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AMBIGUITY ERROR [1 record]

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Record 1 2022-06-14

English

Subject field(s)
  • Information Processing (Informatics)
  • Computer Display Technology
DEF

[An] error ... in reading the digital representation of a number when it is changing, due to lack of precise synchronism of the changes in different digit positions ...

CONT

Thus in passing from 199 to 200, 299 or 209 might be indicated.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Traitement de l'information (Informatique)
  • Techniques d'affichage (Ordinateurs)

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Tratamiento de la información (Informática)
  • Técnicas de visualización (Computadoras)
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