terminal emulator

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

  terminal emulator
  
     <communications> A program that allows a computer to act like
     a (particular brand of) terminal, e.g. a vt-100.  The
     computer thus appears as a terminal to the host computer and
     accepts the same escape sequences for functions such as
     cursor positioning and clearing the screen.
  
     xterm is a terminal emulator for the X Window System.
  
     (1995-02-16)