Noun | 1. | terminal - station where transport vehicles load or unload passengers or goods |
2. | terminal - a contact on an electrical device (such as a battery) at which electric current enters or leaves Synonyms: pole | |
3. | terminal - electronic equipment consisting of a device providing access to a computer; has a keyboard and display | |
Adj. | 1. | terminal - being or situated at an end; "the endmost pillar"; "terminal buds on a branch"; "a terminal station"; "the terminal syllable" Synonyms: endmost |
2. | terminal - of or relating to or situated at the ends of a delivery route; "freight pickup is a terminal service"; "terminal charges" | |
3. | terminal - relating to or occurring in a term or fixed period of time; "terminal examinations"; "terminal payments" | |
4. | terminal - occurring at or forming an end or termination; "his concluding words came as a surprise"; "the final chapter"; "the last days of the dinosaurs"; "terminal leave" | |
5. | terminal - causing or ending in or approaching death; "a terminal patient"; "terminal cancer" |
1. | (hardware) | terminal - An electronic or electromechanical device for entering data into a computer or a communications system and displaying data received. Early terminals were called teletypes, later ones VDUs. Typically a terminal communicates with the computer via a serial line. | |
2. | (electronics) | terminal - The end of a line where signals are either transmitted or received, or a point along the length of a line where the signals are made available to apparatus. | |
3. | (electronics) | terminal - Apparatus to send and/or receive signals on a line. |