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PERIPHERAL OPERATOR [1 record]

Record 1 2024-02-06

English

Subject field(s)
  • Occupation Names (General)
  • Computer Peripheral Equipment
DEF

[A person] who attends to peripheral devices and performs such tasks as replenishing supplies and loading and unloading punched cards and magnetic disc and tape volumes.

Key term(s)
  • peripherals operator

French

Domaine(s)
  • Désignations des emplois (Généralités)
  • Périphériques (Informatique)
Key term(s)
  • opérateur de périphériques
  • opératrice de périphériques

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Nombramiento de cargos (Generalidades)
  • Equipo periférico (Computadoras)
OBS

En una sala de computadoras (ordenadores) con mucho trabajo, se asigna la consola (pupitre) de trabajo al operador de la computadora el cual raras veces la abandona. El resto del personal puede ayudar a montar y desmontar los paquetes de discos y cintas, rotulando las salidas y operando varios dispositivos de entrada/salida según sea necesario. A este personal se le llama a veces «operadores de equipos periféricos».

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