[ih] What does Telnet stand for?

[mbaer at cs.tu-berlin.de (Matthias Bärwolff)]

Hi,

I found conflicting explanation: In
<http://portal.acm.org/citation.cfm?id=800103.803338> of 1977 they use
"telecommunications network"; however, Oxford proposes "computing
teletype network", TCP/IP Protocol Suite by Forouzan uses "terminal
network"; and <http://acronyms.thefreedictionary.com/TELNET> suggests
"Network Virtual Terminal Protocol".

I briefly checked RFC 15, and 97, neither of which explains the meaning
of the term telnet.

Thanks for your brief clarifications and suggestions.

Matthias/

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