i been to a libary and i saw one PC which joined few screens and keyboard and mouse via a 'Box'. the box made a few screens and keyboard into a Network. The box was mainly connected to the main pc (it was a full PC with a hard drive and things)
even though it was the internet and other things was slow, it did the job so my main question is what is that box called?
2006-09-11 10:30:05 · 7 answers · asked by Lee 1 in Computers & Internet ➔ Computer Networking
I believe that you saw a computer with terminal devices. Terminal devices are screen shots displayed from the main computer and allows multiple users to share the same PC.
Microsoft has Terminal Services for this; there is also Citrix.
For the box itself, maybe it was simply a KVM.
2006-09-11 11:29:34 · answer #1 · answered by Bernz 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
in scientific circles the box you are refering to is known ominously as 'the box' some say it stems from an old jack in the box which may have been used as a primitive shell for an early computer. And thats a fact. fact fans
2006-09-11 10:38:12 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
They're probably using it as a server. You can come up with all sorts of solutions nowadays.
You can also put individual printer servers on each printer to connect them to your network when you can't do it the "proper" way - useless info, sorry!
2006-09-11 10:40:40 · answer #3 · answered by bambam 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
A network is several computers linked together so that can't be a network.
2006-09-12 13:12:03 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I was going to say, surely a network of only one computer is a 'notwork'!
2006-09-11 10:40:16 · answer #5 · answered by richy 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
its the simplest form of server. thats what the first server looked like, one pc and lots of access points.
2006-09-11 10:32:52 · answer #6 · answered by cedley1969 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
It's called a KVM| switch
2006-09-12 04:47:09 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