<s>
Tera	B-Protocol
Term	I-Protocol
(	O
alternatively	O
TeraTerm	B-Protocol
)	O
is	O
an	O
open-source	O
,	O
free	O
,	O
software	O
implemented	O
,	O
terminal	B-Application
emulator	I-Application
(	O
communications	O
)	O
program	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
emulates	O
different	O
types	O
of	O
computer	B-General_Concept
terminals	I-General_Concept
,	O
from	O
DEC	B-Device
VT100	I-Device
to	O
DEC	O
VT382	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
supports	O
telnet	B-Protocol
,	O
SSH	B-Protocol
1	O
&	O
2	O
and	O
serial	O
port	O
connections	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
also	O
has	O
a	O
built-in	O
macro	B-Language
scripting	I-Language
language	I-Language
(	O
supporting	O
Oniguruma	B-Algorithm
regular	B-Language
expressions	I-Language
)	O
and	O
a	O
few	O
other	O
useful	O
plugins	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
first	O
versions	O
of	O
Tera	B-Protocol
Term	I-Protocol
were	O
created	O
by	O
T	O
.	O
Teranishi	O
from	O
Japan	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
At	O
the	O
time	O
,	O
it	O
was	O
the	O
only	O
freely	O
available	O
terminal	B-Application
emulator	I-Application
to	O
effectively	O
support	O
the	O
Japanese	O
language	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Original	O
development	O
of	O
Tera	B-Protocol
Term	I-Protocol
stopped	O
in	O
the	O
late	O
1990s	O
at	O
version	O
2.3	O
,	O
but	O
other	O
organizations	O
have	O
created	O
variations	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
October	O
2002	O
,	O
Ayera	O
Technologies	O
released	O
TeraTerm	B-Protocol
Pro	I-Protocol
3.1.3	O
supporting	O
SSH2	O
and	O
added	O
multiple	O
other	O
features	O
like	O
a	O
built-in	O
web	B-Application
server	I-Application
for	O
API	B-General_Concept
integration	O
with	O
external	O
systems	O
,	O
recurring	O
"	O
keep-alive	O
"	O
commands	O
,	O
and	O
ODBC	B-Application
database	O
support	O
via	O
the	O
TT	O
Macro	B-Language
Scripting	I-Language
Language	I-Language
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
2004	O
,	O
Yutaka	O
Hirata	O
,	O
a	O
software	O
designer	O
from	O
Japan	O
,	O
restarted	O
development	O
of	O
the	O
open	O
source	O
version	O
of	O
Tera	B-Protocol
Term	I-Protocol
.	O
</s>
<s>
To	O
avoid	O
confusion	O
with	O
version	O
numbers	O
and	O
to	O
indicate	O
that	O
Tera	B-Protocol
Term	I-Protocol
developed	O
by	O
Yutaka	O
was	O
more	O
recent	O
than	O
version	O
3.1.3	O
from	O
Ayera	O
Technologies	O
,	O
it	O
was	O
decided	O
to	O
give	O
this	O
branch	O
of	O
Tera	B-Protocol
Term	I-Protocol
Professional	O
version	O
numbers	O
starting	O
4.xx	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
January	O
2005	O
,	O
Boris	O
Maisuradze	O
,	O
together	O
with	O
Yutaka	O
Hirata	O
,	O
started	O
the	O
TeraTerm	B-Protocol
Support	O
forum	O
where	O
they	O
answered	O
questions	O
from	O
Tera	B-Protocol
Term	I-Protocol
users	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Posting	O
in	O
this	O
forum	O
was	O
the	O
best	O
way	O
to	O
suggest	O
new	O
features	O
for	O
Tera	B-Protocol
Term	I-Protocol
or	O
propose	O
new	O
commands	O
for	O
the	O
Tera	B-Protocol
Term	I-Protocol
Macro	O
language	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Boris	O
also	O
developed	O
several	O
freeware	O
tools	O
that	O
became	O
part	O
of	O
TeraTerm	B-Protocol
package	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
LogMeTT.com	O
website	O
was	O
shut	O
down	O
and	O
support	O
forums	O
moved	O
to	O
TeraTerm	B-Protocol
Project	O
site	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Since	O
2007	O
,	O
Tera	B-Protocol
Term	I-Protocol
has	O
been	O
maintained	O
by	O
Tera	B-Protocol
Term	I-Protocol
Project	O
(	O
Japanese	O
Developer	O
team	O
)	O
as	O
open	O
source	O
software	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Tera	B-Protocol
term	I-Protocol
supports	O
:	O
</s>
<s>
TCP/IP	O
(	O
telnet	B-Protocol
,	O
SSH1	O
,	O
SSH2	O
)	O
connections	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
IPv6	B-Protocol
communication	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
VT100	B-Device
emulation	O
and	O
selected	O
VT200/VT300	O
emulation	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Tek4010	B-General_Concept
emulation	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
File	O
transfer	O
protocols	O
(	O
Kermit	O
,	O
XMODEM	B-Protocol
,	O
YMODEM	B-Protocol
,	O
ZMODEM	B-Device
,	O
B-PLUS	O
and	O
Quick-VAN	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Scripts	O
using	O
the	O
"	O
Tera	B-Protocol
Term	I-Protocol
Language	O
"	O
.	O
</s>
