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Record 1 2003-03-17

English

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

A type of expansion (renovation) technique in which a six-digit date field is expanded into a seven-digit packed decimal, and century code data is added as the first digit of the field.

OBS

Term related to Year 2000 compliance.

French

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

Un type d'expansion (rénovation) technique dans laquelle une zone de date de six chiffres est agrandie pour une représentation décimale condensée à sept chiffres et les données portant sur le code du siècle sont ajoutées formant le premier chiffre de la zone.

OBS

Terme relatif au passage de l'an 2000.

Spanish

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