What is difference between /etc/rc called programs and ones called after login prompt shows up

[Aryeh Friedman]

On Sat, Aug 23, 2008 at 9:06 PM, Ivan Voras <ivoras at freebsd.org> wrote:
> RW wrote:
>
>> There's another difference: your /etc/rc script doesn't export PATH.
>
> And TERM.
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>

Since I never set TERM why export it?