terminal

A peripheral device usually centered around a raster screen. Terminals usually come with keyboards, and are used by the user of a computer system to communicate with the computer by typing commands in and looking at the output on the screen. Terminals are often character-based and are thereby distinguishable from displays which are usually graphical. Terminals support monochrome or color output, depending on their designed capabilities and computer system configuration.

See also character, key, screen, workstation.