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Terminals exists in all forms and breeds. There are "smart" and "dumb" terminals used for a enormous variety of purposes.
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The ranking of a terminal is as you can see alsmost at the bottom of the computing spectrum.
Historically, a terminal is associated with de-centralized computing. Meaning most computing takes (physically) place somewhere else then where the terminal is physically situated.
Fitrst of all have a look at the history of teletype development to see the fore fathers of all remote computing and then come back here.
Conclusion
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