: 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
telnet
intransitive verb
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The infected devices then attempt to crack the telnet password by guessing default and commonly used credential pairs.
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Dan Goodin, Ars Technica, 10 Jan. 2024
The 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
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Dan Goodin, Ars Technica, 10 Jan. 2024
The 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
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“Telnet.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/telnet. Accessed 4 Nov. 2025.
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