TELNET /tel'net/ vt.
(also commonly lowercased as `telnet') To communicate with
another Internet host using the TELNET (RFC 854) protocol (usually using a program of the
same name). TOPS-10 people used the word IMPCOM, since that was
the program name for them. Sometimes abbreviated to TN /T-N/. "I
usually TN over to SAIL just to read the AP News."
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ten-finger interface n.
The interface between two networks that cannot be directly
connected for security reasons; refers to the practice of placing
two terminals side by side and having an operator read from one
and type into the other.