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Record 1,  Textual support,  English

Record number: 1, Textual support number: 1 DEF

A graphic character that, when appearing alone or combined with others, represents one or more concepts of a written language, or one or more sound elements of a spoken language.  3, record 1, English, - letter

Record number: 1, Textual support number: 1 OBS

Diacritical marks used alone and punctuation marks are not considered to be letters.  3, record 1, English, - letter

Record number: 1, Textual support number: 2 OBS

"Character" is a broader term than "letter", and includes numbers and symbols.  4, record 1, English, - letter

Record number: 1, Textual support number: 3 OBS

letter: designation and definition standardized by ISO and the International Electrotechnical Commission; designation standardized by the Canadian Standards Association (CSA); designation standardized by the American National Standards Institute (ANSI).  5, record 1, English, - letter

Record number: 1, Textual support number: 4 OBS

alphabetic character: designation standardized by ISO and the International Electrotechnical Commission.  5, record 1, English, - letter

Record 1,  Textual support,  French

Record number: 1, Textual support number: 1 DEF

Caractère graphique qui, employé seul ou combiné avec d'autres, représente une ou plusieurs notions d'un langage écrit ou un ou plusieurs éléments sonores d'un langage parlé.  2, record 1, French, - lettre

Record number: 1, Textual support number: 1 OBS

Les signes diacritiques utilisés isolément ainsi que les signes de ponctuation ne sont pas considérés comme des lettres.  2, record 1, French, - lettre

Record number: 1, Textual support number: 2 OBS

lettre : désignation et définition normalisées par l'ISO et la Commission électrotechnique internationale; désignation normalisée par l'Association canadienne de normalisation (CSA).  3, record 1, French, - lettre

Record 1,  Textual support,  Spanish

Record number: 1, Textual support number: 1 DEF

Carácter gráfico que, cuando se usa por sí solo o combinado con otros, representa primordialmente, en un lenguaje escrito, uno o más conceptos o elementos de sonido de un lenguaje hablado.  2, record 1, Spanish, - letra

Record number: 1, Textual support number: 1 OBS

Las letras no incluyen los signos diacríticos ni los signos de puntuación.  2, record 1, Spanish, - letra

Record 2,  Textual support,  English

Record number: 2, Textual support number: 1 DEF

[A] type design based upon styles of handwriting rather than upon the drawn letter.  3, record 2, English, - calligraphic%20type

Record number: 2, Textual support number: 1 CONT

Calligraphy, "the art of writing, "played a formative role in Chinese civilization, where the past is treated as a source of cultural authority and legitimacy. Because the legacy of the past is transmitted through the written character, there is a personal and public reverence for writing, which accounts for calligraphy, more than painting, sculpture, or architecture, being the most venerated art form in China.  2, record 2, English, - calligraphic%20type

Record 2,  Textual support,  French

Record number: 2, Textual support number: 1 CONT

L'ancienne classification des caractères [...] comprend quatre familles [...] auxquelles s'ajoutent les caractères d'écriture ou calligraphiques (bâtarde, ronde, gothique, anglaise).  3, record 2, French, - caract%C3%A8re%20d%27%C3%A9criture

Record number: 2, Textual support number: 2 CONT

Un caractère calligraphique ou typographique est un dessin. L'image et l'écriture sont donc liées par la main. D'un dessin calibré d'écriture, à un dessin technique d'objet.  4, record 2, French, - caract%C3%A8re%20d%27%C3%A9criture

Record 2,  Textual support,  Spanish

Record 3,  Textual support,  English

Record number: 3, Textual support number: 1 DEF

A small digital image that is part of a standardized set and is used to express an idea or an emotion in electronic communications.  1, record 3, English, - emoji

Record number: 3, Textual support number: 1 OBS

The word "emoji" comes from the Japanese "e"(picture) and "moji"(written character).  1, record 3, English, - emoji

Record 3,  Textual support,  French

Record number: 3, Textual support number: 1 DEF

Petite image numérique faisant partie d'un ensemble normalisé, utilisée pour exprimer une idée ou un sentiment dans les communications électroniques.  1, record 3, French, - %C3%A9moji

Record number: 3, Textual support number: 1 OBS

Le mot «émoji» vient des mots japonais «e» (image) et «moji» (caractère écrit).  1, record 3, French, - %C3%A9moji

Record 3,  Textual support,  Spanish

Record number: 3, Textual support number: 1 DEF

[...] pequeña imagen digital o icono utilizado para expresar una idea o emoción en la comunicación electrónica [...]  3, record 3, Spanish, - emoji

Record number: 3, Textual support number: 1 OBS

emoji: La Fundación del Español Urgente (Fundéu BBVA), con el asesoramiento de la Real Academia Española, indica que "emoticonos" y "emojis" son distintos. Los "emoticonos" son los símbolos creados con signos de puntuación y [...] los "emojis" son caracteres Unicode que se muestran como pequeñas figuras [...]  2, record 3, Spanish, - emoji

