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There seems to be some confusion what a 'Dumb' terminal is as visible in answers and comments to this question about portable dumb terminals. So:

• What is a dumb terminal?

Points that would help to distinguish might be:

• What features or missing thereof make it dumb or not?
• What is a non-dumb/intelligent terminal?
• Where does the term originate?
• When was this term coined?
• Examples for dumb/non-dumb terminals

Please note: This question is about terminals. Terminals are by definition devices that work only connected to and operated by a host. Anything able to work on its own is not a terminal, but something different (usually a computer) acting as a terminal. Further it's about the (historical) use of dumb or non-dumb in this context, not application for other areas (like programs or computers) or in a more general definition of what's dumb.

There seems to be some confusion what a 'Dumb' terminal is as visible in answers and comments to this question about portable dumb terminals. So:

• What is a Dumb Terminal?

Points that would help to distinguish might be:

• What features or missing thereof make it dumb or not?
• What is a non-dumb/intelligent terminal?
• Where does the term originate?
• When was this term coined?
• Examples for dumb/non-dumb terminals

Please note: This question is about terminals. Terminals are by definition devices that work only connected to and operated by a host. Anything able to work on its own is not a terminal, but something different (usually a computer) acting as a terminal. Further it's about the (historical) use of dumb or non-dumb in this context, not application for other areas (like programs or computers) or in a more general definition of what's dumb.

There seems to be some confusion what a 'Dumb' terminal is as visible in answers and comments to this question about portable dumb terminals. So:

• What is a Dumb Terminal?

Points that would help to distinguish might be:

• What features or missing thereof make it dumb or not?
• What is a non-dumb/intelligent terminal?
• Where does the term originate?
• When was this term coined?
• Examples for dumb/non-dumb terminals

Please note: This question is about terminals. Terminals are by definition devices that work only connected to and operated by a host. Anything able to work on it's own is not a terminal, but something different (usually a computer) acting as a terminal. Further it's about the  (historical) use of dumb or non-dumb in this context, not application for other areas (like programs o computer) or in a more general definition of what's dumb.

There seems to be some confusion what a 'Dumb' terminal is as visible in answers and comments to this question about portable dumb terminals. So:

• What is a dumb terminal?

Points that would help to distinguish might be:

• What features or missing thereof make it dumb or not?
• What is a non-dumb/intelligent terminal?
• Where does the term originate?
• When was this term coined?
• Examples for dumb/non-dumb terminals

Please note: This question is about terminals. Terminals are by definition devices that work only connected to and operated by a host. Anything able to work on its own is not a terminal, but something different (usually a computer) acting as a terminal. Further it's about the (historical) use of dumb or non-dumb in this context, not application for other areas (like programs or computers) or in a more general definition of what's dumb.

There seems to be some confusion what a 'Dumb' terminal is as visible in answers and comments to this question about portable dumb terminals. So:

• What is a Dumb Terminal?

Points that would help to distinguish might be:

• What features or missing thereof make it dumb or not?
• What is a non-dumb/intelligent terminal?
• Where does the term originate?
• When was this term coined?
• Examples for dumb/non-dumb terminals

Please note: This question is about terminals and (historical) use of dumb or non-dumb in their context, not application for other areas (like programs o computer) or in a more general definition of what's dumb.

There seems to be some confusion what a 'Dumb' terminal is as visible in answers and comments to this question about portable dumb terminals. So:

• What is a Dumb Terminal?

Points that would help to distinguish might be:

• What features or missing thereof make it dumb or not?
• What is a non-dumb/intelligent terminal?
• Where does the term originate?
• When was this term coined?
• Examples for dumb/non-dumb terminals

Please note: This question is about terminals. Terminals are by definition devices that work only connected to and operated by a host. Anything able to work on it's own is not a terminal, but something different (usually a computer) acting as a terminal. Further it's about the (historical) use of dumb or non-dumb in this context, not application for other areas (like programs o computer) or in a more general definition of what's dumb.