What does the stop-and-frisk doctrine established by Terry v. Ohio permit?

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Terry v. Ohio creates a stop-and-frisk framework aimed at officer safety: police may briefly detain a person based on reasonable suspicion that the person is involved in criminal activity, and may frisk (pat down) the outer clothing if the officer reasonably suspects the person is armed and dangerous. The detention must be brief and non-custodial, and the frisk is limited to searching for weapons, not a full search of the person. This authority does not permit permanent detention without cause, extended searches without additional justification, or warrantless arrests for any suspected crime. So the correct understanding is that brief detentions and pat-downs for weapons when there is reasonable suspicion of danger are allowed.