login. Runs on top of
TCP/IP. Defined in
STD 8,
RFC854 and extended with options by many other RFCs.
UnixBSD networking software includes a program, telnet, which
remote login session. Sometimes abbreviated to TN.
TOPS-10had a similar program called
IMPCOM.
2. The US nationwide network into which one dials to access
CompuServe. It was created by John Goltz, one of the
for
Tymshare, one of CompuServe's big competitors.