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8.Dd
9.Dt TERM 7
10.Os ATT 32v
11.Sh NAME
12.Nm term
13.Nd conventional names for terminals
14.Sh DESCRIPTION
15Certain commands use these terminal names. They are maintained
16as part of the shell environment (see
17.Xr sh  1  ,
18.Xr environ  7  ) .
19.Pp
20.Ds I
21.Cw network
22.Cl adm3a	Lear Seigler Adm-3a
23.Cl 2621	Hewlett-Packard HP262? series terminals
24.Cl hp	Hewlett-Packard HP264? series terminals
25.Cl c100	Human Designed Systems Concept 100
26.Cl h19	Heathkit H19
27.Cl mime	Microterm mime in enhanced ACT IV mode
28.Cl 735	Texas Instruments TI735 (and TI725)
29.Cl 745	Texas Instruments TI745
30.Cl dumb	terminals with no special features
31.Cl dialup	a terminal on a phone line with no known characteristics
32.Cl network	a terminal on a network connection with no known characteristics
33.Cl xterm	a workstation running X
34.Cl 4014	Tektronix 4014
35.Cl vt100	Digital Equipment Corp. VT100
36.Cw
37.De
38.Pp
39The list goes on and on.
40Consult
41.Pa /usr/share/misc/termcap (see
42.Xr termcap  5  )
43for an up-to-date and locally correct list.
44.Pp
45Commands whose behavior may depend on the terminal either consult TERM in
46the environment, or accept arguments of the form
47.Fl Tterm ,
48where
49.Nm term
50is one of the names given above.
51.Sh SEE ALSO
52.Xr stty 1 ,
53.Xr tabs 1 ,
54.Xr plot 1
55.Xr sh 1 ,
56.Xr environ 7
57.Xr ex 1 ,
58.Xr clear 1 ,
59.Xr more 1 ,
60.Xr ul 1 ,
61.Xr tset 1 ,
62.Xr termcap 5 ,
63.Xr termcap 3 ,
64.Xr ttys 5
65.Xr troff 1
66.Sh BUGS
67The programs that ought to adhere to this nomenclature do so only fitfully.
68.Sh HISTORY
69.Nm Term
70appeared in Version 32 AT&T UNIX.
71