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REMOTE CONTROLLER [1 record]

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Record 1 2012-09-24

English

Subject field(s)
  • Electrical Components
  • Television (Radioelectricity)
DEF

A device used to control an apparatus or a machine from a distance.

CONT

Already more than 10 million households have 2 remote-control units and 3 million have 3 or more. Even a modest entertainment center - a cable-TV box, a television, a VCR - can put three remotes on the coffee-table.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Composants électrotechniques
  • Télévision (Radioélectricité)
DEF

[Équipement assurant la] transmission à distance d'un signal déclenchant l'exécution d'un ordre par un dispositif.

OBS

télécommande : terme publié au Journal officiel de la République française le 22 septembre 2000.

Spanish

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