Remote desktop

Remote Desktop may refer to:

Remote desktop software, software which allows remotely controlling or logging in to a desktop via a network connection
- Apple Remote Desktop
Microsoft's Remote Desktop Connection
Microsoft's Remote Desktop Protocol

In computing the term remote desktop refers to a software or an OS feature allowing graphical applications to be run remotely on a server, while being displayed locally Apple Remote Desktop ( ARD) is a Macintosh application produced by Apple Inc Terminal Services is one of the components of Microsoft Windows (both server and client versions that allows a user to access applications and data on a remote computer Remote Desktop Protocol ( RDP) is a multi-channel protocol that allows a user to connect to a computer running Microsoft Terminal Services. This page is a comparison of Remote desktop software available for various platforms

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(computing) A real-time network mirroring of one computer's graphical display onto another computer (with or without knowledge of the mirrored computer's user, with or without shared mouse & keyboard interaction.) Also, a specific program that accomplishes that mirroring.

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