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GRAPHIC INPUT DEVICE [1 record]

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Record 1 2004-08-25

English

Subject field(s)
  • Computer Graphics
  • Mathematical Geography
  • Computer Mathematics
DEF

A device on-line to a computer (peripheral) which allows conversion of graphic data (i.e., positions on a two-dimensional surface) into digital data, which are input directly under control of a program. Such devices are digitizer, digital tablet, scanner.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Infographie
  • Géographie mathématique
  • Mathématiques informatiques
DEF

Unité reliée à un ordinateur ou à un périphérique qui permet la saisie numérique de données graphiques converties sous le contrôle direct d'un programme [...]

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Gráficos de computadora
  • Geografía matemática
  • Matemáticas para computación
DEF

Cualquier dispositivo, por ejemplo una digitalizadora, que da a la computadora (ordenador) los puntos que forman una imagen de tal forma que la imagen se puede almacenar, reconstruir, visualizar o manipular.

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