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INPUT/OUTPUT SYSTEM [62 records]

Record 1 2026-01-08

English

Subject field(s)
  • Computer Mathematics
  • Artificial Intelligence
  • Computer Programs and Programming
CONT

[Researchers describe] a modelling algorithm based on input/output fuzzy relations and its application to a simple food chain ecological system. The algorithm yields a fuzzy relational mapping[, ] producing a one step ahead prediction...

Key term(s)
  • modeling algorithm

French

Domaine(s)
  • Mathématiques informatiques
  • Intelligence artificielle
  • Programmes et programmation (Informatique)

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Matemáticas para computación
  • Inteligencia artificial
  • Programas y programación (Informática)
OBS

algoritmo : Proceso, generalmente iterativo, para resolver cierto tipo de problemas.

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Record 2 2024-02-22

English

Subject field(s)
  • Software
DEF

A set of flexible routines that supervise the input and output operations of a computer at the detailed machine-language level.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Logiciels
DEF

Module qui gère les entrées et sorties dans un système d'ordinateur.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Soporte lógico (Software)
DEF

Conjunto estándar de programas diseñados para iniciar y controlar las operaciones de entrada y salida para programas de aplicación.

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Record 3 2017-11-30

English

Subject field(s)
  • Artificial Intelligence
CONT

It is useful to characterize three types of units :input, output, and hidden. The hidden units are those whose only inputs and outputs are within the system we are modeling. They are not "visible" to outside systems.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Intelligence artificielle
CONT

Les unités «cachées» sont celles qui ne sont ni en entrée ni en sortie d'un réseau.

CONT

On peut diviser les unités d'un réseau artificiel en trois catégories : - les unités d'entrée (recevant les messages de l'environnement extérieur), - les unités cachées, - les unités de sortie (communiquant les «décisions» du réseau).

Spanish

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Record 4 2017-11-30

English

Subject field(s)
  • Artificial Intelligence
CONT

It is useful to characterize three types of units :input, output, and hidden. The output units send signals out of the system. They may either directly affect motoric systems or simply influence other systems external to the ones we are modeling.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Intelligence artificielle
CONT

On peut diviser les unités d'un réseau artificiel en trois catégories : - les unités d'entrée (recevant les messages de l'environnement extérieur), - les unités cachées, - les unités de sortie (communiquant les «décisions» du réseau).

Spanish

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Record 5 2017-11-30

English

Subject field(s)
  • Artificial Intelligence
CONT

It is useful to characterize three types of units :input, output, and hidden. Input units receive inputs from sources external to the system under study. These inputs may be either sensory input or input from other parts of the processing system in which the model is embedded.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Intelligence artificielle
CONT

On peut diviser les unités d'un réseau artificiel en trois catégories : - les unités d'entrée (recevant les messages de l'environnement extérieur), - les unités cachées, - les unités de sortie (communiquant les «décisions» du réseau).

Spanish

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Record 6 2017-01-04

English

Subject field(s)
  • Information Processing (Informatics)
  • Internet and Telematics
DEF

A layer of software originally developed by IBM and Sytek to link a network operating system with specific hardware. It can also open communications between workstations on a network at the transport layer.

OBS

Today, many vendors either provide a version of NetBIOS to interface with their hardware or emulate its transport-layer communications services in their network products.

French

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

Un niveau de fonctionnalités logicielles, définies à l'origine par IBM et Sytek. Il permet de mettre en œuvre des communications entre les stations de travail et les serveurs et intervient au niveau transport de l'OSI.

OBS

En fait les fonctionnalités de NetBIOS recouvrent le niveau 5 et une partie du niveau 2. Aujourd'hui de nombreux vendeurs d'équipements fournissent une version de NetBIOS pour interfacer leur matériel ou se contentent de l'émuler. C'est ce que fait Novell pour NetWare.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Tratamiento de la información (Informática)
  • Internet y telemática
DEF

Interfaz de la capa de sesión para redes de PC, producida por IBM y Microsoft.

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Record 7 2016-10-20

English

Subject field(s)
  • Computer Hardware
  • Informatics
CONT

The ROM contains the control program and constant, and the RAM is used to store intermediate data generated during execution of the control function. The key feature of this system differentiating it from the classic computer applications is the presence of sensors and effectors as the input/output system.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Matériel informatique
  • Informatique

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Equipo físico de computadora (Hardware)
  • Informática
DEF

Equipo de computación y programática necesarios para entrar los datos en un sistema de computadora (ordenador) y transferirlos entre los diferentes dispositivos de entrada/salida y la memoria principal.

Key term(s)
  • sistema de entrada/salida
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Record 8 2015-10-15

English

Subject field(s)
  • Environmental Studies and Analyses
  • Water Treatment (Water Supply)
DEF

The relationship between input and output of a specified substance in a defined system, for example in a lake, river or sewage treatment works, taking into account the formation or decomposition of that substance in the system.

OBS

mass balance: term and definition standardized by ISO.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Études et analyses environnementales
  • Traitement des eaux
DEF

Relation entre l'entrée et la sortie d'une substance donnée dans un système défini, par exemple dans un lac, une rivière ou une station de traitement d'eaux usées, qui prend en compte la formation ou la décomposition de cette substance dans le système.

OBS

bilan massique : terme et définition normalisés par l'ISO.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Estudios y análisis del medio ambiente
  • Tratamiento del agua
DEF

Relación entre la entrada y la salida de una sustancia determinada en un sistema definido, por ejemplo en un lago, un río o una planta de tratamiento de aguas residuales, teniendo la formación o la descomposición de esa sustancia en el sistema.

