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dumb terminal
     
         A type of {terminal} that consists of a keyboard
        and a display screen that can be used to enter and transmit
        data to, or display data from, a computer to which it is
        connected.  A dumb terminal, in contrast to an {intelligent
        terminal}, has no independent processing capability or
        {auxiliary storage} and thus cannot function as a stand-alone
        device.
     
        The dumbest kind of terminal is a {glass tty}.  The next step
        up has a minimally {addressable cursor} but no on-screen
        editing or other features normally supported by an
        {intelligent terminal}.
     
        Once upon a time, when glass ttys were common and addressable
        cursors were something special, what is now called a dumb
        terminal could pass for a smart terminal.
     
        [Examples?]
     
        [{Jargon File}]
     
        (1995-04-14)