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ENCODING [4 records]

Record 1 2020-03-16

English

Subject field(s)
  • Marketing Research
  • Psychology of Communication
OBS

The source in the communication process [decides] what it wants to say and [translates] it into words or symbols that will have the same meaning to the receiver.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Étude du marché
  • Psychologie de la communication

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Estudio del mercado
  • Psicología de la comunicación
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Record 2 2009-03-03

English

Subject field(s)
  • Cognitive Psychology
DEF

The processes by which information is transformed into an enduring memory trace.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Psychologie cognitive
DEF

Étape du processus mnésique au cours de laquelle l'information traitée est transformée en une trace mnésique.

Spanish

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Record 3 2004-11-02

English

Subject field(s)
  • Banking
DEF

The imprinting of MICR (Magnetic Ink Character Recognition) characters on cheques, credits and other documents to permit them to be processed by computers. [Klein, Gerald. Dictionary of Banking. Pitman Publishing, 1995].

French

Domaine(s)
  • Banque
PHR

Codage d'un chèque.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Operaciones bancarias
DEF

Inscripción, o impresión de caracteres de reconocimiento óptico, de caracteres en tina magnética (MICR) en cheques, depósitos u otros documentos que serán procesados por una lectora MICR, o introducción de datos en un medio tal como una cinta magnética o tarjetas plásticas.

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Record 4 2004-09-23

English

Subject field(s)
  • Information Processing (Informatics)
  • Video Technology
DEF

The final step in the process of converting an analog signal into a digital signal.

OBS

The three steps are: sampling, quantizing, and encoding.

French

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

Spanish

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

Representación de un mensaje por símbolos de una determinada regla.

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