NAME

term − conventional names for terminals

DESCRIPTION

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

1620DIABLO 1620 (and others using HyType II)
2621Hewlett-Packard HP262? series terminals
300DASI/DTC/GSI 300 (and others using HyType I)
33TELETYPE® Model 33
37TELETYPE Model 37
4014Tektronix 4014
43TELETYPE Model 43
735Texas Instruments TI735 (and TI725)
745Texas Instruments TI745
adm3aLear Seigler Adm-3a
c100Human Designed Systems Concept 100
dialupA terminal on a phone line with no known characteristics
dumbTerminals with no special features
f100Liberty Electronics Freedom 100
f110Liberty Electronics Freedom 110
h19Heathkit H19
hpHewlett-Packard HP264? series terminals
mimeMicroterm mime in enhanced ACT IV mode
networkA terminal on a network connection with no known characteristics
vt100Digital Equipment Corp. VT100
vt52Digital Equipment Corp. VT52

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)

See troff(1) for information on nroff

BUGS

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

4th Berkeley Distribution  —  April 11, 1988