dumb terminal

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In the early 1980s, personal computers (PCs) became very popular. They were less expensive and had more processing power than the dumb terminal counterparts.
在1980年代早期，个人电脑（PC）变得非常流行，它比大型主机便宜，处理能力又比简易终端之类的设备强。
To be sure, browsers brought colour and graphics to the hitherto text-based internet, but they were as dumb as the mainframe terminal. This has changed only in recent years.
浏览器确实是给当时基于文字的互联网带来了色彩和图像，但它们也和大型主机的终端一样也是哑的，最近几年才有所改变。
Users continue to invoke the legacy IT systems using the original application means, typically through a user interface (such as a mainframe dumb terminal or a packaged application's UI).
用户将继续使用原始应用程序方法调用遗留 IT 系统，通常通过用户界面（如大型机哑终端或已打包应用程序的 UI）。

Recent Cisco efforts in home networking could make the personal computer little more than a dumb terminal, undercutting Microsoft.
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a computer terminal that is used to enter or read information, but does not have many of the functions of a normal terminal and cannot work on its own

哑终端
In the paper we introduce the basic knowledge of network, router's main functions and some configures at first. Then we explain the theory, functions, characteristics, and configures of router's dumb terminal accessing service.
本文先介绍了网络基础方面的知识，路由器的主要功能和一些基本配置；接着主要说明了路由器哑终端接入方式的原理、功能、特点和配置；最后具体说明了该哑终端接入方式在重庆农行网络中的实现和应用，以及应用的效果。
计算机科学技术
哑终端
Because of thesmall amount of terminals and the close distance, the traditionalP08 system uses the dumb terminal.
传统的POS系统由于POS终端数量少，相距近，采用哑终端。
非智能终端
无智能终端
哑终端机