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Record 1 2003-03-07

English

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

A polling technique that sends invitation characters to a device to find out whether the device is ready to enter data.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Traitement de l'information (Informatique)
  • Transmission de données

Spanish

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

Técnica de escrutinio por la que se envían caracteres de control a un dispositivo, con el fin de determinar si dicho dispositivo está listo para transmitir (ingresar) datos.

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