Terminal vs Adapter - What's the difference?
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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.
(illness) Fatal; resulting in death.
Appearing at the end; top or apex of a physical object.
Occurring at the end of a word, sentence, or period of time.
One who is capable of adapting well to differing situations.
One who adapts a thing, e.g. a play.
A device or application used to achieve operative compatibility between devices that otherwise are incompatible.
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# Specifically, a device that permits two, three, or more plugs to be used at a single electrical power point.
# Specifically, a device that allows one format of plug to be used with a different format of socket.
# Specifically, an AC-adaptor: a device that reduces voltage and converts AC to DC to allow a battery-powered device to use mains power.
As nouns the difference between terminal and adapter
is that terminal is terminal (at an airport etc) while adapter is adapter (device to allow compatibility).terminal
English
Noun
(en noun)Adjective
(-)- (example) terminal cancer
Synonyms
* (appearing at the end) final, lateAntonyms
* (l) * (illness) early * (appearing at the end) initial, earlyExternal links
* *Anagrams
* ----adapter
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(wikipedia adapter)Alternative forms
* (l)Noun
(en noun)- He was an able adapter , and could easily adjust to the differences when the company changed ownership.
- The critic gave rave reviews to the adapter of the ancient play, who worked to give the text more relevance to the modern day.
- He had an adapter that let him plug his phone into the car's cigarette lighter for power.
- The wall outlet sprouted an electrical monstrosity of adapters''' plugged into '''adapters that sparked ominously.
- We bought adapters to use our three-prong plugs in the two-prong, unpolarized outlets of the old house.
- I lost my cellphone's adaptor so I couldn't recharge it.