V.E.R.A. -- Virtual Entity of Relevant Acronyms (February 2016):

TERMCAP
       TERMinal CAPability (Unix)


The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (30 December 2018):

termcap

    (terminal capabilities) A Unix database
   listing different types of terminal (or terminal emulation)
   and the character strings to send to make the terminal
   perform certain functions such as move the cursor up one
   line or clear the screen.

   Programs written using termcap can work on any terminal in the
   database which supports the necessary functions.  Typical
   programs are text editors or file viewers like more.  The
   termcap routines look for an environment variable "TERM" to
   determine which terminal the user is using.

   terminfo is a later version of termcap.

   (1998-10-30)