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HORIZONTAL SOFTWARE [2 records]

Record 1 1997-05-21

English

Subject field(s)
  • Office Automation
  • Computer Programs and Programming
OBS

Functions incorporated in WP software that allow you to compute horizontal and vertical sub-totals and totals, calculate percentages and negative balances, and multiply, divide, and subtract. Some math packages permit you to create and store a small program of frequently repeated steps in a calculation.

OBS

Sometimes referred to as math packages or arithmetic capability. Terminology used in the Public Service Commission’s Course "Basic Word Processing" (Course 601).

French

Domaine(s)
  • Bureautique
  • Programmes et programmation (Informatique)
DEF

Fonctions, intégrées au logiciel de traitement de texte, qui permettent d'obtenir les totaux partiels et généraux à l'horizontale et à la verticale, de calculer les pourcentages et les soldes négatifs et de multiplier, diviser ou soustraire. Certains progiciels mathématiques permettent de créer et de stocker un petit programme, composé d'étapes qui se répètent fréquemment dans un calcul particulier.

OBS

Appelées parfois «progiciels mathématiques» ou «puissance de calcul».

Spanish

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Record 2 1984-06-11

English

Subject field(s)
  • Software

French

Domaine(s)
  • Logiciels
CONT

Concernant les logiciels horizontaux, en dépit de l'étendue de l'offre des fournisseurs, la demande en progiciels de type "brique de base", comme les produits de comptabilité, de paye et de gestion du personnel, ne se dément pas, déclarent unanimement tous les exposants.

Spanish

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