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Record 9 2015-02-20

English

Subject field(s)
  • Financial and Budgetary Management
CONT

Departments are encouraged to obtain accounting and reporting services from the Department of Supply and Services because these services are an integral part of the cheque issue system and are capable of meeting the needs of most government departments as set out in [the Guide on Financial Administration for Departments and Agencies of the Government of Canada]. In addition to the preparation of reports as a by-product of the recording of cash transactions, the following types of services can be made available to departments :... the system can match financial data with non-financial data and can perform selected calculations on input and output, such as percentage distribution of selected common costs and variance analysis calculations...

French

Domaine(s)
  • Gestion budgétaire et financière

Spanish

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Record 10 2012-11-02

English

Subject field(s)
  • Engineering
  • Information Processing (Informatics)
  • Systems Analysis (Information Processing)
DEF

A specification that documents the design of a system or system component; for example, a software configuration item. Typical contents include system or component algorithms, control logic, data structures, data set-use information, input/output formats, and interface descriptions.

CONT

A designer will try to understand a design problem that has been assigned to him by writing a design specification. The specifications relate to technical systems that do not exist at that time. Other specifications relate to existing systems, for instance manufacturing specifications, test specifications, operation specifications....

OBS

See also "requirements specifications".

OBS

As a rule when "specification" is used in the singular, the writer is referring to the document; when it is used in the plural, "specifications" means the statements included in the document.

OBS

design specification: term and definition standardized by the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE).

French

Domaine(s)
  • Ingénierie
  • Traitement de l'information (Informatique)
  • Analyse des systèmes informatiques
DEF

Spécification qui documente la conception d'un système ou d'un élément de système; par exemple, un élément de la configuration d'un logiciel. Les contenus types comprennent les algorithmes du système ou de l'élément, la logique de commande, les structures de données, les renseignements sur l'utilisation d'un ensemble de données, les formats d'entrée/sortie et les descriptions des interfaces.

OBS

Voir également «spécification des exigences».

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Ingeniería
  • Tratamiento de la información (Informática)
  • Análisis de los sistemas de informática
DEF

Resultado de un análisis de las necesidades de información de un sistema específico dentro de una organización; incluyendo las especificaciones para las entradas, salidas y procesamiento.

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Record 11 2012-03-09

English

Subject field(s)
  • Internet and Telematics
DEF

A communications IOCS that allows the customer’s problem program to communicate with remote terminals.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Internet et télématique

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Internet y telemática
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Record 12 2012-02-02

English

Subject field(s)
  • Computer Hardware
DEF

A complete small system including the central processing unit(CPU), input/output interfaces and devices, memory and power supply, alphanumeric keyboard, CRT display and mass memory device. Generally smaller than a minicomputer in physical size, word size, memory size, etc., they are single-user systems referred to as "personal computers" and "desktop" computers.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Matériel informatique
DEF

Poste de travail sur un micro-ordinateur, dédié à un seul utilisateur.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Equipo físico de computadora (Hardware)
DEF

Sistema pequeño pero completo, que incluye una unidad central de procesamiento (UCP), interfaces y dispositivos de entrada/salida, memoria y suministro eléctrico, un teclado alfanumérico, una pantalla de tubo de rayos catódicos (CRT) y un dispositivo de almacenamiento masivo.

CONT

Por lo general, un sistema de microcomputadora (microordenador) es más pequeño que el de una minicomputadora (miniordenador) en tamaño físico, tamaño de palabra, tamaño de memoria y otros factores y a este tipo de sistema suele llamársele "computadora (ordenador) personal" o "de escritorio".

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Record 13 2012-01-24

English

Subject field(s)
  • Computer Programs and Programming
DEF

A technique by which the central processor needs only initiate an input/output operation and then handle other matters, while other units within the system carry out the rest of the operation.

French

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

Demande d'interruption qui provient d'un processeur d'entrée/sortie.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Programas y programación (Informática)
DEF

Interrupción causada por una señal que indica que una operación de E/S ha terminado.

CONT

Mediante el uso de una interrupción de entrada/salida, el equipo de entrada/salida puede mantenerse funcionando en toda su eficiencia en períodos de tiempo relativamente pequeños, del procesador central. La operación de cada unidad de entrada/salida se encuentra bajo el control directo de un sincronizador asociado. La ejecución de una operación dada de entrada/salida es iniciada por una instrucción del procesador central que transfiere la palabra de control (especificación de función) a una posición de memoria fija asociada con el sincronizador de entrada/salida de que se trate.

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Record 14 2012-01-17

English

Subject field(s)
  • Operating Systems (Software)
DEF

The ratio between system input and output.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Systèmes d'exploitation (Logiciels)

Spanish

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Record 15 2011-10-25

English

Subject field(s)
  • Software
  • Audiovisual Techniques and Equipment
  • Artificial Intelligence
  • Continuing Education
DEF

[The module of an ITS] that deals with the form of the communication, with the presentation.

CONT

... the interface module takes care of [the] final form [of didactic actions]. ... this module processes the flow of communication in and out.

CONT

The interface handles the input and output of the system, and provides continued information on the current state of the problem solving process by showing the current hypothesis set and the goals already achieved. It processes the output of the communication expert..., by transforming it to natural language and system actions... Besides, it gives the student the opportunity to request for reminders of gathered information of the anamnesis or other investigations.

