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Is that dichotomy really appropriate anymore? To me a terminal really has no power. Everything has to be rendered on the server. Photoshop or Blender over a "terminal" would suck.

Google Maps doesn't render on the server. It sends that data to your device and your device renders it, in 3d if you want

https://postimg.cc/LnBtLfWf

That seems far removed from "terminals" to me. You could say it's just a smarter terminal but then is multiplayer Edlin Ring just a smarter terminal that just happens to cache some data locally?



A telnet terminal isn’t a terminal by this logic because the text isn’t rendered on the server. A telnet server sends data to your device and your device renders it.




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