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| Terminal and Computer Communications |
| Terminal-to-computer communications
are typically transaction-oriented or "bursty" and include data
entry, word processing, program development, data base access, and remote
job entry. Applications require conversational network services at speeds
slower than computer capabilities. Interactions are infrequent, with maximum
terminal speed of up to of 19.2 Kbps. The primary objective of these applications is to provide geographical distributed user terminals and other type of devices with remotely located data bases and/or computing power. |
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