OBS

See student-system interface.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Logiciels
  • Audiovisuel (techniques et équipement)
  • Intelligence artificielle
  • Éducation permanente
DEF

Macrocomposante d'un didacticiel intelligent chargée des échanges avec l'apprenant et qui peut comporter un analyseur et un générateur en langage naturel.

OBS

[...] l'interface gérant le dialogue entre l'élève et l'ordinateur.

OBS

Ces informations sont constituées d'éléments attachés à l'apprenant (identité, historique des sessions...) et d'éléments provenant de la session en cours. Voir aussi : environnement didacticiel, environnement apprenant, aiguillage.

OBS

Renseignements fournis par le Centre de terminologie et néologie, Paris, 1991.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Soporte lógico (Software)
  • Técnicas y equipo audiovisuales
  • Inteligencia artificial
  • Educación permanente
DEF

Unidad del equipo físico que provee la interfaz entre un bus y los periféricos o instrumentos del usuario. Circuitos integrados montados en el módulo proveen la lógica para la selección de direcciones, control de interrupciones y las transferencias de los bytes de entradas/salidas.

CONT

Los módulos de interfaces para los sistemas de microcomputadoras (microordenadores) industriales pueden incluir módulos para las comunicaciones digitales, conmutadores eléctricos, conversión analógica-digital-analógica, etc.

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Record 16 2011-10-12

English

Subject field(s)
  • Computer Programs and Programming
OBS

sixel: six bits per pixel.

OBS

command interpreter. A program that processes commands and other input and output from an active terminal in a time-sharing system.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Programmes et programmation (Informatique)

Spanish

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Record 17 2010-12-15

English

Subject field(s)
  • Metrology and Units of Measure
  • Measuring Instruments
DEF

Series of elements of a measuring instrument or system that constitutes the path of the measurement signal from the input to the output.

OBS

Example: an electro-acoustic measuring chain comprising a microphone, attenuator, filter, amplifier and voltmeter.

OBS

The term "measuring sequence" found in the Vocabulary of Legal Metrology is replaced by the term "measuring chain" found in the International Vocabulary of Basic and General Terms in Metrology.

OBS

measuring chain: term and definition approved by ISO, the International Bureau of Weights and Measures (BIPM), the International Electrotechnical Commission (IEC), the International Organization of Legal Metrology (OIML), and others.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Unités de mesure et métrologie
  • Appareils de mesure
DEF

Suite d'éléments d'un appareil de mesure ou d'un système de mesure qui constitue le chemin du signal de mesure depuis l'entrée jusqu'à la sortie.

OBS

Exemple : une chaîne de mesure électroacoustique comprenant un microphone, un atténuateur, un filtre, un amplificateur et un voltmètre.

OBS

chaîne de mesure : terme normalisé par l'AFNOR.

OBS

chaîne de mesure : terme et définition entérinés, entre autres, par l'ISO, par le Bureau international des poids et mesures (BIPM), par la Commission électrotechnique internationale (CEI) et par l'Organisation internationale de métrologie légale (OIML).

Spanish

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Record 18 2010-04-28

English

Subject field(s)
  • Computer Hardware
DEF

A special communications "connection"(i. e. an address) that a CPU uses for input and output to system hardware. The CPU "talks" to the keyboard, CRT, disk drives, printers, parallel and serial ports, and other system hardware by using a port address.

DEF

A unique host identifier created by the concatenation of a port identifier with an address.

DEF

An inter-process communication mechanism in the TCP/IP protocol similar to file-opening and closing functions found in high-level languages. (J.J. Manger, The Essential Internet Information Guide, Mc Graw-Hill, 1994, p. 346).

Key term(s)
  • input/output port

French

Domaine(s)
  • Matériel informatique
DEF

Point d'accès pour l'entrée ou la sortie des données.

OBS

port : terme et définition reproduits avec l'autorisation de l'Association canadienne de normalisation (CSA), 178, boul. Rexdale, Toronto (Ontario), Canada M9W 1R3 (détentrice des droits d'auteur). La CSA décline toute responsabilité quant à la façon dont la matière est présentée et quant à toute interprétation pouvant en découler. L'information reproduite pourrait ne pas être à jour. Pour plus de renseignements, communiquer avec la CSA.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Equipo físico de computadora (Hardware)
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Record 19 2008-05-23

English

Subject field(s)
  • Telecommunications
DEF

One of the input or output points of a communications system.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Télécommunications
DEF

Un des points d'entrée ou de sortie d'un système de communication.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Telecomunicaciones
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Record 20 2008-05-23

English

Subject field(s)
  • Mathematics
  • Range Measurements (Telecommunications)
  • Optics
DEF

A mathematical statement that describes the relationship between the input and the output of an imaging system.

CONT

The NRC [National Research Council] also has the capability of measuring the Optical Transfer Function (OTF) of a lens. The OTF is a consistent method of image quality evaluation for an optical system.

OBS

It includes the phase relationship between the target and measured signals (i.e. the apparent change in position of the sinus dal pattern as a function of its frequency) as well as the amplitude change as a function of frequency.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Mathématiques
  • Mesures à distance (Télécommunications)
  • Optique
DEF

Mesure de la performance géométrique d'un système optique.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Matemáticas
  • Medidas de distancia (Telecomunicaciones)
  • Óptica
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Record 21 - external organization data 2008-02-07

English

Subject field(s)
  • Nuclear Power Stations
  • Compartment - Canadian Nuclear Safety Commission
CONT

Overall unit.... 4-Drifts and failures of input and output signals of the turbine governing system and the turbine tripping system.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Centrales nucléaires
  • Tiroir - Commission canadienne de sûreté nucléaire
CONT

Exploitation intégrée de la tranche. [...] 4- Dérives et défaillances des signaux d'entrée et de sortie du circuit de commande et du système d'arrêt d'urgence de la turbine.

