TERM(7) UNIX Reference Manual TERM(7) NNAAMMEE tteerrmm - conventional names for terminals DDEESSCCRRIIPPTTIIOONN 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 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 network a terminal on a network connection with no known xterm a workstation running X 4014 Tektronix 4014 vt100 Digital Equipment Corp. VT100 The list goes on and on. Consult /_u_s_r/_s_h_a_r_e/_m_i_s_c/_t_e_r_m_c_a_p (_s_e_e 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 --TTtteerrmm, where tteerrmm is one of the names given above. SSEEEE AALLSSOO stty(1), tabs(1), plot(1) sh(1), environ(7) ex(1), clear(1), more(1), ul(1), tset(1), termcap(5), termcap(3), ttys(5) troff(1) BBUUGGSS The programs that ought to adhere to this nomenclature do so only fitful- ly. HHIISSTTOORRYY TTeerrmm appeared in Version 32 AT&T UNIX.