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A communication protocol sometimes used to connect to internet servers from remote hosts.

Seldom used due to it's inability to display pornography.
telnet playboy.com
Connecting to playboy.com
login: hughhefner
password: ********

hughhefner % titties
titties: Command not found
telnet by Joshua James October 13, 2006
Related Words
Tewnet • Tenet • telnet • ternets • teenetalk • Tenetta • Tenetus • Tennet • Tennett • tewhetu
A terminal-emulation protocol that is widely used on the Internet to log on to network computers. Telnet also refers to the application that uses the Telnet protocol for users who log on from remote locations.
Microsoft Telnet> o 207.44.188.38 25
Connecting To 207.44.188.38...Could not open connection to the host, on port 25.

An existing connection was forcibly closed by the remote host.
telnet by :| October 19, 2003
A family of people who are considered to be awesome. They are the envy of all they meet. Their beauty, personality, humor, and kindness is unmatched by anyone EVER! This family is the origin of the phrase "Hung like a Tennett," used when a horse just doesn't do your dick justice. BAD ASS
My life is complete. A Tennett fucked me last night.

Clint Eastwood shit his pants when a couple of Tennett's felt lucky.
Tennett by Patty92834 October 7, 2009

9 ancestral tenets 

Sarcastically used to refer to steroids. A reference to a fitness influencer named Liver King, who claimed to have achieved his physique 100% naturally by eating raw liver and following an ancestral lifestyle, when in reality he was taking over $10,000 of steroids per month.
CarnivoreDude37: "PUT THAT OATMEAL DOWN, YOU FUCKING PUSSIES!! YOU WEAKLINGS WILL NEVER BE AS STRONG AS ME, UNLESS YOU EAT ONLY BULL'S BALLS AND TAKE MY OFFICIAL CARNIVORE DUDE SUPPLEMENTS, NOW ONLY $199.99!!"
Bob: "Sounds like a scam! No matter how often you lift, no one can get *that* big, unless they're also following the 9 ancestral tenets."
9 ancestral tenets by UltraFitness January 16, 2023
A movie inspired by Sator Square which is so hard to understand that you should watch it at least 3 times with subtitles. It is because the score is louder than the dialogues.
Timmy:- I can't understand TENET.
Joe:-How many times did you watched it?
Timmy:- 1 time.
Joe:- LOL!
tenet by WDTDS May 1, 2021
The other definitions are correct, but fail to mention that telnet is very insecure, as all data (including user names and passwords) are sent across the network in plain text (unencrypted). On an untrusted/public network (like the internet) this can be quite dangerous.
Telnet is outdated. Secure Shell (SSH) is a far better alternative.
telnet by Orbter February 1, 2005
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