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