terminal vs wire

terminal

noun
  • The apparatus to send and/or receive signals on a line, such as a telephone or network device. 

  • A town lying at the end of a railroad, in which the terminal is located; more properly called a terminus. 

  • A device for entering data into a computer or a communications system and/or displaying data received, especially a device equipped with a keyboard and some sort of textual display. 

  • A building in an airport where passengers transfer from ground transportation to the facilities that allow them to board airplanes. 

  • A computer program that emulates a physical terminal. 

  • An electric contact on a battery. 

  • A harbour facility where ferries embark and disembark passengers and load and unload vehicles. 

  • A rail station where service begins and ends; the end of the line. For example: Grand Central Terminal in New York City. 

  • the end of a line where signals are either transmitted or received, or a point along the length of a line where the signals are made available to apparatus. 

  • The end ramification (of an axon, etc.) or one of the extremities of a polypeptide. 

  • A terminal symbol in a formal grammar. 

  • A storage tank for bulk liquids (such as oil or chemicals) prior to further distribution. 

  • A rate charged on all freight, regardless of distance, and supposed to cover the expenses of station service, as distinct from mileage rate, generally proportionate to the distance and intended to cover movement expenses. 

adj
  • Fatal; resulting in death. 

  • Appearing at the end; top or apex of a physical object. 

  • Occurring at the end of a word, sentence, or period of time, and serves to terminate it 

verb
  • To store bulk liquids (such as oil or chemicals) in storage tanks prior to further distribution. 

wire

noun
  • A telecommunication wire or cable. 

  • Any of the system of wires used to operate the puppets in a puppet show; hence, the network of hidden influences controlling the action of a person or organization; strings. 

  • A piece of such material; a thread or slender rod of metal, a cable. 

  • A knitting needle. 

  • Metal formed into a thin, even thread, now usually by being drawn through a hole in a steel die. 

  • An electric telegraph; a telegram. 

  • A hidden listening device on the person of an undercover operative for the purposes of obtaining incriminating spoken evidence. 

  • A fence made of usually barbed wire. 

  • A deadline or critical endpoint. 

  • A metal conductor that carries electricity. 

  • A finish line of a racetrack. 

  • A wire strung with beads and hung horizontally above or near the table which is used to keep score. 

  • The slender shaft of the plumage of certain birds. 

  • A covert signal sent between people cheating in a card game. 

verb
  • To send a message or monetary funds to another person through a telecommunications system, formerly predominantly by telegraph. 

  • To place (a ball) so that the wire of a wicket prevents a successful shot. 

  • To fasten with wire, especially with reference to wine bottles, corks, or fencing. 

  • To set or predetermine (someone's personality or behaviour, or an organization's culture) in a particular way. 

  • To string on a wire. 

  • To add (something) into a system (especially an electrical system) by means of wiring. 

  • To snare by means of a wire or wires. 

  • To install eavesdropping equipment. 

  • To make someone tense or psyched up. See also adjective wired. 

  • To connect, involve or embed (something) deeply or intimately into (something else, such as an organization or political scene), so that it is plugged in (to that thing) (“keeping up with current information about (the thing)”) or has insinuated itself into (the thing). 

  • To add or connect (something) into a system as if with wires (for example, with nerves). 

  • To equip with wires for use with electricity. 

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