Spanish

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Record 22 2007-10-26

English

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

More than one identical input/output terminal attached to a system.

CONT

Multiaccessing refers to the capability of a system to be accessible through two or more terminal stations.

French

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

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Tratamiento de la información (Informática)
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Record 23 2007-09-13

English

Subject field(s)
  • Operating Systems (Software)
  • Storage Media (Data Processing)
CONT

Basically, CP/M [Control Program for Microcomputers] is divided into four parts BIOS [basic input/output system], BDOS, CCP [console command processor] and TPA [transient program area]. BDOS stands for basic disk-operating system. As the words imply, BDOS deals directly with the disks themselves. It may be thought of as a directory or guide to what is stored on the disks, and where. BDOS is your computer's electronic file clerk, organizing the information given it so that once it has been filed away on the disks, the computer can find it again when it is needed.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Systèmes d'exploitation (Logiciels)
  • Supports d'information (Informatique)
OBS

On retrouve le plus souvent l'acronyme anglais «BDOS» dans les textes français pour désigner cette notion.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Sistemas operativos (Soporte lógico)
  • Medios de almacenamiento (Procesamiento de datos)
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Record 24 - external organization data 2006-01-27

English

Subject field(s)
  • Compartment - ISO/IEC JTC 1 Information Technology Vocabulary
Universal entry(ies)
17.03.01 (2382)
ISO/IEC standard entry number
DEF

level of consideration at which all aspects deal with the user-oriented representation of information visible at the input and the output of an information system

OBS

external level: term and definition standardized by ISO/IEC [ISO/IEC 2382-17:1999].

French

Domaine(s)
  • Tiroir - ISO/CEI JTC 1 Vocabulaire des technologies de l'information
Entrée(s) universelle(s)
17.03.01 (2382)
ISO/IEC standard entry number
DEF

niveau d'examen dont tous les aspects traitent de la représentation des informations destinées à l'utilisateur, visibles à l'entrée et à la sortie d'un système d'information

OBS

niveau externe : terme et définition normalisés par l'ISO/CEI [ISO/IEC 2382-17:1999].

Spanish

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Record 25 2005-10-06

English

Subject field(s)
  • Measuring Instruments
  • Audio Technology
CONT

Example [of a measuring chain]: an electro-acoustic measuring chain comprising a microphone, attenuator, filter, amplifier and voltmeter.

OBS

measuring chain : Series of elements of a measuring instrument or system that constitutes the path of the measurement signal from the input to the output.

Key term(s)
  • electroacoustic measuring chain

French

Domaine(s)
  • Appareils de mesure
  • Électroacoustique
CONT

Exemple [d'une chaîne de mesure] : une chaîne de mesure électroacoustique comprenant un microphone, un atténuateur, un filtre, un amplificateur et un voltmètre.

OBS

chaîne de mesure : Suite d'éléments d'un appareil de mesure ou d'un système de mesure qui constitue le chemin du signal de mesure depuis l'entrée jusqu'à la sortie.

OBS

électroacoustique : Cette graphie, puisée des Rectifications de l'orthographe recommandées par le Conseil supérieur de la langue française, est attestée dans le Petit Robert (2004).

Spanish

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Record 26 2004-09-02

English

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

A system designed to aid in the storage and retrieval of data without restriction as to types of input/output devices.

Key term(s)
  • file control software

French

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

Système logiciel qui fournit des facilités pour la gestion des fichiers d'un niveau supérieur à celle des systèmes d'exploitation.

Spanish

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

Parte específica de los sistemas operativos, que permite la gestión de los archivos (ficheros) que se pueden almacenar en las memorias masivas (discos, casetes) de una computadora (ordenador).

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Record 27 2004-08-24

English

Subject field(s)
  • Computer Programs and Programming
DEF

The part of the job entry subsystem that provides centralized storage and retrieval of : 1) system input and output data for each job, 2) control tables representing jobs, thus forming a queue of work, and 3) job tables used during job execution.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Programmes et programmation (Informatique)

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Programas y programación (Informática)
DEF

Parte del subsistema de entrada de trabajos que proporciona un almacenamiento centralizado y la recuperación de: (a) entradas del sistema y salidas de datos para cada trabajo; (b) tablas de control representando los trabajos, formándose así una cola o fila de espera de trabajos, y (c) tablas de trabajos utilizadas durante la ejecución individual del trabajo.

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Record 28 2004-04-08

English

Subject field(s)
  • Computer Programs and Programming
Key term(s)
  • basic input output system

French

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

Programme servant d'interface entre les composants matériels d'un ordinateur et le système d'exploitation.

OBS

Ses principales tâches consistent à assurer l'initialisation des composants lors du démarrage de la machine et à fournir au système d'exploitation plusieurs routines (programme exécutables) donnant l'accès aux périphériques (clavier, écran, souris, disque, carte d'extension...).

OBS

Le Bios est stocké dans une mémoire ROM [...] ce qui permet le démarrage de l'ordinateur avant que le système d'exploitation ne soit complètement opérationnel et assure la disponibilité permanente du Bios, même si le disque dur ou un autre support est défaillant.

