tel·net (t?l?n?t?)n.1. also Telnet An internet communications protocol that enables a computer to function as a terminal working from a remote computer.2. A program that implements this protocol.intr.v. tel·net·ted, tel·net·ting, tel·nets or tel·net·ed or tel·net·ing To access an account over the internet using the telnet protocol: telnetted from her work computer to her university account.American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright © 2016 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.telnet (?t?l?n?t) n (Computer Science) a computer system allowing one user to access remotely other computers on the same networkvb (intr) (Computer Science) to use a telnet systemCollins English Dictionary ? Complete and Unabridged, 12th Edition 2014 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1994, 1998, 2000, 2003, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2014Tel?net (?t?l?n?t) Computers, Trademark. 1. a protocol for connecting to a remote computer, esp. over the Internet. 2. any program that implements this protocol. Random House Kernerman Webster’s College Dictionary, © 2010 K Dictionaries Ltd. Copyright 2005, 1997, 1991 by Random House, Inc. All rights reserved.