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Record 1 1988-10-20

English

Subject field(s)
  • Codes (Software)
DEF

A code combination which causes the terminal equipment to recognize all subsequent code combinations as having a different or alternate meaning to their normal representation. The FIGS-LTRS shift codes in five-level systems are forms of escape codes.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Codes (Logiciels)
DEF

Opération, effectuée au moyen d'une combinaison de codes, par laquelle un terminal reconnaît le sens différent ou encore la seconde signification de tous les messages suivants. L'emploi du code d'inversion "lettres-chiffres" dans les systèmes à 5 moments constitue une opération de changement de code.

OBS

Terminologie de Téléglobe Canada.

Spanish

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