Spanish

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Record 29 2004-01-07

English

Subject field(s)
  • Internet and Telematics
CONT

As the first difference, FastCGI processes are persistent, after finishing a request, they wait for a new request instead of exiting. The second difference is that, instead of using Operating System environment variables and pipes, the FastCGI protocol multiplexes the environment information, standard input, output and error over a single full-duplex connection.

OBS

FastCGI: Fast Common Gateway Interface.

Key term(s)
  • fast Common Gateway Interface
  • fast CGI

French

Domaine(s)
  • Internet et télématique

Spanish

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Record 30 2003-09-17

English

Subject field(s)
  • Radioelectricity
  • Audio Technology
  • Telecommunications Transmission
DEF

Distortion whereby the linear relationship desired between the input and the output of a system is not fully achieved.

OBS

Specific types of non-linearity distortion are: amplitude/amplitude distortion, harmonic distortion and intermodulation distortion.

Key term(s)
  • non linear distortion

French

Domaine(s)
  • Radioélectricité
  • Électroacoustique
  • Transmission (Télécommunications)
DEF

Distorsion constatée lorsque le signal de sortie d'un système ne maintient pas la relation linéaire attendue avec le signal d'entrée.

CONT

Diverses formes de distorsion non-linéaire : distorsion amplitude-amplitude, distorsion harmonique, distorsion d'intermodulation.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Radioelectricidad
  • Electroacústica
  • Transmisión (Telecomunicaciones)
DEF

Distorsión causada por una desviación de una relación lineal entre las entradas y las salidas de un sistema o dispositivo.

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Record 31 2003-08-29

English

Subject field(s)
  • Control Systems (Electronic Instrumentation)
DEF

System whose characteristics can be adjusted according to the system environment and the properties of the input and the output signals.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Systèmes cybernétiques de contrôle et de commande

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Sistemas cibernéticos de control
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Record 32 2003-07-29

English

Subject field(s)
  • Computers and Calculators
  • Computer Graphics
DEF

A graphics system that includes a microcomputer or minicomputer, storage, video display terminal, graphics tablet, and other input/output devices.

Key term(s)
  • stand-alone graphic system
  • standalone graphics system
  • standalone graphic system

French

Domaine(s)
  • Ordinateurs et calculateurs
  • Infographie

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Computadoras y calculadoras
  • Gráficos de computadora
DEF

Sistema de gráficos que incluye una microcomputadora (microordenador) o minicomputadora (miniordenador), almacenamiento, terminal de visualización, tableta de gráficos y otros dispositivos de entrada/salida.

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Record 33 2003-04-03

English

Subject field(s)
  • Computers and Calculators
DEF

A device, associated with a computer system for data input and output, that may be at a location remote from the computer system, thus requiring data transmission.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Ordinateurs et calculateurs
DEF

Terminal installé à distance pour communiquer avec l'ordinateur central ou pour lui transmettre ou recevoir de lui des informations.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Computadoras y calculadoras
DEF

Terminal ubicado remotamente, o de tipo local, en el cual los dispositivos de entrada/salida pueden colocarse y conectarse mediante un canal con un sistema de computadora (ordenador).

OBS

En algunas regiones se emplea la palabra "terminal" en femenino en el campo de la informática.

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Record 34 2002-11-20

English

Subject field(s)
  • Surveillance, Detection and Reconnaissance (Military)
  • Weapon Systems (Naval Forces)
  • Sea Operations (Military)
CONT

The SSCS [surface ship command system] uses twelve multifunction consoles connected via a fibre-optic local area network to input output interface nodes and a universal radar video distribution unit.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Surveillance, détection et reconnaissance (Militaire)
  • Systèmes d'armes (Forces navales)
  • Opérations en mer (Militaire)
CONT

Le SSCS [surface ship command system] comporte huit consoles multifonctions mises en réseau local par fibre optique, avec maillage des interfaces entrée/sortie et distributeur universel de vidéo radar.

Spanish

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Record 35 2002-09-05

English

Subject field(s)
  • Computer Peripheral Equipment
  • Artificial Intelligence
  • Data Transmission
CONT

Here, a microprocessor is connected to a memory that is probably a mixture of read-only memory(ROM) and random-access memory(RAM).... The key feature of this system differentiating it from the classic computer applications is the presence of sensors and effectors as the input/output system. The sensors consist of devices that sample parameters in the environment and convert the outputs into digital form, if they are not already digital, for processing. Temperature, position, video, and velocity sensors are the kinds of sensors used.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Périphériques (Informatique)
  • Intelligence artificielle
  • Transmission de données
OBS

Voir transmetteur de position.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Equipo periférico (Computadoras)
  • Inteligencia artificial
  • Transmisión de datos
DEF

Dispositivo para medir una posición y convertir dicha medida en una forma conveniente para la transmisión de los datos.

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Record 36 2002-08-15

English

Subject field(s)
  • Operating Systems (Software)
CONT

physical IOCS controls the actual transfer of records between external storage and main storage.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Systèmes d'exploitation (Logiciels)

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Sistemas operativos (Soporte lógico)
DEF

Rutina supervisora que planifica y supervisa la ejecución de los programas de canales.

CONT

Los sistemas de control de entradas/salidas físicas controlan la transferencia actual de los registros, entre el almacenamiento externo y la memoria principal y proveen la recuperación de los errores del dispositivo de entrada/salida.

