.\"***************************************************************************
-.\" Copyright (c) 1998-2018,2019 Free Software Foundation, Inc. *
+.\" Copyright 2018-2020,2021 Thomas E. Dickey *
+.\" Copyright 1998-2016,2017 Free Software Foundation, Inc. *
.\" *
.\" Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a *
.\" copy of this software and associated documentation files (the *
.\" authorization. *
.\"***************************************************************************
.\"
-.\" $Id: terminfo.head,v 1.38 2019/07/27 11:51:04 tom Exp $
+.\" $Id: terminfo.head,v 1.41 2021/08/15 19:32:53 tom Exp $
.TH terminfo 5 "" "" "File Formats"
.ds n 5
.ds d @TERMINFO@
.el .in -2
..
.SH NAME
-terminfo \- terminal capability data base
+terminfo \- terminal capability database
.SH SYNOPSIS
\*d/*/*
.SH DESCRIPTION
.I Terminfo
-is a data base describing terminals,
+is a database describing terminals,
used by screen-oriented programs such as
\fBnvi\fR(1),
\fBlynx\fR(1),
.I terminfo
consist of a sequence of fields:
.bP
-Each field ends with a comma \*(``,\*(''
+Each field ends with a comma \*(``,\*(''
(embedded commas may be
escaped with a backslash or written as \*(``\\054\*('').
.bP