dumb terminal
Definition
Device which consists of a keyboard and a monitor, and a connection to a full-fledged (intelligent) computer—usually a server PC, minicomputer, or a mainframe computer. Dumb terminals have no 'intelligence' (data processing or number crunching power) and depend entirely on the computer (to which they are connected) for computations, data storage, and retrieval. Dumb terminals are used by airlines, banks, and other such firms for inputting data to, and recalling it from, the connected computer.
dumb terminal is in the Computer Hardware, Software, & Security and Information Science & Technology subjects.
dumb terminal appears in the definitions of the following terms: thin client and terminal
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