[ih] What does TELNET stand for?

[Dave Crocker]

On 8/22/2025 3:45 PM, John Levine via Internet-history wrote:
> I have seen claims that it's Teletype Network or Telecommunications
> Network, which smells like acronym reverse engineering to me.
>
> Does it stand for anything?  Where did the name come from?


As I recall, there is no official answer.  But since it served as a 
replacement for dial-up access, TELephone Network was, I believe, 
considered the most reasonable choice.

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