Record number: 3, Textual support number: 2 OBS

emoji; emoyi: La Fundación del Español Urgente (Fundéu BBVA), con el asesoramiento de la Real Academia Española, indica que en el caso de "emoji" entre los hispanohablantes alternan dos pronunciaciones[,] si se pronuncia como "emóyi", lo adecuado es emplear la adaptación a la ortografía española "emoyi", en redonda, o bien escribir "emoji"en cursiva como un extranjerismo no adaptado. Si se pronuncia "emóji", lo apropiado es escribir "emoji" en redonda como una forma ya adaptada en la que coinciden grafía y pronunciación.  2, record 3, Spanish, - emoji

Record 4,  Textual support,  English

Record number: 4, Textual support number: 1 DEF

In a string where the position of a character determines its significance, the character at the end of least significance. Such a string is normally written with the least significant position on the right.  4, record 4, English, - rightmost%20character

Record number: 4, Textual support number: 1 OBS

rightmost character: term standardized by the American National Standards Institute (ANSI).  5, record 4, English, - rightmost%20character

Record 4,  Textual support,  French

Record 4,  Textual support,  Spanish

Record number: 4, Textual support number: 1 DEF

Carácter situado en la posición más a la derecha dentro de un número o palabra.  2, record 4, Spanish, - car%C3%A1cter%20de%20menor%20significado

Record 5,  Textual support,  English

Record number: 5, Textual support number: 1 OBS

When Catholic Missionaries first arrived in Canada, they had a lot of trouble trying to figure out how to give the Bible to the aborigines. Not only were the phonettes of many First Nations languages quite beyond the scope of the alphabet, these people had no written system of their own. The missionaries therefore developed a general syllabary for use among the aborigines. Although it might seem strange to use a syllabary instead of an alphabet, in actual fact most writing traditions develop as syllabaries instead of alphabets. The missionaries probably chose to use a syllabary because it is conceptually simpler, and therefore a better introduction to the principle of writing for peoples who had no previous exposure to such a practice. The Canadian Aboriginal Syllabics system consists of a variety of geometric shapes. Each shape is associated with a consenant, and its spatial orientation is associated with a vowel. Today, the Canadian Aboriginal Syllabics are used as the primary means of codifying many First Nations languages. A Unicode chart helps maintain the use of these languages into the 21st Century, and supports computer use and a web presence for these nations. The characters in this code block are a unification of various local syllabaries of Canada into a single repertoire based on character appearance. The syllabics were originally invented in the late 1830s by James Evans for Algonquian languages, and then adopted and altered by various communities and linguistic groups. The primary used community for this script consists of several aboriginal groups throughout Canada, including Algonquian, inuktitut and Athapascan language families. The script is also used by government agencies and in business, education and media. The repertoire is organized primarily on structural principles found in the 1994 report of the Canadian Aboriginal Syllabics Encoding Committee, and is essentially a glyphic encoding.  3, record 5, English, - Canadian%20Aboriginal%20Syllabics%20Encoding%20Committee

Record 5,  Textual support,  French

Record 5,  Textual support,  Spanish

Record 6,  Textual support,  English

Record number: 6, Textual support number: 1 DEF

In mathematical and model-building notation, a symbol written above and to the right of the base symbol to indicate a specified function or differentiation from some other similar or some base letter or character.  2, record 6, English, - superscript

Record 6,  Textual support,  French

Record number: 6, Textual support number: 1 DEF

Symbole écrit de façon décalée au-dessus du nom d'un ensemble pour en désigner une puissance, une dérivée, un élément ou un groupe d'éléments.  3, record 6, French, - indice%20sup%C3%A9rieur

Record 6,  Textual support,  Spanish

Record number: 6, Textual support number: 1 OBS

exponente: término extraído del CAPITAL Business Dictionary con la autorización de LID Editorial Empresarial.  3, record 6, Spanish, - exponente

Record 8,  Textual support,  English

Record number: 8, Textual support number: 1 DEF

In character recognition, the area reserved for the inscription of the printed or hand written characters to be recognized.  4, record 8, English, - code%20line

Record 8,  Textual support,  French

Record 8,  Textual support,  Spanish

Record 9,  Textual support,  English

Record number: 9, Textual support number: 1 DEF

A letter, numeral, or symbol written below the line and to the right of another character, in contrast to a superscript. It is set in a type smaller than the text size.  1, record 9, English, - subscript

Record 9,  Textual support,  French

Record 9,  Textual support,  Spanish

Record number: 9, Textual support number: 1 DEF

Carácter [posicionado] ligeramente por debajo de la línea actual.  2, record 9, Spanish, - %C3%ADndice%20inferior

Record number: 9, Textual support number: 1 CONT

Los subíndices se usan con frecuencia para alinear los símbolos en fórmulas matemáticas.  2, record 9, Spanish, - %C3%ADndice%20inferior

Record number: 9, Textual support number: 1 OBS

Contrasta con exponente o índice superior (superscript) que se refiere a la impresión ligeramente sobre la línea.  2, record 9, Spanish, - %C3%ADndice%20inferior

