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:

irisSilicon Graphics IRIS 1400 Workstation
1520Datamedia 1520
1620Diablo 1620 and others using the HyType II printer
1620−12same, in 12-pitch mode
2621Hewlett-Packard HP2621 series
2631Hewlett-Packard 2631 line printer
2631−cHewlett-Packard 2631 line printer - compressed mode
2631−eHewlett-Packard 2631 line printer - expanded mode
2640Hewlett-Packard HP2640 series
2645Hewlett-Packard HP264n series (other than the 2640 series)
300DASI/DTC/GSI 300 and others using the HyType I printer
300−12same, in 12-pitch mode
300sDASI/DTC/GSI 300s
382DTC 382
300s−12same, in 12-pitch mode
3045Datamedia 3045
33TELETYPE® Terminal Model 33 KSR
37TELETYPE Terminal Model 37 KSR
40−2TELETYPE Terminal Model 40/2
40−4TELETYPE Terminal Model 40/4
4540TELETYPE Terminal Model 4540
3270IBM Model 3270
4000aTrendata 4000a
4014Tektronix 4014
43TELETYPE Model 43 KSR
450DASI 450 (same as Diablo 1620)
450−12same, in 12-pitch mode
735Texas Instruments TI735 and TI725
745Texas Instruments TI745
dugeneric dial-up
dumbgeneric name for terminals that lack reverse
line-feed and other special escape sequences
syncgeneric name for synchronous TELETYPE
4540-compatible terminals
hpHewlett-Packard (same as 2645)
lpgeneric name for a line printer
tn1200General Electric TermiNet 1200
tn300General 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. 

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), 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. 

Version 3.6  —  December 20, 1987