topterminated
Topterminated is a term used in technical discussions to describe a configuration or design principle in which termination or finalization occurs at the topmost layer of a system, interface, or process. The concept is used across disciplines to emphasize centralized end conditions at the highest level rather than at lower layers.
In electronics and communications, topterminated refers to a termination scheme where impedance matching is provided at
In software engineering and systems design, a topterminated approach centralizes cleanup, error handling, and resource release
In data processing and workflow management, the term is used loosely to describe pipelines that terminate or
Origin and usage: The term appears in various technical discussions since the early 2000s in informal forums
See also: termination, impedance matching, source termination, shutdown procedures.