Terminal concentrator

Terminal concerntrators, also known as terminal multiplexers, were hardware devices used to multiplex multiple serial terminals to a single hardware computer connection. Examples of terminal multiplexers were the IBM 3299 and the terminal multiplexers made by Gandalf Technologies.

For the modern software equivalent, see Terminal multiplexer.
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