server.The IT GUY
How does a mainframe computer ask a terminal to send it data?
Transfer data to the computer
You want to connect a personal computer to work as a terminal for a mainframe you need?
There are several connections that one could have from a terminal to a mainframe. The easiest to implement on modern hardware is a simple null modem connection. You would need a null modem and a terminal program (HyperTerminal or PuTTy would work fine). You would initiate a connection to the mainframe, and the mainframe would respond with a login prompt. After logging in, you would have access to the command shell.Most connections worked similar to the above, but some may have had proprietary connectors and / or special controller cards necessary for a terminal to connect.
What is terminal in computer system?
A terminal is an I/O device. It accepts output from a mainframe and acts as input to a mainframe. A dumb terminal has no processing abilities. However, it allows you to enter data from it into a main computer, and it receives data from a main computer. In some cases, this arrangement is used to reduce costs.
What device is a terminal in computer?
A terminal is an I/O device. It accepts output from a mainframe and acts as input to a mainframe. A dumb terminal has no processing abilities. However, it allows you to enter data from it into a main computer, and it receives data from a main computer. In some cases, this arrangement is used to reduce costs.
When would an terminal emulator be used?
In computer science a terminal emulators is a program. This program allows to use personal computers to access a mainframe computer of make them respond like a terminal.
What do you call a personal computer that uses special software to imitate a terminal so that the PC can communicate with the mainframe called?
terminal emulator.
What is one way to simplify the process of deploying applications on a large number of computers a. thin client computing b. server side processing c. mainframe computing d. Terminal Services?
Terminal Services
What is one way to simplify the process of deploying applications on a large number of computers?
A) thin client computingB) server side processingC) mainframe computingD) Terminal Services
What are centralized database?
A centralised database holds all of an organisation's data on a central computer such as a mainframe computer or server. Users in the organisation can access the data from their own PC or terminal.
Does a network terminal that does not have a hard disk use an operating system?
No, The server/Mainframe has the OS for a network terminal.
What is a terminal emulator?
A terminal emulator is a software for desktop computers that can perform like a hardware terminal to connect with VT, Mainframe, AS/400 hosts.
An end user on a mainframe works on what type of device?
Probably a "Terminal"
