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terminator


  3  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Terminator  \Ter"mi*na`tor\,  n.  [L.,  he  who  limits  or  sets 
  bounds.] 
  1.  One  who  or  that  which  terminates. 
 
  2.  (Astron.)  The  dividing  line  between  the  illuminated  and 
  the  unilluminated  part  of  the  moon. 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  terminator 
  n  :  someone  who  exterminates;  someone  whose  occupation  is  the 
  extermination  of  troublesome  rodents  and  insects  [syn:  {exterminator}, 
  {eradicator}] 
 
  From  The  Free  On-line  Dictionary  of  Computing  (13  Mar  01)  [foldoc]: 
 
  terminator 
 
    A  resistor  connected  to  a  signal  wire  in  a  {bus} 
  or  {network}  for  the  purpose  of  impedance  matching  to  prevent 
  reflections. 
 
  For  example,  a  50  ohm  resistor  connected  across  the  end  of  an 
  {Ethernet}  cable.  {SCSI}  chains  and  some  {LocalTalk}  wiring 
  schemes  also  require  terminators. 
 
  (1995-05-17) 
 
 




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