> [!info] Prepared locally > Revised text and original picture are ready. WordPress save, rendered checks and publication remain to be verified. A **terminal**, in the computer-access sense, is a device or workstation used to interact with a computer system. It can let a user enter information, view records, or request printed output. ## In California Family Law A courthouse public-access terminal is one way to inspect electronic court information. [California Rules of Court, rule 2.502](https://courts.ca.gov/cms/rules/index/two/rule2_502) distinguishes electronic access through courthouse public terminals from remote access elsewhere. A terminal is the access device; it is not itself a court record or a filing. What a person can see or print depends on the records available through that system and the applicable access rules. A computer displaying a case does not establish that every document is available to every user. Viewing a document also does not mean that a new document has been filed or served. ## Example Someone researching a family-law case uses a courthouse workstation to locate the case and inspect available information. The workstation is the terminal. A document found there is separate from the device and may need to be requested or copied through the court's procedures.