X terminal

X terminals (and the X Window System) appear to have been the forerunner for what is now generally called "network computers" or thin clients. The X Window System and X terminals continue to offer an alternative to Microsoft's terminal server product and their NetPCs.

Read more about X terminal: - Gnome Computers makes an X server that allows U.K.-made Acorn PCs to become X terminals.

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