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Record 37 2002-07-09

English

Subject field(s)
  • Operating Systems (Software)
  • Codes (Software)
DEF

In an IBM personal computer, microcode in read-only memory that controls basic input/output operations such as interactions with cassettes, diskette drives, fixed disk drives, and the keyboard.

Key term(s)
  • BIOS ROM

French

Domaine(s)
  • Systèmes d'exploitation (Logiciels)
  • Codes (Logiciels)

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Sistemas operativos (Soporte lógico)
  • Códigos (Soporte lógico)
DEF

En una computadora (ordenador) personal IBM es un microcódigo en la memoria de sólo lectura (ROM), que controla las operaciones básicas de entrada/salida, por ejemplo, las interacciones con los casetes, unidades de disquetes y de discos flexibles y el teclado.

CONT

El ROM BIOS permite que el usuario escriba programas y agregue o suprima los dispositivos sin preocuparse por las características como, por ejemplo, las direcciones de los dispositivos.

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Record 38 2002-07-03

English

Subject field(s)
  • Transmission Systems (Motor Vehicles and Bicycles)
CONT

A variation of the CVT [continuously variable transmission] is the IVT or toroidal transmission, where a pair of rollers rotate between an input and an output disc. Modifying the angle of the rollers changes the gear ratio. This transmission system is capable of handling higher torque while providing greater driving comfort and faster gear ratio changes. However, it is limited by disadvantages such as increased cost, installation space, and weight. However, Getrag is already working on IVTs for BMW.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Transmission (Véhicules automobiles et bicyclettes)
OBS

Les compagnies Fendt, ZF, Claas, Steyr (Case IH) et John Deere se sont lancées dans le développement et la commercialisation de transmissions qui offrent une variation de vitesse infinie entre 0 et la vitesse maximum. Peu importe le manufacturier, le secret de ce concept réside dans l'utilisation simultanée d'un système pompe-moteur hydrostatique et d'un train planétaire. [...] [Le rôle du train planétaire] est de combiner la puissance du moteur à celle de l'hydrostatique et de l'acheminer aux roues. La vitesse dépend de la contribution de l'hydrostatique.

Spanish

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Record 39 2002-03-25

English

Subject field(s)
  • Remote Sensing
DEF

Final stage of data processing, generally after the image classification.

CONT

The image processing toolbox provides reference-standard algorithms for pre-and post-processing tasks that solve frequent system problems, such as interfering noise, low dynamic range, out-of-focus optics, and the difference in color representation between input and output devices.

OBS

post-processing: term officially approved by the RADARSAT-2 Terminology Approval Group (RTAG).

French

Domaine(s)
  • Télédétection
DEF

Dernière étape du traitement de données qui soit la classification d'image.

CONT

Le pré-traitement concerne les images acquises tandis que le post-traitement concerne les images traitées. Dans les deux cas, les images ne peuvent échapper aux effets de dégradations dus essentiellement aux phénomènes physiques tels : la diffraction (déviation) du système optique [;] l le flou dû au mouvement de l'image durant son acquisition. Pour pallier à ces dégradations on utilise en général le filtrage.

OBS

post-traitement : terme uniformisé par le Groupe de travail de la terminologie de RADARSAT-2 (GTTR).

Spanish

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Record 40 2002-01-10

English

Subject field(s)
  • Orbital Stations
CONT

The MCE is a set of specilized control equipment which controls the operation of the on-orbit Mobile Servicing System(MSS) external components and is physically installed into the United States On-orbit Segment(USOS). The Space Station will be equipped with two sets of MCE, operable from the U. S. Laboratory(USL). One set of MCE can be configured for Cupola operations by relocating the crew input and output devices to the Cupola(the core processing electronics will remain in the USL).

OBS

MSS control equipment; MCE: term and abbreviation officially approved by the International Space Station official approval Group (ISSOAG).

French

Domaine(s)
  • Stations orbitales
OBS

équipement de commande du MSS; MCE : terme et abréviation uniformisés par le Groupe de travail de la terminologie de la Station spatiale internationale (GTTSSI).

Spanish

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Record 41 2000-08-28

English

Subject field(s)
  • Semiconductors (Electronics)
  • Amplifiers (Electronics)
DEF

A circuit wherein the base terminal of the transistor is placed at signal ground. The input signal is applied between the emitter and base and the output obtained from the collector section. There is no phase reversal between input and output signals. Another term for this system is the grounded base circuit.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Semi-conducteurs (Électronique)
  • Amplificateurs (Électronique)

Spanish

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Record 42 2000-08-28

English

Subject field(s)
  • Semiconductors (Electronics)
  • Amplifiers (Electronics)
DEF

A circuit wherein the gate terminal of an FET is placed at signal ground. The input signal is applied between the source and gate terminals and the output obtained from the drain section. There is no phase reversal between input and output signals. Another term for this system is the grounded gate circuit.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Semi-conducteurs (Électronique)
  • Amplificateurs (Électronique)

Spanish

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Record 43 1999-04-29

English

Subject field(s)
  • Software
DEF

Describing a system in which input or output can be received or sent from more than one location.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Logiciels
CONT

système à accès multiple.

Spanish

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Record 44 1994-09-20

English

Subject field(s)
  • Computer Programs and Programming
OBS

monitor : an operating programming system which provides a uniform method for handling the realtime aspects of program timing such as scheduling and basic input/output functions.

