Terminal, dumb terminal intelligent terminal smart terminal

1. Terminal,(Dumb, intelligent, smart)
A computer terminal is an electronic or electromechanical hardware device that can be used for
entering data into, and transcribing data from, a computer or a computing system.
Early terminals were inexpensive devices but very slow compared to punched cards or paper tape for
input, but as the technology improved and video displays were introduced, terminals pushed these older
forms of interaction from the industry.
What is a dumb terminal?
A dumb terminal is a very simple monitor with very little processing power and features. It does not
have the ability to process escape sequences such as clearing a line, clearing the screen or controlling
the cursor position.
Dumb terminal example?
For example: “A display monitor that has no processing capabilities. yeah A dumb terminal is
simply an output device that accepts data from the CPU or it can be simply an input device
which sent data to RAM.
Keyboard and Monitor are best examples
What are smart terminals?
Smart terminals allow merchants to swipe, insert, or manually enter credit card data for fast and
convenient checkouts. When a customer uses their card to make a payment, the terminal submits a
request to the merchant services provider and the information is passed to the acquiring bank for
authorization.
• A credit card terminal which supports various payment methods
What is Intelligent terminal?
The device is often a combination of a display, keyboard with at least one built-in microprocessor to
provide facilities such as editing and prompts for the operator and also having memory for storage.
Modern application terminals for banking, retail, and industrial data collection are other examples of
intelligent terminals.