# Terminal and Device I/O API

**Canonical:** https://apis.io/apis/unix/terminal-and-device-io-api/  
**Provider:** UNIX System Call — https://apis.io/providers/unix/  
**Base URL:** system://unix/terminal  
**Documentation:** https://man7.org/linux/man-pages/man3/termios.3.html

Terminal and Device I/O API is one of 11 APIs that [UNIX System Call](https://apis.io/providers/unix/) publishes on the [APIs.io](https://apis.io/) network. Tagged areas include Device-Io, Serial, Terminal, Termios, and Tty. The published artifact set on APIs.io includes API documentation and an API reference.

POSIX terminal interface (termios) and device control system calls for managing terminals, serial ports, and device parameters.

## Machine-readable artifacts (3)

- **Documentation** — https://man7.org/linux/man-pages/man3/termios.3.html
- **APIReference** — https://man7.org/linux/man-pages/man0/termios.h.0p.html
- **Documentation** — https://pubs.opengroup.org/onlinepubs/9699919799/basedefs/termios.h.html

## Other UNIX System Call APIs (10)

- [File System Operations API](https://apis.io/apis/unix/file-system-operations-api/)
- [Process Management API](https://apis.io/apis/unix/process-management-api/)
- [Interprocess Communication API](https://apis.io/apis/unix/interprocess-communication-api/)
- [Memory Management API](https://apis.io/apis/unix/memory-management-api/)
- [System Information API](https://apis.io/apis/unix/system-information-api/)
- [POSIX Threads API](https://apis.io/apis/unix/posix-threads-api/)
- [I/O Multiplexing API](https://apis.io/apis/unix/io-multiplexing-api/)
- [POSIX Semaphores API](https://apis.io/apis/unix/posix-semaphores-api/)
- [POSIX Message Queues API](https://apis.io/apis/unix/posix-message-queues-api/)
- [File Locking API](https://apis.io/apis/unix/file-locking-api/)

## Tags

Device-Io, Serial, Terminal, Termios, Tty

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