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DATA LINK ESCAPE CHARACTER [1 record]

Record 1 2012-10-01

English

Subject field(s)
  • Codes (Software)
  • Data Transmission
DEF

A transmission control character that changes the meaning of a limited number of contiguous following characters or coded representations and that is used exclusively to provide supplementary transmission control characters.

OBS

data link escape character; data link escape; DLE: terms and abbreviation standardized by ISO.

OBS

data link escape character; DLE: term and abbreviation officially approved by the Government EDP (Electronic Data Processing) Standards Committee (GESC).

French

Domaine(s)
  • Codes (Logiciels)
  • Transmission de données
DEF

Caractère de commande qui change la signification d'un nombre limité de caractères ou de combinaisons de code le suivant immédiatement, et qui est employé pour fournir des caractères de commande de transmission supplémentaires.

OBS

caractère d'échappement transmission : terme normalisé par l'ISO et l'AFNOR; uniformisé par le Comité des normes gouvernementales en informatique (CNGI).

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Códigos (Soporte lógico)
  • Transmisión de datos
DEF

Carácter de control que, cuando se combina con uno o varios caracteres sucesivos, forma una secuencia de escape e inicia el desarrollo de operaciones adicionales de control de comunicaciones de datos.

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