What do you mean by computer terminal?

Terminal, that is, computer display terminal, is the input and output devices of the computer system. Computer display terminal with the mainframe era of centralized processing mode and arise, and with the development of computing technology and continuous development. So far, computing technology has experienced the host era, PC era and network computing era, the three development periods, the terminal and the three stages of development of computing technology to adapt, the application has also experienced the character dummy terminal, graphics terminal and network terminal of the three forms. Classification of terminals: Currently, common client devices are divided into two categories: one is fat client and the other is thin client. Then, the PC as a representative of the open industry standard architecture based on the more powerful devices called "fat client", the other is categorized as "thin client". Thin client industry space and scale is also very large, will not be less than the size of the PC now.1. From the technical level, the data processing model will move from decentralized to centralized, the user interface will be more user-friendly, manageability and security will be greatly enhanced; at the same time, communication and information processing will be fully networked, and can achieve unprecedented system scalability and cross-platform capabilities.2. From the application form, the network terminal equipment will not be limited to the network, the network terminal equipment will not be limited to the network, the network terminal equipment will not be limited to the network, the network terminal equipment will not be limited to the network. Network terminal equipment will not be limited to the traditional desktop application environment, with the diversification of connection methods, it can be used as a desktop device, but also able to use in a mobile and portable way, the terminal equipment will have a diversified product form; in addition, with the expansion of cross-platform capabilities, in order to meet the needs of different system applications, network terminal equipment will also appear in a multitude of faces: Unix terminal, Windows terminal, Linux terminal, Web terminal, Java terminal and so on.