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señal binaria [2 records]

Record 1 2002-08-29

English

Subject field(s)
  • Information Processing (Informatics)
  • Telecommunications
  • Internet and Telematics
DEF

A digital signal in which each signal element has one of two permitted discrete values. [Definition standardized by ISO.]

OBS

binary signal; binary digital signal: terms standardized by CSA International and ISO.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Traitement de l'information (Informatique)
  • Télécommunications
  • Internet et télématique
DEF

Signal numérique dont chaque élément de signal peut prendre l'une de deux valeurs discrètes admises. [Définition normalisée par l'ISO.]

OBS

signal binaire; signal numérique binaire : termes normalisés par la CSA International et l'ISO.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Tratamiento de la información (Informática)
  • Telecomunicaciones
  • Internet y telemática
DEF

Señal de valor y duración discretos que representa una información mediante caracteres numéricos (dígitos) codificados en forma binaria (dos estados posibles "0" ó "1").

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Record 2 2002-01-03

English

Subject field(s)
  • Radio Transmission and Reception
  • Telecommunications Transmission
DEF

Signaling in which one voltage, current, or other condition, such as on versus off, up versus down, of open versus closed, represents a 0 and the other represents a 1. It is the most fundamental and widely used form of digital signaling.

Key term(s)
  • binary signalling

French

Domaine(s)
  • Émission et réception radio
  • Transmission (Télécommunications)

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Radiotransmisión y radiorrecepción
  • Transmisión (Telecomunicaciones)
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