term(5)                                                   term(5)



     NAME
          term - conventional names for terminals

     DESCRIPTION
          These names are used by certain commands (e.g., nroff,
          mm(1), man(1), tabs(1)) and are maintained as part of the
          shell environment (see sh(1), profile(4), and environ(5)) in
          the variable $TERM:

          1520     Datamedia 1520
          1620     Diablo 1620 and others using the HyType II printer
          1620-12  same, in 12-pitch mode
          2621     Hewlett-Packard HP2621 series
          2631     Hewlett-Packard 2631 line printer
          2631-c   Hewlett-Packard 2631 line printer - compressed mode
          2631-e   Hewlett-Packard 2631 line printer - expanded mode
          2640     Hewlett-Packard HP2640 series
          2645     Hewlett-Packard HP264n series (other than the 2640 series)
          300      DASI/DTC/GSI 300 and others using the HyType I printer
          300-12   same, in 12-pitch mode
          300s     DASI/DTC/GSI 300s
          382      DTC 382
          300s-12  same, in 12-pitch mode
          3045     Datamedia 3045
          33       TELETYPE(Reg.) Terminal Model 33 KSR
          37       TELETYPE Terminal Model 37 KSR
          40-2     TELETYPE Terminal Model 40/2
          40-4     TELETYPE Terminal Model 40/4
          4540     TELETYPE Terminal Model 4540
          3270     IBM Model 3270
          4000a    Trendata 4000a
          4014     Tektronix 4014
          43       TELETYPE Model 43 KSR
          450      DASI 450 (same as Diablo 1620)
          450-12   same, in 12-pitch mode
          735      Texas Instruments TI735 and TI725
          745      Texas Instruments TI745
          dumb     generic name for terminals that lack reverse
                   line-feed and other special escape sequences
          sync     generic name for synchronous TELETYPE
                   4540-compatible terminals
          hp       Hewlett-Packard (same as 2645)
          lp       generic name for a line printer
          tn1200   General Electric TermiNet 1200
          tn300    General Electric TermiNet 300

          Up to 8 characters, chosen from [-a-z0-9], make up a basic
          terminal name.  Terminal sub-models and operational modes
          are distinguished by suffixes beginning with a -.  Names
          should generally be based on original vendors, rather than
          local distributors.  A terminal acquired from one vendor
          should not have more than one distinct basic name.



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     term(5)                                                   term(5)



          Commands whose behavior depends on the type of terminal
          should accept arguments of the form -Tterm where term is one
          of the names given above; if no such argument is present,
          such commands should obtain the terminal type from the
          environment variable $TERM, which, in turn, should contain
          term.

          See /etc/termcap on your system for a complete list.

     SEE ALSO
          mm(1), nroff(1), sh(1), stty(1), tabs(1), tplot(1G),
          profile(4), environ(5).

     BUGS
          This is a small candle trying to illuminate a large, dark
          problem.  Programs that ought to adhere to this nomenclature
          do so somewhat fitfully.






































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