[1] : Jargon File (4.3.1, 29 Jun 2001)

smart terminal n. 1. a terminal that has enough computing capability to
   render graphics or to offload some kind of front-end processing from the
   computer it talks to. the development of workstations and personal
   computers has made this term and the product it describes
   semi-obsolescent, but one may still hear variants of the phrase `act
   like a smart terminal' used to describe the behavior of workstations or
   pcs with respect to programs that execute almost entirely out of a
   remote server's storage, using local devices as displays. 2. obs. any
   terminal with an addressable cursor; the opposite of a glass tty.
   today, a terminal with merely an addressable cursor, but with none of
   the more-powerful features mentioned in sense 1, is called a dumb
   terminal.

   there is a classic quote from rob pike inventor of the blit
   terminal: "a smart terminal is not a smart_ass_ terminal, but rather a
   terminal you can educate." this illustrates a common design problem: the
   attempt to make peripherals or anything else intelligent sometimes
   results in finicky, rigid `special features' that become just so much
   dead weight if you try to use the device in any way the designer didn't
   anticipate. flexibility and programmability, on the other hand, are
   _really_ smart. compare hook.


see also:
server glass tty dumb terminal blit hook 

[2] : The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (27 SEP 03)

smart terminal
     
        intelligent terminal
     
     
see also:
intelligent terminal 

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