A '''terminal''' is a display unit that is part of the user interface to a
computer system.  The word carries the connotation of being text-only.



** See Also **

   [ANSI]:   various ANSI standards govern terminal behaviour

   [xterm]:   a terminal emulator

   [curses]:   a [C] library for controling terminals

   [handling of ANSI terminals using Expect]:   

   [terminal control sequence]:   


** Reference **

   [http://vt100.net/%|%VT100.net]:   This site is dedicated to the range of video terminals produced by Digital Equipment Corporation (DEC) from 1970 to 1995.  The most famous of these is the VT100.

   [http://www.linusakesson.net/programming/tty/index.php%|%The TTY demystified], Linus Åkesson, 2008-07-25:   



** Description **

Terminal emulators for [Linux] have support for ANSI escape codes built in.


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