Terminal Emulation

Terminal emulation is the ability to make one computer terminal, typically a PC, appear to look like another, usually older type of terminal so that a user can interact with that system directly. This page defines terminal emulation, the ability of a workstation or personal computer to appear to be a dumb (nonprogrammable) terminal. Through the 1980s, a lot of the 3270 dumb terminals on the end of coax connections changed over to PCs supported with terminal emulation. Terminal emulation programs allow you to access a mainframe computer or bulletin board though your local computer. Get an Introduction to Terminal Emulation with details and links about using different kinds of Emulators.