: a telecommunications protocol providing specifications for emulating a remote computer terminal so that one can access a distant computer and function online using an interface that appears to be part of the user's local system
telnetintransitive verb
Example Sentences
Recent Examples on the WebThe plan never came to fruition, but Gibson got to know the band; the Edge showed him how to telnet. Joshua Rothman, The New Yorker, 9 Dec. 2019 More enterprising hakchi2 users can also add two interesting new tweaks to the SNES Classic, though these require some telnet operations. Sam Machkovech, Ars Technica, 9 Oct. 2017