Anders Hultman pointed out: > Bus terminals, ferry terminals and even train terminals have already > been mentioned. May I remind you that the telecom industry calls the > cell phones we carry around "terminals" as well. The socket where you > connect the speaker cables to your ampifier are called terminals, and > some of us computer users sit in front of terminals, too.
Not to mention that in addition to terminals, I have two _terminators_ in my house. Whoops -- make that four. Three in use. -- Glenn, who along with friends used to refer to the room at my college where students could log into the campus computer, as "the terminal ward".