ðə tˈɛlnɪt pɹˈoʊɾəkˌɑːl dᵻfˈaɪnd ɐn ˈæski "nˈɛtwɜːk vˈɜːtʃuːəl tˈɜːmɪnəl" ˌɛnvˌiːtˈiː, sˌoʊ ðæt kənˈɛkʃənz bᵻtwˌiːn hˈoʊsts wɪð dˈɪfɹənt lˈaɪnˈɛndɪŋ kənvˈɛnʃənz ænd kˈæɹɪktɚ sˈɛts kʊd biː səpˈoːɹɾᵻd baɪ tɹænsmˈɪɾɪŋ ɐ stˈændɚd tˈɛkst fˈɔːɹmæt ˌoʊvɚ ðə nˈɛtwɜːk.
The Telnet protocol defined an ASCII "Network Virtual Terminal" (NVT), so that connections between hosts with different line-ending conventions and character sets could be supported by transmitting a standard text format over the network.