) that are used to connect nodes on the flow editor
canvas.On
the flow editor canvas, a terminal (
) represents a message that is serving as the input
interface or output interface for a node. There are two types of terminals,
input and output. The same graphic is used to display an input terminal and
an output terminal (
). If the terminal is pointing into the node then the terminal represents
the input interface. If the terminal is pointing away from the node then it
represents an output interface.
The function of a terminal depends on the type of node to which it belongs (see the third column of the tables in Flow nodes).
) with the term "terminal" used elsewhere in this
documentation to mean "screen-based". For example: