• Wild Bill
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    112 months ago

    Is it? Unless terminal is another word for final station.

    • @[email protected]
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      152 months ago

      Yes, terminal means “end” or similar. Eg. “Terminal cancer”, “the airport terminal” etc. same root word as"terminate"

    • @umbraroze
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      52 months ago

      Computer terminal is literally called a terminal because it’s the thing on the user side end of the long long wire that starts from the big big computer.

      One of those things that make a lot more sense if you think hard of the history.