As for the terminal emulator/Hyperterminal, it's a 'facial tissue/kleenex' issue in my book.
Nope. It's more like swiss army knife/corkscrew, which are not equivalent. Since HyperTerminal is a serial console, an ``advanced'' modem client, and a telnet client, using it as a synonym for any one of those functions is imprecise.
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Bitt Faulk