What is the difference between a monitor and a terminal?
Monitors require refreshing from the host computer’s video system. This is a continuous signal at speeds in the radio frequency spectrum.. Because of this speed monitors are great for lots of graphics fast screen changes, video and animation images. Terminals operate via a data communication method where a command is sent to the terminal unit and there it is interpreted and displayed. Often this is a two way communication through the use of a keyboard or touch screen. The speed of the data can be very slow or fast depending on hardware , distance and environment noise. Most often terminals present text and simple graphics , but very complex images can be rendered on them as well.