French

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

Machine virtuelle interprétant un langage adapté à l'écriture d'exécutifs pour diverses machines-objets.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Programas y programación (Informática)
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Record 45 1994-06-01

English

Subject field(s)
  • Artificial Intelligence
  • Continuing Education
DEF

A cognitive device in learning and diagnosis (ODYSSEUS).

CONT

The selection of a particular strategy is based on the information provided ... by the performance evaluator which gives a historical view concerning how well the student has mastered the relevant concepts.

CONT

The elements are the forward transfer element(FIE), the performance evaluation element or critic(PEEL) the system parameter transformation element, and the input and output functions.... The nature of the performance evaluation(PEEL) determines the character of the system as it contains the goal orientation of the system... The PEEL is then said to contain the goals and constraints of the system's operation and it maps the input and output functions into a set of measures Z, which indicate the performance of the system.

OBS

The PEEL or critic is often called the teacher as its function is to provide an input to the system that tells it whether its behaviour is proper or not.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Intelligence artificielle
  • Éducation permanente
OBS

Voir "pédagogue".

Spanish

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Record 46 1993-05-10

English

Subject field(s)
  • Informatics
OBS

The system area contains, for example, special system codes such as the machine's BIOS(Basic Input/Output System) or RAM for a hardware card.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Informatique

Spanish

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Record 47 1993-05-10

English

Subject field(s)
  • Informatics
OBS

The system area contains special system codes such as the machine's BIOS(Basic Input/Output System) or RAM for a hardware card.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Informatique
OBS

carte mémoire.

Spanish

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Record 48 1992-05-09

English

Subject field(s)
  • Environmental Studies and Analyses
  • Water Pollution
OBS

mass balance : The relationship between input and output of a specified substance in a defined system, for example in a lake, river or sewage treatment works, taking into account the formation or decomposition of that substance in the system.

OBS

nitrogen balance: term standardized by ISO.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Études et analyses environnementales
  • Pollution de l'eau
OBS

bilan massique : Relation entre l'entrée et la sortie d'une substance donnée dans un système défini, par exemple dans un lac, une rivière ou une station de traitement d'eaux usées, qui prend en compte la formation ou la décomposition de cette substance dans le système.

OBS

bilan azote : terme normalisé par l'ISO.

Spanish

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Record 49 1990-01-10

English

Subject field(s)
  • Artificial Intelligence
CONT

Just as the cell doctrine has proved central in biology, and germ theory is pivotal in the area of disease, so the concept of physical symbol system is deemed by Simon and Newell and their colleagues at Carnegie-Mellon as the core doctrine in the area of computer science. Proceeding in Boolean spirit, the job of the theorist is to identify that set of processes which operates on symbolic expressions in order to produce other expressions that create, modify, reproduce, and/or transform symbolic structures. A physical symbol system is necessary and sufficient to carry out intelligent actions; and, conversely, any system that exhibits general intelligence will prove upon analysis to be a physical symbol system. Such a system consists of a control, a memory, a set of operations, and input and output : its input consists of objects in certain locations; its processes are operations upon the input; its output is the modification or re-creation of objects in certain locations.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Intelligence artificielle
DEF

Jeu d'entités (formes physiques) qui peuvent se manifester comme composantes d'un autre type d'entité (expression, structure de symboles). A chaque instant, le système contient un assemblage de ces structures et un ensemble de processus pour produire d'autres structures par création, modification, reproduction ou élimination. Dans le temps, le système est une machine qui produit un assemblage évolutif de structures de symboles. Selon l'hypothèse fondamentale de l'intelligence artificielle (Newell et Simons), cet assemblage possède les moyens nécessaires et suffisants pour une action intelligente.

Spanish

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Record 50 1989-12-19

English

Subject field(s)
  • Software
DEF

A Zenith Data Systems term for BIOS program (firmware) which have been loaded into faster RAM memory when the system is first initialized.

DEF

A Zenith technique that loads ROM into fast RAM to increase performance.

CONT

A slushware feature offered on both machines increases performance by copying the ROM basic input output system(B10S) when the system books up from slow 8-bit read-only memory to fast 16-bit memory, officials said.

CONT

Zenith’s engineers pulled out all the stops to wring performance from its flagship model, the Zenith Z-386/25. This is a zero-wait-stake, 25 MHz machine with 64 K of 25. nanosecond cache memory and Zenith’s oddly named Slushware, which automatically shadows video and ROM BIOS into faster system RAM.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Logiciels
DEF

Nom donné à une logique câblée de Zénith, située en mémoire vive, et qui donne plus de souplesse et de rapidité aux logiques en mémoire morte.

Spanish

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Record 51 1989-07-23

English

Subject field(s)
  • Artificial Intelligence
  • Software
  • Applications of Automation
CONT

Here a microprocessor is connected to a memory that is probably a mixture of read-only memory(ROM) and random access memory(RAM). The key feature of this system differentiating it from the classic computer application is the presence of sensors and effectors as the input/output system. The sensors consist of devices that sample parameters in the environment and convert the outputs into digital form, if they are not already digital, for processing. Temperature, position, video and velocity sensors are the kinds of sensors used.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Intelligence artificielle
  • Logiciels
  • Automatisation et applications
DEF

Capteur qui mesure les intensités lumineuses d'une scène observée.

