How do I use a second computer as a monitor?

Hi,
I have an iMac and a MacBook Pro. I want to primarily use my iMac and use my macbook as a monitor. I'm a musician and I want to run Ableton on one screen and maschine on another.
For some reason I can't find any forums explaining this, unless I'm just wording it wrong. I'm assuming it's a cord I need, probably a firewire.
Anyone know what to do?
Thanks,
Savanna

Ok, thanks. So my iMac takes a mini displayport cable and my macbook pro takes a thunderbolt cable. Do you know if they make cables with one side mini
displayport and the other side thunderbolt? I tried searching but found nothing. I'm guessing the only difference between the two (since they physically look the same) is the wiring inside, so they can't make a cord with both together.

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