[obs.] A terminal that has a display screen but which, because of
hardware or software limitations, behaves like a teletype or some
other printing terminal, thereby combining the disadvantages of both:
like a printing terminal, it can't do fancy display hacks, and like a
display terminal, it doesn't produce hard copy. An example is the
early `dumb' version of Lear-Siegler ADM 3 (without cursor control).
See {tube}, {tty}; compare {dumb terminal}. See TV Typewriters
(Appendix A) for an interesting true story about a glass tty.
[glossary]
[Reference(s) to this entry by made by: {dumb terminal}{smart terminal}]