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PROCESAMIENTO AUTOMATICO [2 records]

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Record 1 2007-01-31

English

Subject field(s)
  • Information Processing (Informatics)
DEF

Data processing performed by a system of electronic or electrical machines so interconnected and interacted as to reduce to a minimum the need for human assistance or intervention.

CONT

The main applications of this work will be in the area of image databases. The amount of imagery that is currently being collected is going to require some form of automatic (or at least semi-automatic) processing prior to insertion into an image database.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Traitement de l'information (Informatique)
DEF

Traitement de données par un appareillage électrique ou électronique à des fins de statistiques, d'analyses et d'interprétation, avec la participation minimale de l'[humain].

CONT

Les méthodes existantes de traitement automatique des cartes scannées ont plusieurs inconvénients : elles sont semi-automatiques, nécessitent l'intervention fréquente de l'utilisateur, et sont très longues.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Tratamiento de la información (Informática)
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Record 2 2003-05-23

English

Subject field(s)
  • Office Machinery
  • Information Processing (Informatics)
Key term(s)
  • punched-card mechanization

French

Domaine(s)
  • Mécanographie
  • Traitement de l'information (Informatique)

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Máquinas de oficina
  • Tratamiento de la información (Informática)
DEF

Método del procesamiento de los datos que comprende el uso de máquinas mecánicas relativamente pequeñas y sencillas (generalmente no programables).

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