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CARACTER ADICIONAL [1 record]

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Record 1 2015-03-10

English

Subject field(s)
  • Graphic Arts and Printing
  • Office Machinery
DEF

A graphic character that is not a letter, digit or blank character, and usually not an ideogram.

OBS

Example: a punctuation mark, a percent sign, a mathematical symbol.

OBS

special character: term standardized by ISO, ANSI and CSA.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Imprimerie et arts graphiques
  • Mécanographie
DEF

Caractère graphique autre qu'une lettre, un chiffre, un blanc et normalement autre qu'un idéogramme.

OBS

Exemple : un signe de ponctuation, un signe de pourcentage, un symbole mathématique.

OBS

caractère spécial : terme normalisé par l'ISO et la CSA.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Artes gráficas e imprenta
  • Máquinas de oficina
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