Terminal

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Terminal may refer to:

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Computing

=Hardware=

Computer terminal, a set of primary input and output devices for a computer
Terminal (electronics), a device for joining electrical circuits together
Battery terminal, electrical contact used to connect a load or charger to a single cell or multiple-cell battery
Terminal (telecommunication), a device communicating over a line
Feedback terminal, a physical device used collect anonymous feedback

=Software=

Terminal emulator, a program that emulates a computer terminal within some other display architecture
Terminal (macOS), a terminal emulator included with macOS
Windows Terminal, a terminal emulator for Windows 10 and Windows 11
GNOME Terminal, a Linux and BSD terminal emulator
Terminal and nonterminal symbols, lexical elements used in specifying the production rules constituting a formal grammar in computer science.

=Fonts=

Terminal (typeface), a monospace font
Terminal (typography), a type of stroke ending

Transportation

Airport terminal, a building where passengers embark and disembark aircraft (or cargo is loaded)
Bus terminal
Passenger terminal (maritime), a structure where passenger water vessels ships pick up and drop off passengers
Container port, also called a terminal, where cargo containers are transferred between different vehicles or ships
Railroad terminal, the end point of a railroad line

Places

Terminal (Asunción), a neighbourhood in Paraguay
Terminal Peak, a mountain in Tasmania, Australia
Terminal Peak (Antarctica), a mountain in Ricker Hills, Oates Land, Antarctica
Terminal Range, a mountain range in Canada

Media

=Film and TV=

The Terminal, 2004 American comedy-drama film
Terminal (film), a 2018 British international film starring Margot Robbie
"Terminal", an episode of Law & Order
"Terminal" (Space Ghost Coast to Coast), a television episode

=Music=

Terminal (American band), a rock band from Texas
terminal (Danish band), a pop rock band from Copenhagen
Terminal (Ancestral Legacy album), 2014
Terminal (Salyu album), 2007
"Terminal" (Ayumi Hamasaki song), 2014
"Terminal" (Rupert Holmes song), 1974
"Terminals", a song by Relient K featuring Adam Young

Literature

Terminal (Cook novel), by Robin Cook
Terminal (Tunnels novel), a 2013 novel in the Tunnels series
Terminal, a novel by Colin Forbes
The Terminal Man, 1972 novel by Michael Crichton

:*The Terminal Man (film), film adaptation by Mike Hodges

The Terminal Man, autobiography of Mehran Karimi Nasseri

Science and medicine

Terminal deoxynucleotidyl transferase, a specialized DNA polymerase
Terminal illness, a progressive disease that is expected to cause death
Terminal sedation, or palliative sedation, the practice of inducing unconsciousness in a terminally ill person for the remainder of the person's life
Terminal velocity, in physics
Terminal, in botanical terminology, the location of a flower or other feature
Terminal, in fish anatomy, a mouth position

Other uses

Terminal High Altitude Area Defense, an American anti-ballistic missile defence system
Potsdam Conference, code-named "Terminal", the last Allied meeting of World War II
Suffix, in grammar
Terminal 21, shopping malls in Thailand

See also

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