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In context|computing theory|lang=en terms the difference between sentence and terminal

is that sentence is (computing theory) any of the set of strings that can be generated by a given formal grammar while terminal is (computing theory) a terminal symbol in a formal grammar.

As nouns the difference between sentence and terminal

is that sentence is (obsolete) one's opinion; manner of thinking while terminal is a building in an airport where passengers transfer from ground transportation to the facilities that allow them to board airplanes.

As a verb sentence

is to declare a sentence on a convicted person; to doom; to condemn to punishment.

As a adjective terminal is

fatal, resulting in death.

sentence

English

(wikipedia sentence)

Noun

(en noun)
  • (obsolete) Sense; meaning; significance.
  • * Milton
    • The discourse itself, voluble enough, and full of sentence .
  • (obsolete) One's opinion; manner of thinking.
  • * Milton
    • My sentence is for open war.
  • * Atterbury
    • By them [Luther's works] we may pass sentence upon his doctrines.
  • (dated) The decision or judgement of a jury or court; a verdict.
    • The court returned a sentence of guilt in the first charge, but innocence in the second.
  • The judicial order for a punishment to be imposed on a person convicted of a crime.
    • The judge declared a sentence of death by hanging for the infamous cattle rustler.
  • * 1900 , , (The House Behind the Cedars) , Chapter I,
    • The murderer, he recalled, had been tried and sentenced to imprisonment for life, but was pardoned by a merciful governor after serving a year of his sentence .
  • A punishment imposed on a person convicted of a crime.
  • (obsolete) A saying, especially form a great person; a maxim, an apophthegm.
  • *, I.40:
  • *:Men (saith an ancient Greek sentence ) are tormented by the opinions they have of things, and not by things themselves.
    • (Broome)
  • (grammar) A grammatically complete series of words consisting of a subject and predicate, even if one or the other is implied, and typically beginning with a capital letter and ending with a full stop.
    • The children were made to construct sentences consisting of nouns and verbs from the list on the chalkboard.
  • (logic) A formula with no free variables.
  • (computing theory) Any of the set of strings that can be generated by a given formal grammar.

    • Synonyms

    * verdict * conviction

    Hypernyms

    * (logic) formula

    Related terms

    * sentential

    Verb

  • To declare a sentence on a convicted person; to doom; to condemn to punishment.
    • The judge sentenced the embezzler to ten years in prison, along with a hefty fine.
  • * Dryden
    • Nature herself is sentenced in your doom.
  • * 1900', , Chapter I,
    • The murderer, he recalled, had been tried and sentenced to imprisonment for life, but was pardoned by a merciful governor after serving a year of his sentence.
  • (obsolete) To decree or announce as a sentence.
    • (Shakespeare)
  • (obsolete) To utter sententiously.
    • (Feltham)

    External links

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    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

    External links

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    Anagrams

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