terminal's

Belonging to endpoint

Terminal's is the possessive form of terminal.

A terminal is an endpoint—a bus or airport terminal where journeys begin or end, a computer terminal for input and output, or a connector for electrical current.

As an adjective, terminal means fatal or incurable: a terminal illness.

The possessive marks what belongs to or is associated with such an endpoint: the terminal's departure board, the terminal's blinking cursor.

transport

station

Fixed stopping point

  • busLarge passenger vehicle
  • trainRail vehicle or instruct
  • depotVehicle storage facility

platform · freight · cargo · hub · loading · dock · railway · transit · commuter · route

airport

gate

Hinged barrier in fence

luggage · passenger · check-in · lounge · concourse · flight · announcement · carousel · security · baggage claim

computer

command line

Text-based computer interface

interface · emulator · window · output · input · console · SSH · Unix · Linux · bash

medical

diagnosis

Identification of illness

hospice · palliative · care · stage · cancer · decline · end-of-life · comfort · fatal · incurable

electrical

connector

Thing that joins others

battery · contact · voltage · anode · cathode · ground · circuit · lead · connection · screw

Opposites
spatial extent/scope (transportation)

terminal'sairport's

Aviation terminal's possessive

complex's · station's · facility's · grounds · gate's

position in sequence/process

terminal'ssource's

Of the origin

computing interface type

terminal'sserver's

Of one who serves

host's · desktop's · workstation's

Phrases
Family

terminal, terminals

Familiarity
Top 500,000
Profile
Known to kids · Used worldwide · Timeless · Concrete · Everyday, not technical · Rated G