lõppsihtmärki

Lõppsihtmärki is an Estonian term used to denote an end marker—any symbol or sequence that signals the termination of a data unit, string, or segment. The expression is generic and its precise form depends on the domain or context; there is no single universal standard associated with lõppsihtmärki.

Etymology and form: The word combines lõpp, meaning end, with sihtmärki, the genitive form of sihtmärg (target marker). Literally, it can be understood as the “end-marker of a target.”

Usage and contexts: In computing and data formats, lõppsihtmärki describes a terminator that marks the end of a message, a record, or a field. In linguistics or transcription, it may denote the marker signaling the end of a clause, utterance, or transcription unit. In archival practice or data processing, end markers help delineate boundaries within streams of information.

Examples: A communication protocol might specify a particular byte sequence as the lõppsihtmärki to separate messages. A text processor could treat a newline as the lõppsihtmärki of a line. A database or data dump might use a designated end marker to terminate a block of records.

Relation to related terms: Lõppsihtmärki is related to delimiters, terminators, and end-of-string or end-of-line markers, but its exact interpretation varies by field. In many technical texts, English equivalents such as end marker or terminator are also used.

See also: delimiter, terminator, end-of-string marker, end-of-line marker.