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PAD CHARACTER [2 records]

Record 1 - external organization data 2009-08-04

English

Subject field(s)
  • Compartment - ISO/IEC JTC 1 Information Technology Vocabulary
Universal entry(ies)
04.02.22 (19762)
ISO/IEC standard entry number
OBS

See filler character in ISO/IEC 19762-1.

OBS

pad character: term standardized by ISO/IEC [ISO/IEC 19762-2:2008].

French

Spanish

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Record 2 2002-07-17

English

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

A character introduced to use up time while a function, usually mechanical, is being completed, e.g. carriage return, form eject.

OBS

Compare to gap character and to fill character.

French

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

Caractère utilisé pour étendre une chaîne ou un enregistrement à une longueur donnée.

Spanish

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

Carácter introducido para pasar el tiempo mientras termina una función (generalmente mecánica); por ejemplo, el retorno del carro, eyección de formularios, etc.

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