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MASTER CARD [6 records]

Record 1 2016-10-24

English

Subject field(s)
  • Office Equipment and Supplies
DEF

A strip, usually of card, forming part of the master showing part of or the entire text on the reproducing part of the master.

OBS

visual indicator: term and definition standardized by ISO.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Équipement et fournitures de bureau
DEF

Bande, généralement de carton, faisant partie du cliché et reproduisant une partie ou la totalité du texte de la zone de reproduction du cliché.

OBS

indicateur visuel : terme et définition normalisés par l'ISO.

Spanish

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Record 2 2016-03-22

English

Subject field(s)
  • Electronic Circuits Technology
  • Banking
DEF

The maximum average signal amplitude of the reference card connected to the master standard.

OBS

reference signal amplitude: term and definition standardized by the International Organization for Standardization (ISO) in 1993.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Technologie des circuits électroniques
  • Banque
DEF

Amplitude maximale moyenne du signal de la carte de référence corrigée par rapport à l'étalon primaire.

OBS

amplitude du signal de référence : terme et définition normalisés par l'Organisation internationale de normalisation (ISO) en 1993.

Spanish

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Record 3 2015-02-19

English

Subject field(s)
  • Storage Media (Data Processing)
CONT

The slave card is a minor command card that executes minor changes i. e. does exactly what the master data card says.

OBS

master data card : A tabulating [Electrical Accounting Machine] EAM card containing punched information(nonaperture). It is used in EAM machines to transfer the punched information or verify information in apertures, copy or image cards.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Supports d'information (Informatique)

Spanish

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Record 4 2012-02-16

English

Subject field(s)
  • Storage Media (Data Processing)
DEF

In a punch-card system, a card that contains supplemental information related to the data on the master card.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Supports d'information (Informatique)
DEF

Carte qui suit une carte maîtresse et qui contient des détails supplémentaires.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Medios de almacenamiento (Procesamiento de datos)
DEF

Tarjeta (ficha) que contiene la información relacionada con los datos en las tarjetas precedentes.

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Record 5 - external organization data 2008-12-29

English

Subject field(s)
  • Finance
  • Software
  • Compartment - Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada
DEF

Master Card or AMEX specific funds commitment in Saturn(financial system).

OBS

Card Document: term used in Saturn (financial system).

French

Domaine(s)
  • Finances
  • Logiciels
  • Tiroir - Agriculture et Agroalimentaire Canada
DEF

Engagement de fonds pour MasterCard ou AMEX dans le système financier Saturne.

OBS

pièce carte : terme en usage dans le système financier Saturne.

Spanish

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Record 6 1997-05-27

English

Subject field(s)
  • Office Machinery
DEF

The automatic copying(punching) of repetitive information from a master card or master tape into succeeding tapes or cards.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Mécanographie

Spanish

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