( < terminal network, "terminalivõrk")

olemus
(1) TCP/IP-võrgu protokoll kahesuunaliseks interaktiivseks tekstsuhtluseks virtuaalterminaliühenduse kaudu
(2) programm, mis realiseerib selle protokolli kliendiosa, emuleerides terminali kaugpöörduseks võrgus olevate serverite poole

Wiktionary:
a network protocol that enables one computer to communicate with another via the Internet; the program that acts as the client in this situation

ülevaateid
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Telnet
http://www.tcpipguide.com/free/t_TelnetOverviewHistoryandStandards.htm
http://www.indigoo.com/dox/itdp/16_Telnet&SSH/TELNET.pdf
https://www.computerhope.com/unix/utelnet.htm

ründevahendina
https://waveiceku.wordpress.com/tag/telnet-attacks//

standardid
https://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc854
https://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc5198

turvalisus
https://www.cvedetails.com/vulnerability-list/vendor_id-12/product_id-15/Ncsa-Telnet.html

https://www.ssh.com/ssh/telnet

https://www.cs.cmu.edu/~droh/755/encr_telnet.html