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TERM(7)								       TERM(7)

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)).

       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® 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
       dialup	 a terminal on a phone line with no known characteristics
       network	 a terminal on a network connection with no known characteristics
       4014	 Tektronix 4014
       vt52	 Digital 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)
       troff(1) for nroff

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

4th Berkeley Distribution	 May 20, 1985			       TERM(7)

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