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Device that interfaces serial hosts to a network

A terminal server connects devices with a serial port to a local area network (LAN). Products marketed as terminal servers can be very simple devices that do not offer any security functionality, such as data encryption and user authentication. The primary application scenario is to enable serial devices to access network server applications, or vice versa, where security of the data on the LAN is not generally an issue. There are also many terminal servers on the market that have highly advanced security functionality to ensure that only qualified personnel can access various servers and that any data that is transmitted across the LAN, or over the Internet, is encrypted. Usually, companies that need a terminal server with these advanced functions want to remotely control, monitor, diagnose and troubleshoot equipment over a telecommunications network. Wikipedia →

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  2. Skim a recent paper: Adaptive disturbance observer-based fixed time nonsingular terminal sliding mode control for path-tracking of unmanned agricultural tractorsInfluential work since 2022
  3. Pick up a classic book: Terminalserver mit Citrix Metaframe XPThe most-reprinted book on the subject
  4. Read the landmark paper: REPK: an analytical web server to select restriction endonucleases for terminal restriction fragment length polymorphism analysisCited 60 times
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