endmarker

noun
UK /ˈendmɑːkə/
US /ˈendmɑːrkər/

A small sign that shows where something stops.

The endmarker on the page showed the story was finished.


OTHER MEANINGS

2. A punctuation mark such as a period, question mark, or exclamation point that ends a sentence.

Every sentence needs an endmarker like a period or a question mark.

3. A symbol in computing that marks the end of a file or data stream.

The program reads until it reaches the endmarker in the file.

4. A physical marker placed at the end of a trail, road, or boundary.

We reached the endmarker of the hiking path just before sunset.