curses (programming library)

curses is a terminal control library for Unix-like systems, enabling the construction of text user interface (TUI) applications.

curses
Developer(s)Ken Arnold
Initial release1978
Written inC
TypeWidget toolkit

The name is a pun on the term "cursor optimization". It is a library of functions that manage an application's display on character-cell terminals (e.g., VT100).

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