video terminal
Computer display unit
A video terminal is a device with a screen and keyboard for interacting with a computer system, particularly a mainframe or minicomputer.
Before personal computers became standard, offices and institutions used terminals connected to central computers.
The term persists in technical contexts: The system administrator accessed the server through a video terminal.
Also called a display terminal or VDT (video display terminal).
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- text editingModifying written material
- data entryRecording information digitally
- monitorDisplay or supervisor
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Device reading encoded strips
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Large centralized computer system
central processor · server · personal computer · workstation · microcomputer
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