a piece of dedicated hardware running an X server as a thin client
A display device that is able to run X server software. All of an X terminal's clients must run on remote machines.
A workstation operating under X-Windows.
Terminal that allows a user simultaneous access to several different applications and resources in a multivendor environment through implementation of X Windows. See also X Windows.
An X terminal is typically a diskless terminal especially designed to provide a low-cost user interface for applications that run in a network X server as part of a distributed X Window System. Typically, X terminals are connected to a server running a UNIX-based operating system in a mainframe, minicomputer, or workstation.
n. An intelligent display device, connected to an Ethernet network, that performs operations on request from client applications in an X Window System. See also Ethernet (definition 1), X Window System.
In computing, an X terminal is a smart terminal used to display X Window System applications. X terminals enjoyed a period of popularity in the early 1990s when they offered a lower cost alternative to a full Unix workstation.
