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English translation: terminator

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Dutch term or phrase:	eindafsluiter
English translation:	terminator
Entered by:	Stuart Robertson

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12:14 Feb 25, 2009

Dutch to English translations [PRO]
Tech/Engineering - Electronics / Elect Eng

Dutch term or phrase: eindafsluiter

"Voor dit product zijn diverse accessoires beschikbaar zoals IP68 verbindingskabels, aansluitkabels en eindkapjes met geïntegreerde 120Ω eindafsluiter"

This is a text relating to LED lighting products. My understanding is that this "afsluiter" is placed at the end of a line to prevent a DMX signal from being reflected back along the line.

Could it possibly be a "termination resistor"?

Stuart Robertson KudoZ activity Questions: 22 (1 open) (1 closed without grading) Answers: 8 United Kingdom
Local time: 09:31

terminator

Explanation:
'eindafsluiter' is doppelt-gemoppelt, as our German friends say.

A terminator in this context is by definition (or at least in practice) a resistor or (with multiple leads) a resistor network, or sometimes an RC network or set of RC networks. With the '120Ω' in the text, there's no need to say 'resistor', and it could be misleading if the terminator contains more than one resistor.

sample refs:

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Intel® Pentium® II Xeon® Processor - Bus Terminator Design ...
This document provides a download in .pdf format of bus terminator design guidelines.
www.intel.com/support/processors/pentiumii/xeon/sb/cs-01119...

Siemens Simatic RS485 Bus Terminator for PB/MPI network - eBay ...
Vind Siemens Simatic RS485 Bus Terminator for PB/MPI network in de Industrie en kantoor ; Meet- en regelapparatuur ; ; ; ; categorie op eBay.nl.
cgi.ebay.nl/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=400021956478&indexURL=

Selected response from:

Ken Cox
Local time: 10:31

Grading comment

Indeed the correct term in this context. Many thanks!
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