VT100 terminal

E229930
computer terminal video display terminal

The VT100 terminal is a widely influential video display terminal introduced by Digital Equipment Corporation in the late 1970s, known for popularizing ANSI escape codes and becoming a de facto standard for text-based computer interfaces.

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All labels observed (5)

Label Occurrences
VT100 2
DEC VT100 1
VT100 terminal canonical 1

Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf computer terminal ⓘ
video display terminal ⓘ
characterResolution 80x24 ⓘ
communicationInterface EIA-232 ⓘ
surface form: RS-232
countryOfOrigin United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
displayColor green phosphor ⓘ
white phosphor ⓘ
displayTechnology monochrome ⓘ
displayType CRT ⓘ
era 1980s ⓘ
late 1970s ⓘ
hasCodeName VT100 terminal self-link ⓘ
surface form: VT100
hasFeature line drawing character set ⓘ
programmable function keys ⓘ
reverse video ⓘ
smooth scroll ⓘ
status line (on some variants) ⓘ
influenced ANSI escape code standardization ⓘ
Linux TTY subsystem ⓘ
surface form: Linux virtual console

de facto standard for text terminals ⓘ
many modern terminal emulators ⓘ
xterm ⓘ
surface form: xterm terminal emulator
introducedInDecade 1970s ⓘ
introducedInYear 1978 ⓘ
keyboardLayout DEC keyboard layout ⓘ
keyboardType detachable keyboard ⓘ
legacy VT100 compatibility mode in modern terminals ⓘ
basis for many terminal control standards ⓘ
manufacturer Digital Equipment Corporation ⓘ
modelNumber VT100 terminal self-link ⓘ
surface form: VT100
notableFor compatibility across multiple computer systems ⓘ
popularizing ANSI escape sequences ⓘ
partOfProductLine VT series ⓘ
powerSupply internal ⓘ
predecessor VT52 ⓘ
status discontinued ⓘ
successor VT101 ⓘ
VT100 terminal self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: VT102

VT125 ⓘ
supportsANSIescapeCodes true ⓘ
supportsBaudRatesUpTo 19200 bps ⓘ
supportsControlSequences DEC Private Mode sequences ⓘ
supportsCursorAddressing true ⓘ
supportsScrolling true ⓘ
usedIn minicomputer environments ⓘ
time-sharing systems ⓘ
usedWith PDP-11 ⓘ
VAX ⓘ
usesCharacterSet ASCII ⓘ
surface form: 7-bit ASCII

Referenced by (6)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Digital Equipment Corporation → notableProduct → VT100 terminal ⓘ
IBM 3270-style terminal displays → contrastWith → VT100 terminal ⓘ
this entity surface form: DEC VT100
GNOME Terminal → supportsProtocol → VT100 terminal ⓘ
this entity surface form: VT220
VT100 terminal → modelNumber → VT100 terminal self-link ⓘ
subject surface form: VT100
this entity surface form: VT100
VT100 terminal → successor → VT100 terminal self-linksurface differs ⓘ
subject surface form: VT100
this entity surface form: VT102
VT100 terminal → hasCodeName → VT100 terminal self-link ⓘ
subject surface form: VT100
this entity surface form: VT100