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The Microsoft Windows Terminal Server (WTS) is a server program running on its Windows NT 4.0
(or higher) operating system that provides the graphical user interface (GUI) of the Windows
desktop to user terminals that don't have this capability themselves. The latter include the
relatively low-cost NetPC or "thin client" that some companies are purchasing as alternatives
to the autonomous and more expensive PC with its own operating system and applications.
The Windows Terminal Server was code-named "Hydra" during development.
The Windows Terminal Server has three parts: the multiuser core server itself, the Remote
Desktop Protocol that enables the Windows desktop interface to be sent to the terminals by
the server, and the Terminal Server Client that goes in each terminal. Users will have access
to 32-bit Windows-based applications. The new terminal devices are being made by a number of
vendors, including Network Computing Devices and Wyse Technologies. In addition, users of
existing PCs running Windows 95 and Windows 3.11 operating systems can also access the Server
and its applications. The Terminal Server can also serve terminals and workstations that run
UNIX, Macintosh, or DOS operating systems that can't be upgraded to 32-bit Windows.
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