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[-] AI_toothbrush@lemmy.zip 83 points 2 months ago

Terminal in swedish is slutstation

[-] clark@midwest.social 11 points 2 months ago

Is it? Unless terminal is another word for final station.

[-] Kacarott@aussie.zone 16 points 2 months ago

Yes, terminal means "end" or similar. Eg. "Terminal cancer", "the airport terminal" etc. same root word as"terminate"

[-] Rubanski@lemm.ee 10 points 2 months ago

And are termites the "enders"?

[-] Iapar@feddit.org 11 points 2 months ago

No, the "sluts".

[-] umbraroze@lemmy.world 5 points 2 months ago

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.

[-] Malgas@beehaw.org 7 points 2 months ago

Well, it is where everybody gets off…

[-] AFC1886VCC@reddthat.com 3 points 2 months ago

Time for me to go to the terminal.

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