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 Terminal README
 ===============
 
-The Terminal is a Jface StyledText widget that can be hooked 
-up to various ITerminalConnectors providing an InputStream,
-OutputStream, and a method for setting the Terminal Size.
+The Terminal is a UI-less model of a grid of characters,
+plus an SWT widget that's updated asynchronously for 
+maximum performance. The widget can be hooked up to various
+ITerminalConnectors providing an InputStream, OutputStream,
+and a method for setting the Terminal Size.
 
 The widget processes ANSI control characters, including NUL,
 backspace, carriage return, linefeed, and a subset of ANSI