dumb terminal

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dumb terminal - Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (26 May 2007) :

  dumb terminal
  
     <hardware> A type of terminal that consists of a keyboard
     and a display screen that can be used to enter and transmit
     data to, or display data from, a computer to which it is
     connected.  A dumb terminal, in contrast to an intelligent terminal
     , has no independent processing capability or
     auxiliary storage and thus cannot function as a stand-alone
     device.
  
     The dumbest kind of terminal is a glass tty.  The next step
     up has a minimally addressable cursor but no on-screen
     editing or other features normally supported by an
     intelligent terminal.
  
     Once upon a time, when glass ttys were common and addressable
     cursors were something special, what is now called a dumb
     terminal could pass for a smart terminal.
  
     [Examples?]
  
     [Jargon File]
  
     (1995-04-14)
  

dumb terminal - Jargon File (4.4.4, 14 Aug 2003) :

  dumb terminal
   n.
  
     A terminal that is one step above a glass tty, having a minimally
     addressable cursor but no on-screen editing or other features
  normally
     supported by a smart terminal. Once upon a time, when glass ttys
     were common and addressable cursors were something special, what is
     now called a dumb terminal could pass for a smart terminal.