Definizione monolingua

terminal

terminal (plural terminals)

1. A building in an airport where passengers transfer from ground transportation to the facilities that allow them to board airplanes.
2. A rail station where service begins and ends; the end of the line. For example: Grand Central Terminal in New York City.
3. In electronics, 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.
4. An electric contact on a battery.
5. In telecommunications, the apparatus to send and/or receive signals on a line, such as a telephone or network device.
6. (computing) In the context of computer hardware, a device for entering data into a computer or a communications system and/or displaying data received, especially a device equipped with a keyboard and some sort of textual display.
7. (computing) A computer program that emulates a terminal (6).
8. (computing theory) A terminal symbol in a formal grammar.

terminal (not comparable)

1. Fatal, resulting in death.
2. Appearing at the end, top or apex of a physical object.
3. Occurring at the end of a word, sentence, or period of time.

Definizione dizionario terminal

terminale

In networking, a device consisting of a video adapter, a monitor, and a keyboard. The adapter and monitor and, sometimes, the keyboard are typically combined in a single unit. A terminal does little or no computer processing on its own; instead, it is connected to a computer with a communications link over a cable. Terminals are used primarily in multiuser'systems and today are not often found on single-user personal computers.

capolinea

capolìnea

estremità

estremo

finale

Altri significati:

An electric contact on a battery.

A rail station where service begins and ends; the end of the line. For example: Grand Central Terminal in New York City.

6. device for entering data into a computer

(computing) In the context of computer hardware, a device for entering data into a computer or a communications system and/or displaying data received, especially a device equipped with a keyboard and some sort of textual display.

fatal, resulting in death

(computing theory) A terminal symbol in a formal grammar.

1. airport building

(computing) A computer program that emulates a terminal (6).

7. a computer program that emulates a terminal

A device for entering data into a computer or a communications system and/or displaying data received; especially a device equipped with a keyboard and some sort of textual display.

In telecommunications, the apparatus to send and/or receive signals on a line, such as a telephone or network device.

A computer program that emulates a terminal.

Occurring at the end of a word, sentence, or period of time.

A building in an airport where passengers transfer from ground transportation to the facilities that allow them to board airplanes.

Fatal, resulting in death.

Appearing at the end, top or apex of a physical object.

A building in an airport where passengers transfer from ground transportation to the facilities that allow them to board aeroplanes.

In electronics, 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.

appearing at the end

a terminal (unit)