Telnet and SSH protocol specifications define that
clients should identify the emulation that will be used with the
connection. Most commonly, if a client is able to handle
cursor-movements and similar console actions it should
implement 'vt100' emulation. Almost all servers
support vt100, so this is used as the default value.
Note that in wodSSH, the terminal type does not really have
any affect on the local side - because there is no GUI.
However, changing it from 'vt100' to something else
may cause the server to send different data. For example, you
can stop it from sending ANSI escape sequences since you
don't really need them.