TERMIUM Plus®

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DIGITAL FORM [4 records]

Record 1 2023-02-28

English

Subject field(s)
  • Forms Design
  • Information Technology (Informatics)
  • Office Automation
DEF

An electronic document with fields for entering information.

OBS

electronic form; digital form: These designations are used to refer to the same concept even though the terms "electronic" and "digital" have slightly different meanings.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Imprimés et formules
  • Technologie de l'information (Informatique)
  • Bureautique
DEF

Document électronique qui comporte des champs destinés à la saisie de renseignements.

CONT

Par analogie au formulaire papier, le formulaire électronique permet de représenter un document dans un format donné, avec un certain nombre de zones à remplir. Les données pour remplir ces zones peuvent être soit saisies directement par l'utilisateur, soit extraites à partir d'une base de données.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Diseño de formularios
  • Tecnología de la información (Informática)
  • Ofimática
CONT

Además de eliminar el costo de imprimir, guardar y distribuir formularios previamente impresos, y de desperdiciar formularios obsoletos, el formulario electrónico se llena con más rapidez porque la programación que lo soporta automáticamente formatea, calcula, busca y valida información para el usuario.

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Record 2 2002-08-14

English

Subject field(s)
  • Information Processing (Informatics)
  • Statistical Graphs and Diagrams
DEF

A representation or display of variables as data by means of digits or discrete quantities.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Traitement de l'information (Informatique)
  • Diagrammes et graphiques (Statistique)
DEF

Reproduction d'informations ou représentation de données au moyen d'éléments discrets.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Tratamiento de la información (Informática)
  • Diagramas y gráficos estadísticos
DEF

Representación de variables como datos mediante dígitos o cantidades discretas.

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Record 3 1976-06-19

English

Subject field(s)
  • Translation
  • Language Problems
OBS

(French Engineering Industry)

French

Domaine(s)
  • Traduction
  • Problèmes de langue

Spanish

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Record 4 1976-06-19

English

Subject field(s)
  • Telecommunications Transmission
CONT

Without digital transmission facilities, data moving from one computer to another have to be converted to analogue form before they can be transmitted, and reconverted to digital form before the recipient computer can accept them.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Transmission (Télécommunications)

Spanish

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