Panel session on intelligent terminals: a position paper---chairman's introduction

  • Authors:
  • Ira W. Cotton

  • Affiliations:
  • National Bureau of Standards, Washington, D.C.

  • Venue:
  • AFIPS '73 Proceedings of the June 4-8, 1973, national computer conference and exposition
  • Year:
  • 1973

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Abstract

Intelligent terminals are those which, by means of stored logic, are able to perform some processing on data which passes through them to or from the computer systems to which they are connected. Such terminals may vary widely in the complexity of the processing which they are capable of performing. The spectrum ranges from limited-capability point-of-sale terminals through moderately intelligent text-oriented terminals up to powerful interactive graphics terminals. The common thread that ties all these types of terminals together is their processing power and the questions relating to it.