Terminal
Encyclopedia
In travel and transport
- Airport terminalAirport terminalAn airport terminal is a building at an airport where passengers transfer between ground transportation and the facilities that allow them to board and disembark from aircraft....
, a building at an airport - Bus terminalBus terminusA bus terminus is a designated place where a bus or coach starts or ends its scheduled route. The terminus is the designated place that a timetable is timed from. Termini can be located at bus stations, interchanges, bus garages or simple bus stops. Termini can both start and stop at the same...
, a bus station - Container terminalContainer terminalA container terminal is a facility where cargo containers are transshipped between different transport vehicles, for onward transportation. The transshipment may be between container ships and land vehicles, for example trains or trucks, in which case the terminal is described as a maritime...
, a facility which handles shipping containers and cargo - Ferry terminalFerry slipA ferry slip is a specialized docking facility that receives a ferryboat or train ferry. A similar structure called a barge slip receives a barge or car float that is used to carry wheeled vehicles across a body of water....
, a docking facility for passenger, train and/or auto ferries - Freight terminalFreight terminalA freight terminal is a processing node for freight. Most freight terminals are located at ports. They may include airports, seaports, railroad terminals, and trucking terminals. Freight is usually loaded onto and off the transport. As most of the terminals are located at ports, one can see many...
, a freight station - Shipping terminalPortA port is a location on a coast or shore containing one or more harbors where ships can dock and transfer people or cargo to or from land....
, a sea port or a dock or a berth - Marine terminalDock (maritime)A dock is a human-made structure or group of structures involved in the handling of boats or ships, usually on or close to a shore.However, the exact meaning varies among different variants of the English language...
, a sea port or a dock (maritime) or a berth - Terminal station, a station at the end of a railway line.
In electronics, telecommunication, and computers
- In typography:
- Terminal (typeface), a monospace font
- A type of Stroke ending (typography)Stroke ending (typography)In typography, a stroke can end in a number of ways. Examples include:* The Serif, including:** The regular serif** The bracketed serif** The half-serif* The terminal, which is any stroke that does not end in a Serif...
which does not end in a serif
- Terminal (electronics)Terminal (electronics)A terminal is the point at which a conductor from an electrical component, device or network comes to an end and provides a point of connection to external circuits. A terminal may simply be the end of a wire or it may be fitted with a connector or fastener...
, a device for joining electrical circuits together - Terminal (telecommunication)Terminal (telecommunication)In the context of telecommunications, a terminal is a device which is capable of communicating over a line. Examples of terminals are telephones, fax machines, and network devices - printers and workstations....
, a device communicating over a line - Remote terminal unit (RTU), a telemetry device interfacing to a DCS or SCADA system
- Computer consoleSystem consoleThe system console, root console or simply console is the text entry and display device for system administration messages, particularly those from the BIOS or boot loader, the kernel, from the init system and from the system logger...
, a text output device for system administration messages - Computer terminalComputer terminalA computer terminal is an electronic or electromechanical hardware device that is used for entering data into, and displaying data from, a computer or a computing system...
, a hardware device for data entry and display in a computer system - Dumb terminal, a computer terminal that has limited functionality
- Pseudo terminalPseudo terminalIn some operating systems, including Unix, a pseudo terminal is a pseudo-device pair that provides a text terminal interface without an associated device, such as a virtual console, computer terminal or serial port...
, a piece of code that routes a server I/O to and from some application, assuming that it will implement the text terminal behavior - Terminal emulatorTerminal emulatorA terminal emulator, terminal application, term, or tty for short, is a program that emulates a video terminal within some other display architecture....
, an application program replacing a computer terminal - Terminal (Mac OS X), a terminal emulator application included with Mac OS X
- Terminal (Xfce)Terminal (Xfce)Terminal is Xfce's terminal emulator, replacing xterm as default. It takes advantage of Xfwm's built-in compositing to support true transparency....
, the Xfce terminal emulator - Computer terminal#Text terminals, any computer interface for serial entry and display of textual data
- Virtual consoleVirtual consoleA virtual console – also known as a virtual terminal – is a conceptual combination of the keyboard and display for a computer user interface. It is a feature of some operating systems such as UnixWare, Linux, and BSD, in which the system console of the computer can be used to switch between...
, a concept that permits multiple terminals on one hardware
In sciences
- Terminal object, a type of object studied in category theory
- Terminal symbolTerminal and nonterminal symbolsIn computer science, terminal and nonterminal symbols are the lexical elements used in specifying the production rules that constitute a formal grammar...
in formal grammar, a symbol that cannot be further divided - PolymerPolymerA polymer is a large molecule composed of repeating structural units. These subunits are typically connected by covalent chemical bonds...
terminal in chemistry, the end residue on any polymer chain - Terminal velocityTerminal velocityIn fluid dynamics an object is moving at its terminal velocity if its speed is constant due to the restraining force exerted by the fluid through which it is moving....
in physics, the speed of an object when the restraining force exerted by a fluid (such as air) is equal to other forces (such as gravity) (see also Terminal velocity (disambiguation)Terminal velocity (disambiguation)Terminal velocity is the speed at which an object in free fall ceases to accelerate.Terminal velocity may also refer to:* Terminal Velocity , a 1994 film starring Charlie Sheen...
) - Terminal crown, a feature of living trees like the Eucalyptus Mallet (habit)Mallet (habit)A mallet is a is small-tree form of Eucalyptus found in Western Australia.Unlike the mallee, it is single-stemmed and lacks a lignotuber.Trees of this form have a slender trunk, steeply-angled branches and sometimes form thickets...
