Computer terminal

A computer terminal is an electronic or electromechanical hardware device used for entering data into, and displaying data from, a computer or a computing system.

Graphical terminals

Some terminals can display not only text, but also vector and raster graphics. The computer sends drawing commands to the terminal, and the terminal sends the user input (from a keyboard or a pointing device) to the computer.

Related Topics:
Vector - Raster graphics - Keyboard - Pointing device

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Today simpler graphical terminals have been completely superseded by fully functional video displays. In fact graphical user interfaces are so prevalent in computing today that the vast majority of terminal interaction with computers is performed through terminal emulators running within graphical environments.

Related Topics:
Graphical user interface - Terminal emulator

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X terminals are dedicated graphical terminals for the X Windows system, allowing to connect to a KDE, GNOME or other X Windows desktop, running on a server system.

Related Topics:
X terminals - KDE - GNOME

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