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Endpoint vs Terminal - What's the difference?

endpoint | terminal |

As nouns the difference between endpoint and terminal

is that endpoint is either of the two points at the end of a line segment while terminal is a building in an airport where passengers transfer from ground transportation to the facilities that allow them to board airplanes.

As an adjective terminal is

(illness) Fatal; resulting in death.

endpoint

English

(wikipedia endpoint)

Noun

(en noun)
  • Either of the two points at the end of a line segment
  • (biology, medicine) A defined occurrence during the observation period of an experiment or study.
  • (chemistry) The stage in a titration at which a change in the colour of an indicator indicates that no more titrant should be added
  • (computing, telecommunications) The entity at one end of a connection.
  • (mathematics) Either of the two nodes of a graph of degree 1

    • Derived terms

    * humane endpoint

    terminal

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A building in an airport where passengers transfer from ground transportation to the facilities that allow them to board airplanes.
  • A rail station where service begins and ends; the end of the line. For example: Grand Central Terminal in New York City.
  • 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.
  • An electric contact on a battery.
  • In telecommunications, the apparatus to send and/or receive signals on a line, such as a telephone or network device.
  • (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.
  • (computing) A computer program that emulates a terminal (6).
  • (computing theory) A terminal symbol in a formal grammar.

    • Related terms

    * coterminal * term * terminable * terminally * terminate * terminus

    Adjective

    (-)
  • (illness) Fatal; resulting in death.
    • (example) terminal cancer
  • Appearing at the end; top or apex of a physical object.
  • Occurring at the end of a word, sentence, or period of time.

    • Related terms

    * term * terminus * terminate * termination * (illness) uncurable

    Synonyms

    * (appearing at the end) final, late

    Antonyms

    * (l) * (illness) early * (appearing at the end) initial, early

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