Either a dedicated thin client terminal or a regular PC with thin client software is used to send keyboard and mouse input to the server and receive screen output in return. The thin client does ...

A type of thin client that permanently contains only system software for booting the operating system from the network. Applications come from the server as well, and there is no local storage.

The vendor is developing the Windows XP-based thin clients ... and partners to deploy pre-packaged thin-client solutions instead of customizing software on their own or using ISVs, sources ...

That’s apparently what was on [Crimson Repair]’s mind lately, the result being the discovery that an old thin client PC makes a dandy stand-in for a Raspberry Pi, at least in some cases.