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CALCULATEUR LOGIQUE ENREGISTREE [1 record]

Record 1 2013-03-06

English

Subject field(s)
  • Computers and Calculators
DEF

A computer controlled by internally stored instructions and capable of synthesizing and storing instructions as well as executing them. [Definition officially approved by GESC.]

OBS

stored program computer: term standardized by CSA and ISO; officially approved by the Government EDP (Electronic Data Processing) Standards Committee (GESC).

French

Domaine(s)
  • Ordinateurs et calculateurs
DEF

Ordinateur, commandé par des instructions enregistrées dans une mémoire interne, qui peut synthétiser et ranger en mémoire des instructions et les exécuter ensuite. [Définition uniformisée par le CNGI.]

OBS

ordinateur à programme enregistré : terme uniformisé par le Comité des normes gouvernementales en informatique (CNGI).

Key term(s)
  • calculateur à logique enregistrée

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Computadoras y calculadoras
DEF

Computadora (ordenador) capaz de ejecutar secuencias de instrucciones almacenadas internamente y capaz, por lo general, de modificarlas según lo dirigen dichas instrucciones.

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