Terminal

The term Terminal can be used to mean:

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• Terminal (telecommunication), a device which is capable of communicating over a line
• Terminal (electronics), a device for joining electrical circuits together
• The connecting points of a battery are similarly referred to as terminals.
• Terminal station, a passenger rail station where rail service begins and ends; the end of the line.
• Airport terminal, a building at an airport where passengers transfer from ground transportation to the facilities that allow them to board airplanes
• The Terminal, a 2004 film by Steven Spielberg, in which a man is stuck in an airport terminal
• Container terminal, a facility which handles shipping.
• Pipeline terminal, a storage facility at the downstream end of a pipeline transport, typically serving as a buffer between delivery and use
• Computer terminal, a device used for entering and displaying data on a computer
• Terminal illness, a progressive disease that is expected to cause death
• Terminal sedation, the practice of inducing unconsciousness in a terminally ill person for the remainder of the person's life
• Terminal symbol, in formal grammar, is a symbol that cannot be further divided
• the song "Terminal" by Rupert Holmes, from his first solo album, 1970's Widescreen. One of his best known and most loved songs, it is about a commuter who lets his chance at true love slip by.

Terminal is a synonym for the following concepts:

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• Leaf node, in graphs, trees and computer programs
• Computer console, a text output device for system administration messages
 
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