Terminator
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Science
- Terminator (solar)Terminator (solar)A terminator, twilight zone or "grey line" is a moving line that separates the illuminated day side and the dark night side of a planetary body...
, the line between the day and night sides of a planetary body - Terminator (genetics)Terminator (genetics)In genetics, a terminator, or transcription terminator is a section of genetic sequence that marks the end of gene or operon on genomic DNA for transcription.In prokaryotes, two classes of transcription terminators are known:...
, the end of a gene for transcription
Technology
- Terminator (electrical), a resistor at the end of a transmission line to prevent signal reflection
- Terminator TechnologyTerminator TechnologyGenetic use restriction technology , colloquially known as terminator technology, is the name given to proposed methods for restricting the use of genetically modified plants by causing second generation seeds to be sterile...
, proposed methods for restricting the use of genetically modified plants by causing second generation seeds to be sterile - Microsoft TerminatorMicrosoft TerminatorTerminator, a research project at Microsoft Research is an automated program analyzer that aims to prove whether a program will run infinitely. It supports nested loops and recursive functions, pointers and side-effects, and function-pointers as well as concurrent programs...
, a program analyzer research project - Terminator (terminal emulator)Terminator (terminal emulator)Terminator is a GPL terminal emulator. It is available on Microsoft Windows, Mac OS X, Linux and other Unix X11 systems. Terminator will run on any modern POSIX system with Java 5 or later....
, a cross-platform GPL terminal emulator - Terminator (video game system)Terminator (video game system)Terminator 2 was a video game console sold in Serbia, Croatia, Bulgaria, Romania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Albania, India and Hungary . It was also sold in Spain...
, a gaming console that emulated the Famicom/Nintendo Entertainment System
Movies & Television
- Terminator (franchise)Terminator (franchise)The Terminator series is a science fiction franchise encompassing a series of films and other media concerning battles between Skynet's artificially intelligent machine network, and John Connor's Resistance forces and the rest of the human race....
, a series of science fiction films and derivative works- The TerminatorThe TerminatorThe Terminator is a 1984 science fiction action film directed by James Cameron, co-written by Cameron and William Wisher Jr., and starring Arnold Schwarzenegger, Michael Biehn, and Linda Hamilton. The film was produced by Hemdale Film Corporation and distributed by Orion Pictures, and filmed in Los...
, a 1984 film by James Cameron - Terminator 2: Judgment DayTerminator 2: Judgment DayTerminator 2: Judgment Day is a 1991 science fiction action film directed by James Cameron and written by Cameron and William Wisher Jr.. It stars Arnold Schwarzenegger, Linda Hamilton, Robert Patrick, and Edward Furlong...
, a 1991 film - Terminator 3: Rise of the MachinesTerminator 3: Rise of the MachinesTerminator 3: Rise of the Machines, commonly abbreviated as T3, is a 2003 science fiction action film directed by Jonathan Mostow and starring Arnold Schwarzenegger, Nick Stahl, Claire Danes and Kristanna Loken...
, a 2003 film - Terminator SalvationTerminator SalvationTerminator Salvation is a 2009 American science fiction action film directed by McG and starring Christian Bale and Sam Worthington. The fourth installment in the Terminator series, the film is set in 2018 and focuses on the war between Skynet and humanity, with the human Resistance fighting...
, a 2009 film - Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles, an American television series
- Terminator (character concept)Terminator (character concept)In the Terminator film series, a terminator is an autonomous robot, typically humanoid, originally conceived as a virtually indestructible soldier and assassin, as well as an infiltrator....
, a fictional class of autonomous robots in the series- Terminator (character), the most famous of the cyborgs, played by Arnold Schwarzenegger
- The Terminator
- Terminator II (1990 film)Terminator II (1990 film)Terminator II is a 1990 Italian science fiction film written by Claudio Fragasso and directed by Bruno Mattei.-Background:...
(also known as Shocking Dark, Alienators and Contaminator), an unofficial sequel to the original Terminator film by Bruno Mattei - The Terminators (film)The Terminators (film)Not to be confused with The Terminator, despite the developers' best efforts.The Terminators is a science fiction film by The Asylum. Though the film's title is deliberately similar to the 1984 film The Terminator, the events in the film's storyline are more similar to 1973's Westworld and the 2004...
, a mockbuster
Music
- The Terminator (soundtrack)The Terminator (soundtrack)The Terminator is a soundtrack album by Brad Fiedel, featuring the score to the film, The Terminator. It was released in 1984 through Enigma Records and reissued in 1991 through DCC Compact Classics ; a remastered edition was reissued as The Definite Edition in 1994 through Edel Music, containing...
, for the 1984 film - Terminator (1988), song by metal band PowermadPowermadPowermad has been called "An innovative and often forgotten speed metal band...who infused progressive metal styles and European styles into abstract American speed metal." The band's intricate riff formulations were heavily influenced by thrash metal acts like Metallica and Testament, but vocalist...
- Terminator (1992 track), darkcore track by GoldieGoldieClifford Joseph Price, better known as Goldie is an English electronic music artist, disc jockey, visual artist and actor. He is well known for his innovations in the jungle and drum and bass music genres, having previously gained exposure for his work as a graffiti artist...
Game
- Terminator (Warhammer 40,000), a type of Space Marine in the Warhammer 40,000 setting
Literature
- Terminator (DC Comics) or Deathstroke, a DC comic book supervillain
- Terminator (Marvel Comics), a Space Knight character in Marvel Comics
People
- Bosco NtagandaBosco NtagandaBosco Ntaganda is the military chief of staff of the National Congress for the Defense of the People , an armed militia group operating in the North Kivu province of the Democratic Republic of the Congo...
, a Congolese militia leader also known as "the Terminator" - Anatoly OnoprienkoAnatoly OnoprienkoAnatoly Yuriyovych Onoprienko is a Ukrainian serial killer. He is also known by the nicknames "The Beast of Ukraine", "The Terminator" and "Citizen O"...
or The Terminator, a Ukrainian serial killer - The Terminator (wrestler) or Marcus Laurinaitis, American professional wrestler
- Arbi BarayevArbi BarayevArbi Alautdinovich Barayev , nicknamed "The Terminator", was a renegade Chechen warlord often accused of clandestine links with the Russian special services...
, by nickname - Nikki Terminator, assistant of magician Rudy Coby
- Niels FeijenNiels FeijenNiels Feijen is a professional pool player, from the Hague, Netherlands. His nickname is "the Terminator".In 2001, Feijen reached the finals of a nine-ball tournament in Tokyo, Japan. The event had a field of more than 700 players and offered the largest prize money at that time. However, he lost...
, professional pool player nicknamed "The Terminator"
Other uses
- Terminator, a cryptonym for the 2003-2004 Ford Mustang SVT Cobra pony car
- Nike TerminatorNike TerminatorThe Nike Terminator high-top was introduced in 1985, and was distinguished from the similar Nike Dunk by its unusual logo -- NIKE in large letters across the heel of the shoe...
, a high-top shoe by Nike
See also
- Termination (disambiguation)
- TerminonatatorTerminonatatorTerminonatator is a genus of elasmosaurid plesiosaur from the Late Cretaceous of Saskatchewan, Canada. It is known from a skull and partial skeleton from a young adult, found in the Campanian-age Bearpaw Formation near Notukeu Creek in Ponteix...
, a plesiosaur genus - Terminus (disambiguation)