TERMIUM Plus®

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INFORMATION SELECTION SYSTEM [1 record]

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Record 1 2015-02-13

English

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

A system for recovering stored data to provide information on a given subject.

French

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

Système informatique conçu pour retrouver, parmi des données en mémoire, les informations portant sur un sujet donné.

Spanish

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

Sistema para ubicar y seleccionar, basándose en una petición, ciertos documentos u otros registros gráficos pertenecientes a un grupo de información determinada, desde un archivo conteniendo dicho material.

CONT

Ejemplos de sistemas de recuperación de información son los sistemas de clasificación, indexación y búsqueda por máquina.

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