Spanish

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Record 52 1989-07-23

English

Subject field(s)
  • Artificial Intelligence
  • Software
  • Applications of Automation
CONT

Here a microprocessor is connected to a memory that is probably a mixture of read-only memory(ROM) and random-access memory(RAM).... The key feature of this system differentiating it from the classic computer application is the presence of sensors and effectors as the input/output system. The sensors consist of devises that sample parameters in the environment and convert the outputs into digital form, if they are not already digital, for processing. Temperature, position, video, and velocity sensors are the kinds of sensors used.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Intelligence artificielle
  • Logiciels
  • Automatisation et applications
OBS

Voir capteur de proximité, olfactif, optique ou visuel, sonore, etc.

Spanish

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Record 53 1989-06-27

English

Subject field(s)
  • Artificial Intelligence
  • Information Processing (Informatics)
CONT

The representation of a general pulse transmission system is given in Figure 8. 1. Here, the information input to the system is encoded in some sense.... This encoded signal drives the modulator, which maps the pulse sequence into an analog wave suitable for transmission over the channel.... At the receiving end, the demodulator maps the received analog waveform into a pulse sequence that is a "best guess" of the sequence transmitted. The decoder operates on the binary sequence to extract the information originally impressed on the encoder. The overall objective is to transfer the information from the input to the output within some a priori specified low error rate, where the error rate is the average number of disagreements per unit of time between the inputs and the outputs.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Intelligence artificielle
  • Traitement de l'information (Informatique)
OBS

Système de traitement de l'information par transmission d'impulsions.

Spanish

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Record 54 1987-05-19

English

Subject field(s)
  • Electronic Devices
  • Telecommunications Transmission
DEF

A filtering system in which input and output signals charge only at discrete instants. They do not vary continuously. The filtering system may be modeled by the user of difference equations.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Dispositifs électroniques
  • Transmission (Télécommunications)

Spanish

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Record 55 1985-11-12

English

Subject field(s)
  • Computer Hardware
OBS

A computer system consisting of major systems components-a central processing unit, memory, input/output interfaces, circuitry, disk drives, cathode ray tube screen and keyboard-all within a single housing.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Matériel informatique

Spanish

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Record 56 1985-05-27

English

Subject field(s)
  • Computer Graphics
DEF

The concept of developing software for a graphics system which is to carry out its functions with minimal alteration when one input/output display is substituted for another.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Infographie

Spanish

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Record 57 1985-04-29

English

Subject field(s)
  • Servomechanisms
DEF

A voltage which is present in a servo system when the input and output shafts are not in correspondence. The error voltage, is proportional to the angular displacement between the two shafts.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Servomécanismes

Spanish

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Record 58 1985-04-18

English

Subject field(s)
  • Computer Programs and Programming
OBS

reservation: The distribution of memory areas or peripheral units to a specific program in a multi-programming computer.

OBS

station : One of the input or output points in a communications system.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Programmes et programmation (Informatique)
OBS

File d'attente d'opérations à exécuter par un même opérateur utilisée dans l'algorithme de Tomasulo.

Spanish

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Record 59 1985-04-16

English

Subject field(s)
  • Titles of Documents and Works
DEF

A data processing system comprised of a typewriter input and output of either hard copy punched tape, or punched cards. This system is marketed by FRIDEN, INC.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Titres de documents et d'œuvres
OBS

Machine à écrire les documents commandée par ruban de papier (bande perforée).

Spanish

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Record 60 1984-08-24

English

Subject field(s)
  • Field Artillery
  • Weapon Systems
CONT

The TACFIRE(Tactical Fire direction system) system makes extensive use of advanced micro-electronics and the modular ’building block’ technique, and it integrates all the elements involved in the direction and execution of field artillery missions. It consists of digital computers, control consoles, local and remote input/output devices, graphical display units, and other peripheral equipment.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Artillerie de campagne
  • Systèmes d'armes
CONT

La conception du système TACFIRE (TACtical FIRE direction system) est fondée sur un très large emploi de circuits microminiaturisés et sur des combinaisons de modules interchangeables. Intégrant tous les éléments de direction et d'exécution des tirs d'artillerie, il comprend des calculateurs numériques, des pupitres de commande, des organes d'entrée et de sortie, des systèmes de visualisation graphique et divers autres équipement périphériques.

Spanish

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Record 61 1982-06-07

English

Subject field(s)
  • Aeroindustry
CONT

The Model 6450 series memory systems are designed to interface with a MIL-STD-1553 dual multiplex data bus, by means of a remote terminal employing a high-speed sequencer. A tape controller section receives both commands and data from the terminal and actuates the tape drive mechanism according to the direction of data flow(input or output), besides monitoring overall system performance.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Constructions aéronautiques
CONT

Le [système de mémoire à ruban magnétique] modèle 6450 est conçu pour pouvoir être raccordé au multiplexeur de voies de données MIL-STD-1553 à l'aide d'un terminal à commande à distance avec séquenceur à grande vitesse. Le dispositif de commande du ruban reçoit à la fois les ordres et les données du terminal et actionne le mécanisme d'entraînement du ruban selon la direction du flux de données (entrée ou sortie) et, en outre, surveille le fonctionnement de l'ensemble du système.

Spanish

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Record 62 1981-11-02

English

Subject field(s)
  • Computer Hardware
OBS

Printout: A general term for the output from a printer; printed pages produced by a printer.

OBS

Supervisor : That part of the operating system which controls the flow of operations through the central processor and the input/output arrangements.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Matériel informatique
OBS

Imprimé: Support de papier sur lequel sont dessinés un cadre et des en-têtes, obtenu par reproduction ou impression et conçu pour enregistrer et transmettre des informations d'une façon aussi claire et précise que possible.

Spanish

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