Video Terminal, (also called a
dumb terminal) neither the
computing power of the terminal machine nor
software used with it are located in the actual terminal, but rather in an
application server of sorts. The terminals and application servers
communicate to each other over any type of
network device.
Here are some of the advantages of using multiple terminals and one
uber powerful application server.
- Updates must only be applied to one machine instead of many
- Less users on the network means more computing resources can be devoted the current user(s)
Some of the disadvantages:
- If the host breaks, the terminals are temporarily useless
- During updates to the host, terminals may become useless (or less useful)