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minus-squareAItoothbrush@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up83·3 months agoTerminal in swedish is slutstation
minus-squareWild Bill@midwest.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up11·3 months agoIs it? Unless terminal is another word for final station.
minus-squareKacarott@aussie.zonelinkfedilinkarrow-up16·3 months agoYes, terminal means “end” or similar. Eg. “Terminal cancer”, “the airport terminal” etc. same root word as"terminate"
minus-squareumbraroze@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up5·3 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-squareMalgas@beehaw.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7·3 months agoWell, it is where everybody gets off…
minus-squaredQw4w9WgXcQ@lemm.eelinkfedilinkarrow-up4·3 months agoEnding of Finding Nemo in Swedish: https://youtu.be/j-mciLO6sa0?si=EDauaeREWQMlzwXd
minus-squarekungenlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·3 months agoTerminal is terminal. You mean a terminus; slutstation is an endstation, not just any terminal.
minus-squareAItoothbrush@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·3 months agoAhh endstation i just didnt know that was in english. I only knew the swedish and hungarian words for it.
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.
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.
Terminal is terminal. You mean a terminus; slutstation is an endstation, not just any terminal.
Ahh endstation i just didnt know that was in english. I only knew the swedish and hungarian words for it.