remote echo

communications (Obsolete: "full-duplex") A mode of operation

of communicating programs or devices in which the sending

system does not display the characters the user enters, but

only sends them to the remote system which then "echoes" them

back to be displayed to the user. This lets the operator see

not only typing errors, but also transmission errors. This is

now the usual mode of most systems with remote users.

Contrast: local echo.

(2000-03-30)