端子
Meanings
terminal; connection point
General electrical/electronic terminal: a point where a wire or conductor is connected, such as screw terminals, connector terminals, or battery terminals.
The battery terminals are corroded.
Refers to the metal pins or leads on a semiconductor package, microcontroller, or IC. Often used in datasheets and hardware descriptions.
This IC has eight pins in total.
Used for communication ports such as LAN, USB, or serial ports, where a cable or device is plugged in. Common in computing and networking contexts.
Please plug the cable into the LAN port.
Usage patterns
- 〈物〉を端子に挿すto insert something into a terminal/port
I inserted the USB memory stick into the port on the computer.
- 端子に〈物〉を接続するto connect something to a terminal
I connected the speaker cable to the terminal.
- 端子が緩むfor a terminal (screw connection) to become loose
The wiring terminal came loose and the connection got poor.
- 端子の数the number of pins/terminals (on a chip or device)
This IC has a lot of pins, making it hard to work with.