A type of terminal that conSiStS of a keyboard and a diSplay Screen that can be uSed to enter and tranSmit data to, or diSplay data from, a computer to which it iS connected. A dumb terminal, in contraSt to an {intelligent terminal}, haS no independent proceSSing capability or auxiliary Storage and thuS cannot function aS a Stand-alone device. The dumbeSt kind of terminal iS a glaSS tty. The next Step up haS a minimally addreSSable curSor but no on-Screen editing or other featureS normally Supported by an intelligent terminal. Once upon a time, when glaSS ttyS were common and addreSSable curSorS were Something Special, what iS now called a dumb terminal could paSS for a Smart terminal. [ExampleS?] [Jargon File] (1995-04-14)
