telnet
telnet noun: a network protocol that enables one computer to communicate with another via a local area network or the Internet.
Noun
telnet (countable and uncountable, plural telnets)
Verb
telnet (third-person singular simple present telnets, present participle telnetting or telneting, simple past and past participle telnetted or telneted)
- To use such a program to make such a connection.
- I've been running tin with nano in Terminal in my Mac since 2003, and before then, by telnetting in to my university's server, which I first started doing as a first year undergrad in September 1993.2014 February 8, Király, “Newsreaders”, in comp.sys.mac.comm (Usenet), archived from the original on 08 Dec 2025
Forms of telnet
| Noun | |
|---|---|
| plural | telnets |
| alternative form | Telnet |
| alternative form | TELNET |
| Verb | |
| third-person singular present | telnets |
| present participle | telnetting |
| present participle | telneting |
| past participle | telnetted |
| past | telnetted |
| past participle | telneted |
| past | telneted |
Origin of telnet
Short for telecommunication network.
Words formed from telnet
Questions about telnet
- What does telnet mean?
- Telnet means a network protocol that enables one computer to communicate with another via a local area network or the Internet.
- What part of speech is telnet?
- Telnet can be a noun or a verb.
- What is the plural of telnet?
- The plural of telnet is telnets.
Words near telnet in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: telnet (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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