Terminal Explained

Terminal may refer to:

Computing

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

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.

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

Terminal illness, a progressive disease that is expected to cause death
Terminal velocity, in physics
Terminal High Altitude Area Defense, an American anti-ballistic missile defence system
Terminal deoxynucleotidyl transferase, a specialized DNA polymerase
Terminal sedation, another name for palliative sedation, the practice of inducing unconsciousness in a terminally ill person for the remainder of the person's life
Terminal, relating to the location of a flower or other feature in botany
Potsdam Conference, code-named “Terminal”, the last Allied meeting of World War II
Suffix, in grammar