TERMIUM Plus®

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Record 1 2016-12-07

English

Subject field(s)
  • Information Processing (Informatics)
CONT

To use our file effectively, and in particular to enable us to order it, we must uniquely identify each record. The field in the record which so identifies it is often referred to as the record key, or simply as the key.

OBS

record key: term standardized by the American National Standards Institute (ANSI).

French

Domaine(s)
  • Traitement de l'information (Informatique)
DEF

Indicatif principal ou complémentaire dont le contenu identifie un article de fichier indexé.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Tratamiento de la información (Informática)
DEF

Grupo de bits asociados a un registro de un archivo (fichero) y que permite distinguirlo de los demás registros en dicho archivo.

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