


      TERM(5)                     (UNIX 5.0)                    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
           ridge-10       Bull-SPS9 Monochrome Display in portrait
                           orientation with 10-point font
           ridge-12       same, with 12-point font
           ridge-14       same, with 14-point font
           ridge-16       same, with 16-point font
           ridge-18       same, with 18-point font
           ridge-20       same, with 20-point font



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           ridge-24       same, with 24-point font

           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 ALSO
           mm(1), nroff(1), tplot(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.































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