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shell account

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shell account

In computing, cheap method of accessing the Internet via another computer, usually a Unix machine. Users with a shell account are given text-only access (via the telephone) to another computer connected to the Net.
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UNIX Shell Account Filters Those who have never used a shell account are probably unfamiliar with the term.
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It seems the company regrets that it offered me a so-called Unix shell account several years ago and now wishes me to cancel it and sign up for the more profitable (to them) Netcruiser service.
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There are even browsers that let you work through an ASCII-only shell account and view in multimedia (SLIPknot and I-Comm, in particular).
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