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• Types of text terminals

• On ANSI-compatible terminals

• Under DOS and Microsoft Windows

• Under Unix-like systems

• OpenVMS

• Oberon

• In embedded systems

• Other uses

• See also

• Examples of programming libraries

• References

From text application's point of view, a text screen (and communications with it) can belong to one of three types (here ordered in order of decreasing accessibility):

1. A genuine text mode display, controlled by a video adapter or the central processor itself. This is a normal condition for a locally running application on various types of personal computers and mobile devices. If not deterred by the operating system, a smart program may exploit the full power of a hardware text mode.

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