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.TH TERM 7 
.SH NAME
terminals \- conventional names
.SH DESCRIPTION
These names
are used by certain commands and are maintained 
as part of the shell environment
(see
.IR sh (1), environ (5)).
.LP
.nf
.ta \w'450\-12\-8  'u
adm3a	Lear Seigler Adm-3a
2621	Hewlett-Packard HP262? series terminals
1620	DIABLO 1620 (and others using HyType II)
300	DASI/DTC/GSI 300 (and others using HyType I)
33	Teletype Model 33
37	Teletype Model 37
43	Teletype Model 43
5620	Teletype Model 5620 dotmap display
735	Texas Instruments TI735 (and TI725)
745	Texas Instruments TI745
dumb	terminals with no special features
4014	Tektronix 4014
vt52	Digital Equipment Corp. VT52
.fi
.PP
The list goes on and on.
Consult /etc/termcap
(see
.IR termcap (5))
for an up-to-date and locally correct list.
.PP
Commands whose behavior may depend on the terminal
either consult TERM in the environment,
or accept arguments of the form
.BR \-Tterm,
where
.I term
is one of the names given above.
.SH SEE ALSO
stty(1), tabs(1), plot(1),
sh(1), environ(5)
clear(1), underline(1), stty(1), tset(1),
termcap(5)
.br
troff(1) for
.I nroff
.SH BUGS
The programs that ought to adhere to this nomenclature
do so only fitfully.