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minus-squareAItoothbrush@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up80·2 months agoTerminal in swedish is slutstation
minus-squareWild Billlinkfedilinkarrow-up10·2 months agoIs it? Unless terminal is another word for final station.
minus-squareKacarott@aussie.zonelinkfedilinkarrow-up15·2 months agoYes, terminal means “end” or similar. Eg. “Terminal cancer”, “the airport terminal” etc. same root word as"terminate"
minus-squareumbraroze@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up3·2 months agoComputer terminal is literally called a terminal because it’s the thing on the user side end of the long long wire that starts from the big big computer. One of those things that make a lot more sense if you think hard of the history.
minus-squareKusimulkku@lemm.eelinkfedilinkarrow-up2·2 months ago Unless terminal is another word for final station. It is. Also terminus, terminal (cancer), and so on, all relating to finality or end.
minus-squareMalgas@beehaw.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·2 months agoWell, it is where everybody gets off…
minus-squaredQw4w9WgXcQ@lemm.eelinkfedilinkarrow-up3·2 months agoEnding of Finding Nemo in Swedish: https://youtu.be/j-mciLO6sa0?si=EDauaeREWQMlzwXd
Terminal in swedish is slutstation
Is it? Unless terminal is another word for final station.
Yes, terminal means “end” or similar. Eg. “Terminal cancer”, “the airport terminal” etc. same root word as"terminate"
And are termites the “enders”?
No, the “sluts”.
Computer terminal is literally called a terminal because it’s the thing on the user side end of the long long wire that starts from the big big computer.
One of those things that make a lot more sense if you think hard of the history.
It is. Also terminus, terminal (cancer), and so on, all relating to finality or end.
Well, it is where everybody gets off…
Ending of Finding Nemo in Swedish: https://youtu.be/j-mciLO6sa0?si=EDauaeREWQMlzwXd
Time for me to go to the terminal.