telnet
English
Alternative forms
Etymology
Short for telecommunication network.
Pronunciation
Audio (UK): (file)
Noun
telnet (uncountable)
- (computing) A network protocol that enables one computer to communicate with another via the Internet; the program that acts as the client in this situation
Verb
telnet (third-person singular simple present telnets, present participle telnetting or telneting, simple past and past participle telnetted or telneted)
- (computing, intransitive) To use such a program to make such a connection