In the 1960's, a uniform description of the control sequences for terminals was essential to software like editors. Every manufacturer did something different. So, we CS folks invented a notation...

termcap

Here are 19 out of 17105 lines of the standard /etc/termcap file.

linux|linux console:\
	:am:eo:mi:ms:ut:xn:xo:\
	:NC#18:it#8:\
	:&7=^Z:@7=\E[4~:AL=\E[%dL:DC=\E[%dP:DL=\E[%dM:F1=\E[23~:\
	:F2=\E[24~:F3=\E[25~:F4=\E[26~:F5=\E[28~:F6=\E[29~:\
	:F7=\E[31~:F8=\E[32~:F9=\E[33~:FA=\E[34~:IC=\E[%d@:\
	:K2=\E[G:Km=\E[M:al=\E[L:bl=^G:cb=\E[1K:cd=\E[J:ce=\E[K:\
	:ch=\E[%i%dG:cl=\E[H\E[J:cm=\E[%i%d;%dH:cr=^M:\
	:cs=\E[%i%d;%dr:ct=\E[3g:cv=\E[%i%dd:dc=\E[P:dl=\E[M:\
	:do=^J:ec=\E[%dX:ei=\E[4l:ho=\E[H:ic=\E[@:im=\E[4h:\
	:k1=\E[[A:k2=\E[[B:k3=\E[[C:k4=\E[[D:k5=\E[[E:k6=\E[17~:\
	:k7=\E[18~:k8=\E[19~:k9=\E[20~:k;=\E[21~:kB=\E[Z:kD=\E[3~:\
	:kI=\E[2~:kN=\E[6~:kP=\E[5~:kb=\177:kd=\E[B:kh=\E[1~:\
	:kl=\E[D:kr=\E[C:ku=\E[A:le=^H:mh=\E[2m:mr=\E[7m:nd=\E[C:\
	:nw=^M^J:r1=\Ec\E]R:rc=\E8:sc=\E7:se=\E[27m:sf=^J:sr=\EM:\
	:st=\EH:ta=^I:u6=\E[%i%d;%dR:u7=\E[6n:u8=\E[?6c:u9=\E[c:\
	:ue=\E[24m:up=\E[A:us=\E[4m:vb=200\E[?5h\E[?5l:\
	:ve=\E[?25h\E[?0c:vi=\E[?25l\E[?1c:vs=\E[?25h\E[?8c:\
	:tc=klone+sgr:tc=ecma+color:

man termcap

Here are 39 out of 432 lines of man termcap (a reference manual)

       al   Insert one line
       AL   Indert %1 lines
       ac   Pairs of block grafic characters to map alternate character set
       ae   End alternative character set
       as   Start alternative character set for block grafic characters
       bc   Backspace, if not ^H
       bl   Audio bell
       bt   Move to previous tab stop
       cb   Clear from beginning of line to cursor
       cc   Dummy command character
       cd   Clear to end of screen
       ce   Clear to end of line
       ch   Move cursor horizontally only to column %1
       cl   Clear screen and cursor home
       cm   Cursor move to row %1 and column %2 (on screen)
       CM   Move cursor to row %1 and column %2 (in memory)
       cr   Carriage return
       cs   Scroll region from line %1 to %2
       ct   Clear tabs
       cv   Move cursor vertically only to line %1
       dc   Delete one character
       DC   Delete %1 characters
       dl   Delete one line
       DL   Delete %1 lines
       dm   Begin delete mode
       do   Cursor down one line
       DO   Cursor down #1 lines
       ds   Disable status line
       eA   Enable alternate character set
       ec   Erase %1 characters starting at cursor
       ed   End delete mode
       ei   End insert mode
       ff   Formfeed character on hardcopy terminals
       fs   Return character to its position before going to status line
       F1   The string sent by function key f11
       F2   The string sent by function key f12
       F3   The string sent by function key f13
       ...  ...
       F9   The string sent by function key f19