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• Usually terminal means forming or pertaining to an end.
• In Computing, it refers to an electronic or electromechanical hardware device. See Computer terminal.
• In Telecommunication, the term is used to describe an apparatus to send and/or receive signals on a line, such as a telephone or (in the context of voice over IP) as a general term for network device s, telephones or other stations. See terminal (telecommunication).
• 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. May also refer to the points where power is applied to the system such as a battery terminal. See terminal (electronics) .
• In Transportation, it is a building where trips on a transportation service begin and end.
  • In air travel, a terminal refers to one or more buildings at an airport where passengers transfer from ground transportation to the facilities that allow them to board airplanes.
  • In rail transport, a terminal is a passenger rail station where rail service begins and ends; the end of the line.
  • A pipeline terminal is a storage facility at the downstream end of a pipeline transport, typically serving as a buffer between delivery and use.
• With regard to a disease or patient: deathThis page deals with death, the cessation of life. For other meanings of death, see death (disambiguation). Death is a term that can refer to either the termination of life in a living system, or the state of that organism after that event. A common perce is approaching, no treatmentTherapy or treatment is the remediation of a health problem, after the diagnosis. Types of therapy include: drug therapy, in which drugs are used to treat an issue massage therapy occupational therapy physical therapy ( physiotherapy) psychotherapy, where aimed at curing is available, just palliative carePalliative care is any form of medical care or treatment that concentrates on reducing the severity of the symptoms of a disease or slows its progress rather than providing a cure. It aims at improving quality of life, and particularly at reducing or elim. See also terminal sedationTerminal sedation is the practice of inducing unconsciousness in a terminally ill person for the remainder of the person's life, usually by means of a continuous intravenous infusion of morphine or other opioid drugs. In practice (though not by definition.
• The 2004 film; The TerminalThe Terminal ( 2004) is a movie loosely based on the story of Merhan Karimi Nasseri, an Iranian refugee who has lived in Terminal One of Charles de Gaulle airport near Paris, France since 1988, when his refugee papers were stolen. Crew includes Director: by Steven SpielbergSteven Allan Spielberg KBE (born on December 18, 1946 in Cincinnati, Ohio) is a Jewish American film director whose films range from science fiction to historical drama to horror. He is noted for the patriotism of his work and, in recent years, for his wi
• Terminal symbolA terminal symbol in BNF jargon, is a symbol that represents a constant value. For instance, to represent an integer, the following BNF may be described: : : '] {} : : '0' | '1' | '2' | '3' | '4' | '5' | '6' | '7' | '8' | '9' Here, the symbols 0,1,2,3,4,5 in BNF is an indivisible entity.