usr/man/man7/term.7

.TH TERM 7
.SH NAME
terminals \- conventional names
.SH DESCRIPTION
These names
are used by certain commands and are maintained
as part of the shell environment
(see
.IR sh (1), environ (5)).
.LP
.nf
.ta \w'450\-12\-8  'u
adm3a   Lear Seigler Adm-3a
2621    Hewlett-Packard HP262? series terminals
hp      Hewlett-Packard HP264? series terminals
c100    Human Designed Systems Concept 100
h19     Heathkit H19
mime    Microterm mime in enhanced ACT IV mode
1620    DIABLO 1620 (and others using HyType II)
300     DASI/DTC/GSI 300 (and others using HyType I)
33      TELETYPE\*R Model 33
37      TELETYPE Model 37
43      TELETYPE Model 43
735     Texas Instruments TI735 (and TI725)
745     Texas Instruments TI745
dumb    terminals with no special features
4014    Tektronix 4014
vt52    Digital Equipment Corp. VT52
.fi
.PP
The list goes on and on.
Consult /etc/termcap
(see
.IR termcap (5))
for an up-to-date and locally correct list.
.PP
Commands whose behavior may depend on the terminal
either consult TERM in the environment,
or accept arguments of the form
.BR \-Tterm,
where
.I term
is one of the names given above.
.SH SEE ALSO
stty(1), tabs(1), plot(1),
sh(1), environ(5)
ex(1), clear(1), more(1), ul(1), tset(1),
termcap(5), termlib(3), ttytype(5)
.br
troff(1) for
.I nroff
.SH BUGS
The programs that ought to adhere to this nomenclature
do so only fitfully.