1 Introduction

This specification defines the structures for Telnet VTNT Terminal Type Format, and how the client and server negotiate the use of this format.

Remote terminal applications such as Telnet extend the terminal on one computer to another computer on the network. This enables users to work with terminal-based applications running on a remote computer as if the user's local computer display and input device were connected to the remote computer.

Remote terminal applications achieve this by exchanging screen display and input device data over the network. Since there are different types of display and input devices, many varieties of terminal application software use "terminal types" to ensure that both client and server are sending and interpreting the data in the same way.

Sections 1.7 and 2 of this specification are normative. All other sections and examples in this specification are informative.