dumb terminal

( 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.

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[Reference(s) to this entry by made by: {glass tty}{smart terminal}]