“Dumb” Terminals May Be Smarter Than You Think

By S.R. Snodgrass Technology Services Group

You may not have heard the term “dumb” terminal since the 80s when corporate computing power was relegated to the data center and users connected to mainframe behemoths through the old green screen terminals. Since that time, computer processing power has been becoming more distributed with every user having a desktop or laptop. Recently, this distribution of processing power has been making a remarkable shift back toward the data center thanks to devices call thin terminals.

Thin terminals allow users to perform all the normal daily tasks on a machine that is a fraction of the cost of traditional desktops or laptops. The key is shifting the processing power back to servers in the data center that the thin terminals connect to. Most users do no utilize the full power of their desktop or laptop, and much of this is laid to waste every day on their desk.

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