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ARRAY PROCESSOR [2 records]

Record 1 2016-05-24

English

Subject field(s)
  • Life Cycle (Informatics)
DEF

A processor capable of executing instructions in which the operands can be arrays of data and not only single elements.

OBS

In a special case where the array processor works on single elements, such elements are called "scalars."

OBS

array processor; vector processor: terms standardized by CSA and ISO.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Cycle de vie (Informatique)
DEF

Processeur capable d'exécuter des instructions dont les opérandes sont des tableaux de données et non seulement des éléments isolés.

OBS

Dans le cas particulier où un processeur vectoriel opère sur des éléments isolés, ceux-ci sont désignés sous le nom de «scalaires».

OBS

processeur vectoriel : terme normalisé par la CSA et l'ISO.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Ciclo de vida (Informática)
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Record 2 2003-05-06

English

Subject field(s)
  • Computers and Calculators
Key term(s)
  • array processor

French

Domaine(s)
  • Ordinateurs et calculateurs

Spanish

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