Telnet (Remote Login)

Internet offers a large number of services. Among them, the service that allows users to connect to a remote Internet host is called Telnet. Users on one computer in the Internet can login into other computers on the Internet by a special program, called Telnet, on your computer. This program uses the Internet to connect to the computer users specify. The users should know the account name and password of the remote computer. In Telnet, a user's computer is called the local computer. The other computer that the Telnet program connects is called the remote computer. An example of using Telnet is that users can read and send E-mail while traveling.