terminator

Bedeutung (Englisch)

1. Someone who terminates or ends something, especially (in later use) an assassin or exterminator.
2. A text character or string that serves to mark the end of a document or transmission.
3. The line between the day side and the night side of a moon, planet or other celestial body.
4. A DNA sequence that causes RNA transcription to cease and an mRNA transcript to break off.
5. An electrical device that absorbs reflection at the end of a transmission line.
6. An intelligent android created to destroy humans.

Konzepte

Terminator

Abschlussprogramm

Endezeichen

Terminierung

Abschlusswiderstand

Tag-Nacht-Grenze

Synonyme

exterminator

eradicator

stopping agent

terminal load

end mark

terminal symbol

terminating load

terminating symbol

termination agent

terminator program

terminate load

concluder

termination symbol

finisher

Übersetzungen

terminateur

terminador

facteur de terminaison

terminador

sonlandırıcı

μονάδα τερματισμού

éradicateur

المُنهي

terminatore

addetto alla disinfestazione

exterminador

límite de iluminación

bitiren şey

Ausgesprochen als (IPA)

/ˈtɜː.mɪ.neɪ.tə/

Etymologie (Englisch)

* Partly from post-classical Latin terminator (5th century), from Latin terminō; partly from terminate + -or.
* (android that kills humans): After the 1984 film The Terminator.