Telnet
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Telnet is a command line program used to connect to public servers. Almost all operating systems include a telnet client by default. For example, you may connect to nethack.alt.org to play NetHack online by typing
telnet nethack.alt.org
Most Windows users seem to prefer PuTTY, which can do telnet and is more feature-rich than the default telnet.exe.
It should be noted that no command line interface is quite the same as any other, and thus connecting through telnet to a server on different computers may cause strange results, especially if DECgraphics or IBMgraphics are used.
