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1.TH TERM 7
2.SH NAME
3terminals \- conventional names
4.SH DESCRIPTION
5These names
6are used by certain commands and are maintained
7as part of the shell environment
8(see
9.IR sh (1), environ (5)).
10.LP
11.nf
12.ta \w'450\-12\-8 'u
13adm3a Lear Seigler Adm-3a
142621 Hewlett-Packard HP262? series terminals
15hp Hewlett-Packard HP264? series terminals
16c100 Human Designed Systems Concept 100
17h19 Heathkit H19
18mime Microterm mime in enhanced ACT IV mode
191620 DIABLO 1620 (and others using HyType II)
20300 DASI/DTC/GSI 300 (and others using HyType I)
2133 TELETYPE\*R Model 33
2237 TELETYPE Model 37
2343 TELETYPE Model 43
24735 Texas Instruments TI735 (and TI725)
25745 Texas Instruments TI745
26dumb terminals with no special features
274014 Tektronix 4014
28vt52 Digital Equipment Corp. VT52
29.fi
30.PP
31The list goes on and on.
32Consult /etc/termcap
33(see
34.IR termcap (5))
35for an up-to-date and locally correct list.
36.PP
37Commands whose behavior may depend on the terminal
38either consult TERM in the environment,
39or accept arguments of the form
40.BR \-Tterm,
41where
42.I term
43is one of the names given above.
44.SH SEE ALSO
45stty(1), tabs(1), plot(1),
46sh(1), environ(5)
47ex(1), clear(1), more(1), ul(1), tset(1),
48termcap(5), termlib(3), ttytype(5)
49.br
50troff(1) for
51.I nroff
52.SH BUGS
53The programs that ought to adhere to this nomenclature
54do so only fitfully.