remote terminal
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5.8
- noun
- /rɪˈmoʊt ˈtɜrmɪnəl/
- Specialized
:
terminal remoto
- The remote terminal allowed engineers to monitor systems in real-time, even when they were hundreds of miles away.
Examples
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The desk held nothing but the remote terminal, one of Ziggy's dumber relatives.
Fiction book (1992) -
Once inside, you'll have a map to direct you to the remote terminal.
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He must be running the disk from a remote terminal somewhere in the building.
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It consists of remote terminal units, a central controller, and PC-based monitor and control software.
Academic text (1998) -
The standard calls for placing a dedicated encryption device between the SCADA remote terminal unit and the modem that links it to the Internet.
Academic text (2002) -
Each remote terminal unit on a mine will be programmed to detect any abnormalities in the air, and in the event of pollution being detected, an alarm response will be sent by SMS and email to multiple recipients.
Blog text (24) -
The technician connected to the remote terminal to access the company's main server from his home office.
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From the comfort of her living room, she was able to control the factory's operations using a remote terminal.
Synonyms
A device far from the main computer that collects and sends data
A device that connects to a main computer over a network so users can access it remotely
A computer terminal connected to a system over a network, not directly
How Integrated
Surface Forms
Morphology
The meaning is compositionally transparent: 'remote' (at a distance) modifies 'terminal' (a device/interface), so a learner who knows both words can infer it is a terminal accessed or located remotely. This simple adjective+noun combination follows standard English composition and is cross-linguistically common, making the MWE predictable for a B1 learner.
Etymology
Remote terminal comes from the simple image of a terminal, a basic device placed remote, or 'far away', from the main computer. In early computing people used small terminals in one room to 'connect' to a big central computer in another room, so remote terminal came to mean 'a device you use to work on a computer from far away'.