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<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><head><title>dumb terminal</title><link rel="stylesheet" href="../../jargon.css" type="text/css"/><meta name="generator" content="DocBook XSL Stylesheets V1.61.0"/><link rel="home" href="../index.html" title="The Jargon File"/><link rel="up" href="../D.html" title="D"/><link rel="previous" href="Duffs-device.html" title="Duff's device"/><link rel="next" href="dumbass-attack.html" title="dumbass attack"/></head><body><div class="navheader"><table width="100%" summary="Navigation header"><tr><th colspan="3" align="center">dumb terminal</th></tr><tr><td width="20%" align="left"><a accesskey="p" href="Duffs-device.html">Prev</a> </td><th width="60%" align="center">D</th><td width="20%" align="right"> <a accesskey="n" href="dumbass-attack.html">Next</a></td></tr></table><hr/></div><dt><a id="dumb-terminal"/><dt xmlns="" id="dumb-terminal"><b>dumb terminal</b>: <span xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" class="grammar">n.</span></dt></dt><dd><p> A terminal that is one step above a
<a href="../G/glass-tty.html"><i class="glossterm">glass tty</i></a>, having a minimally addressable cursor but no on-screen
editing or other features normally supported by a
<a href="../S/smart-terminal.html"><i class="glossterm">smart terminal</i></a>. Once upon a time, when glass ttys were common and
addressable cursors were something special, what is now called a dumb
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