NAME

term − conventional names for terminals

DESCRIPTION

Certain commands use these terminal names. They are maintained as part of the shell environment (see sh(1),environ(7)).

adm3aLear Seigler Adm-3a
2621Hewlett-Packard HP262? series terminals
hpHewlett-Packard HP264? series terminals
c100Human Designed Systems Concept 100
h19Heathkit H19
mimeMicroterm mime in enhanced ACT IV mode
1620DIABLO 1620 (and others using HyType II)
300DASI/DTC/GSI 300 (and others using HyType I)
33TELETYPE® Model 33
37TELETYPE Model 37
43TELETYPE Model 43
735Texas Instruments TI735 (and TI725)
745Texas Instruments TI745
dumbterminals with no special features
dialupa terminal on a phone line with no known characteristics
networka terminal on a network connection with no known characteristics
4014Tektronix 4014
vt52Digital Equipment Corp. VT52

The list goes on and on.  Consult /etc/termcap (see termcap(5)) for an up-to-date and locally correct list.

Commands whose behavior may depend on the terminal either consult TERM in the environment, or accept arguments of the form −Tterm, where term is one of the names given above. 

SEE ALSO

stty(1), tabs(1), plot(1G), sh(1), environ(7) ex(1), clear(1), more(1), ul(1), tset(1), termcap(5), termcap(3X), ttytype(5)
troff(1) for nroff

BUGS

The programs that ought to adhere to this nomenclature do so only fitfully. 

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