English Dictionary
◊ TERMINUS
terminus
n 1: the concluding time; "he awaited the grand finale"; "he
stayed until the finish"; "he left before the
conclusion" [syn: {stopping point}, {finale}, {finis}, {finish},
{last}, {conclusion}, {close}]
2: the ultimate goal for which something is done [syn: {destination}]
3: either end of a railroad or bus route
4: where transport vehicles load or unload passengers or goods
[syn: {terminal}, {depot}]
English Computing Dictionary
◊ DID YOU MEAN TERMINAK?
terminak
/ter'mi-nak`/ [Caltech, ca. 1979] Any malfunctioning computer
terminal. A common failure mode of Lear-Siegler ADM 3a
terminals caused the "L" key to produce the "K" code instead;
complaints about this tended to look like "Terminak #3 has a
bad keyboard. Pkease fix." See {AIDX}, {Nominal
Semidestructor}, {Open DeathTrap}, {ScumOS}, {sun-stools},
{Telerat}, {HP-SUX}.
[{Jargon File}]
(1995-04-14)