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Computing device Not to be confused with Terminal emulator or Xterm.
A Network Computing Devices NCD-88k X terminal
An X server runs on the X terminal, connecting to a central computer running an X display manager. In this example, client programs (xterm and xedit) are running on the same computer.

In computing, an X terminal is a display/input terminal for X Window System client applications. X terminals enjoyed a period of popularity in the early 1990s when they offered a lower total cost of ownership alternative to a full Unix workstation.

An X terminal runs an 'X server'. In X, the usage of "client" and "server" is from the viewpoint of the programs: the X server supplies a screen, keyboard, mouse and touchscreen to client applications. This connects to an X display manager (introduced in X11R3) running on a central machine, using XDMCP (X Display Manager Control Protocol, introduced in X11R4).

Thin clients have somewhat supplanted X terminals in that they are equipped with added flash memory and software for communication with remote desktop protocols.

Vendors

In the early 1990s, several vendors introduced X terminals including HP, DEC (including the VT1000 series), IBM, Samsung, NCD, Gipsi, Tektronix, and Visual Technology.

See also

References

  1. Mui, Linda; Pearce, Eric (July 1993), X Window System (softcover), vol. 8: X Window System Administrator's Guide for X11 Release 4 and Release 5 (3rd ed.), O'Reilly & Associates, ISBN 0-937175-83-8.
  2. InfoWorld, 28 May 1990.
  3. Corcoran, Cate (1992). "Study shows 115 percent increase in X terminal sales for 1991". InfoWorld. 14 (3): 26. Network Computing Devices dominated the market... NCD, HP, Digital Equipment Corporation, IBM and Tektronix – the top five X terminal vendors – accounted for 74 percent of shipments...
  4. Staff writer (August 7, 1989). "Visual Technology Files for Chapter 11 Bankruptcy, but Readies New X Terminals". Computer Business Review. New Statesman Media Group. Archived from the original on February 26, 2024.
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