Record 10,  Textual support,  English

Record number: 10, Textual support number: 1 DEF

A letter, numeral, or symbol written above and to the right of another character, in contrast to a subscript. It is set in a type size smaller than the text size.  1, record 10, English, - superscript

Record 10,  Textual support,  French

Record 10,  Textual support,  Spanish

Record number: 10, Textual support number: 1 DEF

Letra o símbolo en tipografía, escrito ligeramente por encima de un conjunto de nombre para denotar una potencia o un derivado o para identificar un elemento en particular de dicho conjunto.  2, record 10, Spanish, - %C3%ADndice%20superior

Record 11,  Textual support,  English

Record number: 11, Textual support number: 1 DEF

A graphical character that is a letter as used in the written representation of a given language.  1, record 11, English, - alphabetical%20character

Record number: 11, Textual support number: 1 OBS

This also includes letters with diacritical marks.  1, record 11, English, - alphabetical%20character

Record number: 11, Textual support number: 2 OBS

Term and definition standardized by ISO.  2, record 11, English, - alphabetical%20character

Record 11,  Textual support,  French

Record number: 11, Textual support number: 1 DEF

Caractère graphique correspondant à une lettre utilisée dans la représentation écrite d'un langage donn.  1, record 11, French, - caract%C3%A8re%20alphab%C3%A9tique

Record number: 11, Textual support number: 1 OBS

Cela comprend aussi les lettres avec signes diacritiques.  1, record 11, French, - caract%C3%A8re%20alphab%C3%A9tique

Record number: 11, Textual support number: 2 OBS

Terme et définition normalisés par l'ISO.  2, record 11, French, - caract%C3%A8re%20alphab%C3%A9tique

Record 11,  Textual support,  Spanish

Record 12,  Textual support,  English

Record number: 12, Textual support number: 1 DEF

A literal that consists of one character.  2, record 12, English, - character%20literal

Record number: 12, Textual support number: 1 CONT

A character literal denotes a character value. It is written as a single character enclosed by single quotes.  3, record 12, English, - character%20literal

Record number: 12, Textual support number: 1 OBS

NOTES - 1. Character literals usually are enclosed within delimiters to distinguish them from other lexical tokens. 2. Programming languages usually employ different delimiters for character literals and string literals. 3. A character literal may be a string literal of length one.  2, record 12, English, - character%20literal

Record number: 12, Textual support number: 2 OBS

Term and definition standardized by ISO.  4, record 12, English, - character%20literal

Record 12,  Textual support,  French

Record number: 12, Textual support number: 1 DEF

Libellé composé d'un seul caractère.  1, record 12, French, - litt%C3%A9ral%20caract%C3%A8re

Record number: 12, Textual support number: 1 OBS

Notes - 1. Les libellés caractères sont placés entre des délimiteurs de façon à les différencier des autres unités lexicales. 2. Les langages de programmation utilisent généralement des délimiteurs différents pour les libellés caractères et les libellés chaînes. 3. Un libellé caractère peut être un libellé chaîne de longueur 1.  1, record 12, French, - litt%C3%A9ral%20caract%C3%A8re

Record number: 12, Textual support number: 2 OBS

Termes et définition normalisés par l'ISO.  2, record 12, French, - litt%C3%A9ral%20caract%C3%A8re

Record 12,  Textual support,  Spanish

Record 13,  Textual support,  English

Record number: 13, Textual support number: 1 DEF

A vertical mark, usually preprinted, that is read by the scanner to separate fields and is written into the read program. They are required only when a user wishes them for character of field separation. While most are preprinted, a user can insert them by typewriter equipped with the correct font with sufficient room on the form. The field mark normally is long enough to encompass one read line  1, record 13, English, - long%20vertical%20mark

Record 13,  Textual support,  French

Record number: 13, Textual support number: 1 CONT

La marque de zone est d'ordinaire assez longue pour compter comme une ligne de lecture. [Elle peut être faite à l'aide d'] une machine à écrire munie des caractères du style approprié, s'il y a suffisamment de place sur le formulaire.  1, record 13, French, - marque%20verticale%20longue

Record 13,  Textual support,  Spanish

Record 14,  Textual support,  English

Record number: 14, Textual support number: 1 OBS

x-y loading : An option that enables some receive only terminal screens to be written from a data source that specifies, in parallel, both the character and the horizontal and vertical coordinates on the screen at which the character is to be displayed.  2, record 14, English, - x%2Dy%20selection

Record 14,  Textual support,  French

Record number: 14, Textual support number: 1 OBS

Si l'on rajoute deux transistors MOS en série avec T (indice 5) et T (indice 6) on peut réaliser ce que l'on appelle une sélection X-Y (sélection d'un seul point mémoire par une ligne X et une ligne Y).  1, record 14, French, - s%C3%A9lection%20x%2Dy

Record 14,  Textual support,  Spanish