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dumb terminal
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n. A terminal that is one step above a glass tty , having a minimally
addressable cursor but no on-screen editing or other features normally
supported by a smart terminal. Once upon a time, when glass ttys were common
and addressable cursors were something special, what is now called a dumb
terminal could pass for a smart terminal.