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strobe pulse [2 records]

Record 1 2011-05-18

English

Subject field(s)
  • Telecommunications
  • Telecommunications Transmission
  • Electronics
  • Radioelectricity
DEF

A pulse duration less than the period of a recurrent phenomenon, used for scrutinizing that phenomenon.

CONT

In a radar, a strobe pulse is sometimes made to follow automatically an echo from a moving object.

OBS

strobe plus: term standardized by the IEC.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Télécommunications
  • Transmission (Télécommunications)
  • Électronique
  • Radioélectricité
OBS

impulsion de strobage; strobe : termes normalisés par la CEI.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Telecomunicaciones
  • Transmisión (Telecomunicaciones)
  • Electrónica
  • Radioelectricidad
DEF

Impulso de duración inferior al período de un fenómeno recurrente y utilizado para distinguir determinada parte del ciclo de este fenómeno.

CONT

En un radar, se produce a veces un impulso estroboscópico para seguir de manera automática un eco de un objeto en movimiento.

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Record 2 1998-08-13

English

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

A pulse to gate the output of a core-memory sense amplifier into a trigger in a register.

French

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

Spanish

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