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[[File:IBM_2741_(I197205).png|thumb|right|[[IBM]] 2741 terminal<br>(keyboard/printer)]]

A '''computer terminal''' is an electronic or electromechanicalelectronic mechanical [[computer hardware|hardware]] device that is used for entering data into, and displaying or printing data from, a [[computer]] or a [[computing]] system.<ref>similar to a paraphrase of an [[Oxford English Dictionary]] definition. {{cite web

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|title=What is the etymology of "[computer] terminal"?}} Based on OED, B.2.d. (terminal), the paraphrase says that a terminal is a device for feeding data into a computer or receiving its output, especially one that can be used by a person for two-way communication with a computer.</ref> The [[Teleprinter|teletype]] was an example of an early day hardcopy terminal,<ref>{{cite web