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LIMIT CHECK [2 records]

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Record 1 2019-11-26

English

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

A check to determine whether a value lies above or below, or has reached a stipulated limit.

OBS

limit check: designation and definition standardized by the Canadian Standards Association (CSA) and reproduced with its permission.

French

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

Contrôle servant à déterminer si une valeur se trouve au-dessus ou au-dessous d'une limite stipulée, ou encore si elle l'a atteinte.

OBS

contrôle de valeur limite : désignation et définition normalisées par l'Association canadienne de normalisation (CSA) et reproduites avec son autorisation.

Spanish

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

Técnica de control del ingreso de información, que verifica el valor de un campo de datos para determinar si sus valores caen dentro de ciertos límites o radio de acción prescritos.

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Record 2 1997-02-20

English

Subject field(s)
  • Auditing (Accounting)
  • Government Accounting
DEF

An examination performed to ensure that all transactions or an individual type of transaction fall within authorized limits.

OBS

For example, no pay for a particular classification of an employee should exceed a fixed maximum in one week, or no petty cash reimbursement should exceed a certain amount for a particular fund.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Vérification (Comptabilité)
  • Comptabilité publique
DEF

Contrôle visant à s'assurer que toutes les opérations ou chaque genre d'opérations respectent les limites autorisées.

Key term(s)
  • vérification des limites

Spanish

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