Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

telnet

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.52 in modern English

Syllables: tel-net
IPA

6

Scrabble Score

6

Letters

2

Syllables

4

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A network protocol that enables one computer to communicate with another via a local area network or the Internet.

Uncountable

noun

The program that acts as the client for such communication.

Countable

verb

To use such a program to make such a connection.

Intransitive verb

Example Sentences

"I've been running tin with nano in Terminal in my Mac since 2003, and before then, by telnetting in to my university's server, which I first started doing as a first year undergrad in September 1993."

Etymology

Short for telecommunication network.

Usage

Inflected Forms

telnets (plural) telnets (present, singular) telnetting (participle, present) telneting (participle, present) telnetted (participle, past) telnetted (past) telneted (participle, past) telneted (past)

Derived Forms

telnetable

Questions

What does telnet mean?: A network protocol that enables one computer to communicate with another via a local area network or the Internet.
Where does telnet come from?: Short for telecommunication network.

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