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Date:      Mon, 21 Sep 1998 01:21:18 -0700
From:      Mike Smith <mike@smith.net.au>
To:        "Jason C. Wells" <jcwells@u.washington.edu>
Cc:        FreeBSD-chat <freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG>
Subject:   Re: Network Computers 
Message-ID:  <199809210821.BAA21618@word.smith.net.au>
In-Reply-To: Your message of "Mon, 21 Sep 1998 05:42:58 -0000." <Pine.BSF.4.02A.9809210539330.4421-100000@s8-37-26.student.washington.edu> 

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> How does a network computer differ from an X terminal? Is NC just a catch
> phrase for X terminal?

An X terminal is a local display for the X Window System.  NC is a 
marketting term which is generally applied to "thin fat clients", ie. a 
client system with the ability to offload some amount of the 
application processing from the server to the NC.  The amount of 
offloading depends on whose NC definition you buy.

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\\  sometimes you're behind.      \\  mike@smith.net.au
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