| NOMENCLATURE |
DISPLAY TERMINAL, NONPROGRAMABLE, COMPUTER SYSTEM. AN ITEM CONSISTING
ON A DESKTOP OR PEDESTAL.
OF A DISPLAY SCREEN (CRT), BUILT-IN CONTROLLER, WITH OR WITHOUT
KEYBOARD, AND A WAY TO COMMUNICATE WITH THE CENTRAL PROCESSING UNIT.
INCLUDED HEREIN ARE SO CALLED "DUMB" TERMINALS. ITEM IS TIED TO A HOST
COMPUTER DIRECTLY OR THROUGH A COMMUNICATION LINE. IN APPLICATIONS
WHERE DOZENS OF TERMINALS MUST INTERACT WITH A HOST COMPUTER, MAY BE
CONNECTED TO A CONTROLLER WHICH, IN TURN, INTERFACES WITH T HE HOST
COMPUTER. IN ADDITION, TERMINALS MAY INCORPORATE CABLE TO OTHER
DEVICES, SUCH AS PRINTERS, MAGNETIC CARD READERS, ETC., AND MAY RESIDE
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