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16  <h1>X Terminal or X Server</h1>
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18  <p>An X terminal is an electronic display terminal that
19  communicates with a host computer system using the X Window
20  protocol developed at the Massachusetts Institute of
21  Technology.</p>
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23  <p>The X Window protocol allows a program running on the host
24  computer system to display both formatted text and graphics on
25  the X terminal. Since the X Window protocol is defined to work
26  over any TCP/IP network, X terminals connected to the Internet
27  can be connected to hosts located anywhere on the Internet.</p>
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29  <p>Personal computers (including both PCs and Macintoshes) can
30  execute programs, usually called X servers, that make them act
31  like X Window terminals and are frequently used as X
32  terminals.</p>
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37    <dd>The terminology used to describe processes associated with
38    X terminals can be confusing. An X terminal is also known as an
39    "X display server," and the program running on the host
40    computer is usually known as the "X client."</dd>
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