Other
- Terminal (band)Terminal (band)Terminal was an American rock band from Mansfield, Texas.-History:Formed in 1998 under the name Letter Twelve, the group signed to Tooth & Nail Records in 2004 and changed its name. The band's first, and only, release under this name was entitled How the Lonely Keep, and in 2005 they went on tour...
, an alternative/indie rock band from Texas, USA - terminal (Denmark) (band) - rock/pop act from Denmark.
- Terminal illnessTerminal illnessTerminal illness is a medical term popularized in the 20th century to describe a disease that cannot be cured or adequately treated and that is reasonably expected to result in the death of the patient within a short period of time. This term is more commonly used for progressive diseases such as...
, a progressive disease that is expected to cause death - Terminal (novel), by Robin Cook
- Terminal, a novel by Colin ForbesColin Forbes (novelist)Raymond Harold Sawkins was a British novelist, who mainly published under the pseudonym Colin Forbes, but also as Richard Raine, Jay Bernard and Harold English. He only published three of his first books under his own name.Sawkins wrote over 40 books, mostly as Colin Forbes...
- Terminal sedationTerminal sedationIn medicine, specifically in end-of-life care, palliative sedation is the palliative practice of relieving distress in a terminally ill person in the last hours or days of a dying patient's life, usually by means of a continuous...
, the practice of inducing unconsciousness in a terminally ill person for the remainder of the person's life - The TerminalThe TerminalThe Terminal is a 2004 American comedy-drama film directed by Steven Spielberg and starring Tom Hanks and Catherine Zeta-Jones. It is about a man trapped in a terminal at New York's John F. Kennedy International Airport when he is denied entry into the United States and at the same time cannot...
, a 2004 film by Steven Spielberg, in which a man is trapped in an airport terminal - Terminal EntryTerminal EntryTerminal Entry is a 1986 science fiction film written by Mark Sobel, and directed by John Kincade.-Plot:The film room briefly where Lady Electric shares with Bob her measurements. After being chased down another corridor and into an elevator where they both fall to their deaths Bob snaps out of his...
, a 1986 movie directed by John Kincade, about teenage hackers stumbling on a terrorist computer network. - The Potsdam ConferencePotsdam ConferenceThe Potsdam Conference was held at Cecilienhof, the home of Crown Prince Wilhelm Hohenzollern, in Potsdam, occupied Germany, from 16 July to 2 August 1945. Participants were the Soviet Union, the United Kingdom, and the United States...
, code-named “Terminal”, the last Allied meeting of World War II - SuffixSuffixIn linguistics, a suffix is an affix which is placed after the stem of a word. Common examples are case endings, which indicate the grammatical case of nouns or adjectives, and verb endings, which form the conjugation of verbs...
, in grammar - Terminal (album)Terminal (album)Terminal is Japanese singer Salyu's second original album, released on January 17, 2007. It is currently her most commercially successful album, peaking at number 2 on Oricon's album charts, and is her only album to receive a gold certification from the RIAJ...
, an album by SalyuSalyuis a Japanese singer, produced by Takeshi Kobayashi. She debuted in 2000 as the fictional singer Lily Chou-Chou for the film All About Lily Chou-Chou, and later debuted as a solo artist in 2004... - "Terminal" (song)Terminal (song)Terminal is the second single from Isn't It Romantic?, Filipino singer/actress Megastar Sharon Cuneta's 2006 album under Sony BMG Philippines....
, by Rupert HolmesRupert HolmesRupert Holmes is an American-British composer, singer-songwriter, musician and author of plays, novels and stories. He is best known for his number one pop hit "Escape " and the song "Him", which reached the number 6 position on the Hot 100 U.S. pop chart in 1980... - "Terminal", a song by Static-X
- "Terminals", a song by Relient KRelient KRelient K is an American rock band formed in 1998 in Canton, Ohio by Matt Thiessen, Brian Pittman, and Matt Hoopes during the band's junior year in high school and their time at Malone University...
, featuring Adam Young - Terminal ChoiceTerminal ChoiceTerminal Choice is a German electronic rock band. It was formed by singer Chris Pohl in 1993.- History :Their lyrics are sung in German and English...
is a German electronic rock band. It was formed by singer Chris Pohl
See also
- Freight station
- Intermodal freight transportIntermodal freight transportIntermodal freight transport involves the transportation of freight in an intermodal container or vehicle, using multiple modes of transportation , without any handling of the freight itself when changing modes. The method reduces cargo handling, and so improves security, reduces damages and...
- Intermodal passenger transportIntermodal passenger transportIntermodal passenger transport involves more than one mode of transport of passengers. Some modes of transportation have always been intermodal; for example, most major airports have extensive facilities for automobile parking and have good rail or bus connections to the cities nearby. Urban bus...
- Terminal illnessTerminal illnessTerminal illness is a medical term popularized in the 20th century to describe a disease that cannot be cured or adequately treated and that is reasonably expected to result in the death of the patient within a short period of time. This term is more commonly used for progressive diseases such as...
- TerminationTerminationTermination may refer to:In science:*Termination codon, in molecular biology*Termination factor, in genetics, part of the process of transcribing RNA...
- TerminatorTerminator-Science:*Terminator , the line between the day and night sides of a planetary body*Terminator , the end of a gene for transcription-Technology:*Terminator , a resistor at the end of a transmission line to prevent signal reflection...
- Terminus