Mobile Data Terminal is a computerized device used on mobile devices (Devices in transit or devices that are mounted on systems that are always on the move) to communicate with a centralized control system. A mobile phone, which is also known as mobile terminal (MT), cellular phone, cell phone, hand phone, or simply a phone, is a device that can send and receive telephone calls over a radio link while being connected to a cellular base station operated by a cellular network operator.
Mobile data terminals feature a screen on which to view information and a keyboard or keypad for entering information, and may be connected to various peripheral devices. Standard peripherals include two-way radios and taximeters, both of which predate computer-aided dispatching. A terminal is an electronic communication hardware device that handles the input and display of data. A terminal may be a PC or workstation connected to a network, Voice over Internet Protocol (VOIP) network endpoint, mobile data terminal such as a telematics device, or a text terminal, or textual language interface.
In the context of telecommunications, a terminal is a device which ends a telecommunications link and is the point at which a signal enters or leaves a network. Examples of terminal equipment include telephones, fax machines, computer terminals, printers and workstations.
