Friday, October 11, 2013

Difference between Dumb Terminal and Intelligent Terminal

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Difference between Dumb Terminal and Intelligent Terminal: A computer terminal means combination of input and output. In general term keyboard + VDU are known as computer terminal. There can be so many types of terminal Dumb Terminal, Intelligent Terminal, Smart Terminal and Remote Job Terminal etc.

Dumb Terminal
Intelligent Terminal
1
Dumb Terminal is Input and Output Device only uses for Input and output operation only.
Intelligent Terminals are not only input and output devices but they are used for processing purposes also.
2
These terminals are used for data entry only.
These terminals are used for processing the data also.
3
These terminal does not have their own storage capacity etc.
These terminals have their own storage capacity.
4
These terminals uses the processing power of central computer only i.e. does not have their own processing power or CPU.
These terminals have their own processing power i.e. these terminals have local processing power or CPU.

5
These are low cost terminals.
These Terminals are costly.

These terminals are used with minicomputers and mainframe as input and output devices.
These terminals are used as standalone computers as well as well with minicomputer and mainframe computers also.

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