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FIGURE SHIFT [1 record]

Record 1 2004-09-02

English

Subject field(s)
  • Codes (Software)
  • Internet and Telematics
  • Telecommunications
  • Air Transport
DEF

A code combination in the five-level Baudot code which causes all subsequent code combinations to be recognized as upper case characters; i.e., numerics special symbols or control codes.

OBS

figure shift: term officially approved by the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO).

French

Domaine(s)
  • Codes (Logiciels)
  • Internet et télématique
  • Télécommunications
  • Transport aérien
DEF

Dans le code Baudot (à 5 moments), opération par laquelle tous les signaux entrants sont traduits en caractères ou fonctions de la série chiffres (chiffres, symboles particuliers, codes de commande).

OBS

signal chiffres; inversion chiffres : termes uniformisés par l'Organisation de l'aviation civile internationale (OACI).

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Códigos (Soporte lógico)
  • Internet y telemática
  • Telecomunicaciones
  • Transporte aéreo
DEF

Código generado por [una] tecla, que indica que los caracteres que vienen a continuación, deben leerse como cifras hasta que aparezca otro cambio de letra en el mensaje.

OBS

cambio a cifras: término aceptado oficialmente por la Organización de Aviación Civil Internacional (OACI).

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