endOf

Endof is not a widely recognized standalone term in major technical disciplines. In practice, endof appears most often as a concatenated identifier in programming and data contexts, serving as an indicator or function name that signals the termination of something.

In programming, endOf (often written in camelCase as endOf) is used as a name for functions or methods that move to, or return, the end of a given scope, unit, or interval. A well-known example is the endOf method in the Moment.js library for JavaScript, where endOf('day') adjusts a date-time object to the last moment of the specified unit (for instance, the end of the day). The exact behavior depends on the library or codebase, but the common theme is signaling the end of a unit such as a day, month, or year.

In data formats and communication protocols, similar concepts are conveyed with terms like end-of-file (EOF), end-of-message, or end-of-frame. These markers denote termination of a data stream or a segment and are implemented with specific tokens or signals rather than a single universal keyword.

Etymology and usage pattern: endof derives from the English phrase “end of” and is typically seen as a naming convention in code rather than as a standalone vocabulary item. The precise meaning of endof depends on context and spelling conventions, such as endOf in code or end_of in some languages.

See also: EOF, end-of-file, endOf, end-of-message, end-of-frame, sentinel.