terminal
Từ điển Collocation
terminal noun
1 place/building that handles goods/passengers
ADJ. international | air/airport, bus, ferry, rail/railway | passenger | container, freight | coal, gas, etc.
TERMINAL + NOUN building
PREP. at/in a/the ~ We met up at the bus terminal.
2 computer equipment
ADJ. colour | computer | network | display
VERB + TERMINAL connect, disconnect
TERMINAL + NOUN keyboard, screen, server
PREP. at a/the ~ There were two students at each terminal. | on a/the ~ pressing keys on a terminal
Từ điển WordNet
n.
- station where transport vehicles load or unload passengers or goods; terminus, depot
- a contact on an electrical device (such as a battery) at which electric current enters or leaves; pole
- electronic equipment consisting of a device providing access to a computer; has a keyboard and display
adj.
- being or situated at an end; endmost
the endmost pillar
terminal buds on a branch
a terminal station
the terminal syllable
- of or relating to or situated at the ends of a delivery route
freight pickup is a terminal service
terminal charges
- relating to or occurring in a term or fixed period of time
terminal examinations
terminal payments
- occurring at or forming an end or termination; concluding, final, last
his concluding words came as a surprise
the final chapter
the last days of the dinosaurs
terminal leave
- causing or ending in or approaching death
a terminal patient
terminal cancer
Microsoft Computer Dictionary
n. An application that provides command-line access to the Mac OS X UNIX core. The Terminal command-line environment allows UNIX functions from within Mac OS X.
Microsoft Computer Dictionary
n. 1. 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. See also dumb terminal, smart terminal, terminal emulation. 2. In electronics, a point that can be physically linked to something else, usually by a wire, to form an electrical connection.
Oil and Gas Field Glossary
An onshore transit installation that receives and stores crude oil and products from offshore production facilities via pipeline and / or tankers.
English Synonym and Antonym Dictionary
terminals
syn.: concluding depot endmost final last pole terminus