terminal emulation

1. 1.

   (computer science) having a computer act exactly like a terminal

   Broaderemulation

   computer science

Questions about terminal emulation

What does terminal emulation mean?

terminal emulation means "(computer science) having a computer act exactly like a terminal".

Is terminal emulation a common word?

terminal emulation is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.