A Quick and Simple Dictionary

terminal

1. Noun.  A building in an airport where passengers transfer from ground transportation to the facilities that allow them to board airplanes.
2. Noun.  A rail station where service begins and ends; the end of the line. For example: Grand Central Terminal in New York City.
3. Noun.  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. Noun.  An electric contact on a battery.
5. Noun.  In telecommunications, the apparatus to send and/or receive signals on a line, such as a telephone or network device.
6. Noun.  (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. Noun.  (computing) A computer program that emulates a terminal (6).
8. Noun.  (computing theory) A terminal symbol in a formal grammar.
9. Adjective.  Fatal, resulting in death.
10. Adjective.  Appearing at the end, top or apex of a physical object.
11. Adjective.  Occurring at the end of a word, sentence, or period of time.