Telnet is an application protocol used on the Internet or local area network to provide a bidirectional interactive text-oriented communication facility using a virtual terminal connection.

Nowadays, Telnet can be used from a virtual terminal, or a terminal emulator, which is essentially a modern computer that communicates with the same Telnet isn't the same as other TCP/IP protocols such as HTTP, which transfers files to and from a server. Instead, the Telnet protocol has you log on...