telnetting
/ˈtɛlˌnɛtɪŋ/
verb
- The act of connecting to a remote computer or server using the Telnet network protocol.
- He spent the afternoon telnetting between different machines on the network.
- Telnetting into the old server required a special login.
- Telnetting is rarely used today because it is not secure.
noun
- The process or activity of using the Telnet protocol to access remote systems.
- The course covered basic telnetting for system administration.
- Many old-timers remember telnetting as their first experience with remote computing.
- Telnetting was a common way to access library catalogs in the early internet.