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INPUT SYMBOL [17 records]

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Record 1 2017-05-11

English

Subject field(s)
  • Telecommunications Transmission
  • Electrical Measuring: Practice
DEF

In digital transmission, the pattern produced by an oscilloscope when a baseband digital signal is applied to the vertical input terminals, the time base being triggered at the symbol rate.

Key term(s)
  • eye diagramme

French

Domaine(s)
  • Transmission (Télécommunications)
  • Exécution des mesures électriques

Spanish

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Record 2 - external organization data 2009-08-04

English

Subject field(s)
  • Compartment - ISO/IEC JTC 1 Information Technology Vocabulary
Universal entry(ies)
02.04.05 (19762)
ISO/IEC standard entry number
DEF

device used to capture the data encoded in a bar code symbol, consisting of two parts : a) the scanner, an input device which sends signals proportional to the reflectivity of each successive element of the symbol to the decoder; b) the decoder, which examines the signals from the scanner and translates them into recognizable or computer-compatible data

OBS

The decoder itself is sometimes erroneously called a reader.

OBS

bar code reader: term and definition standardized by ISO/IEC [ISO/IEC 19762-2:2008].

French

Spanish

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Record 3 2006-03-13

English

Subject field(s)
  • Informatics
  • Cartography
DEF

A manually operated input device which is used to indicate direction and amount of movement for a digitizer cursor, a plotting head, or a display element which is then called "tracking symbol" or "cursor"...

OBS

Not to be confused with devices which are mainly used to trace graphics, like digitizer cursor, stylus or puck, although these devices may also be used for positioning.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Informatique
  • Cartographie
DEF

Dispositif manuel d'entrée utilisé pour localiser (en indiquant la direction et l'importance du déplacement) le curseur d'un numériseur, la tête d'un traceur) [...]

Spanish

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Record 4 - external organization data 2006-02-01

English

Subject field(s)
  • Compartment - ISO/IEC JTC 1 Information Technology Vocabulary
Universal entry(ies)
22.02.06 (2382)
ISO/IEC standard entry number
DEF

calculator in which the internal circuitry requires that the operating symbol be given after the input of each operand for addition and subtraction operations

OBS

When combining addition and subtraction with multiplication and division, the operator is required to take interim results.

OBS

Example: the sequence of operations used in a calculator with arithmetic logic to solve the problem 12 + 3 - 5 / 2 = 5

OBS

calculator with arithmetic logic: term and definition standardized by ISO/IEC [ISO 2382-22:1986].

French

Domaine(s)
  • Tiroir - ISO/CEI JTC 1 Vocabulaire des technologies de l'information
Entrée(s) universelle(s)
22.02.06 (2382)
ISO/IEC standard entry number
DEF

calculatrice dont l'organisation interne est telle que, pour les opérations d'addition et de soustraction, le symbole de l'opération est fourni après l'entrée de chaque opérande

OBS

Quand l'addition et la soustraction se combinent avec la multiplication ou la division, le passage par les résultats intermédiaires est obligatoire.

OBS

Exemple : Dans une calculatrice à logique arithmétique, voici la succession des étapes nécessaires pour exécuter le calcul 12 + 3 - 5 / 2 = 5

OBS

calculatrice à logique arithmétique : terme et définition normalisés par l'ISO/CEI [ISO 2382-22:1986].

Spanish

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Record 5 - external organization data 2006-02-01

English

Subject field(s)
  • Compartment - ISO/IEC JTC 1 Information Technology Vocabulary
Universal entry(ies)
22.02.07 (2382)
ISO/IEC standard entry number
DEF

calculator in which the internal circuitry requires that after the input of the first operand, the operating symbol be given before the input of each subsequent operand for addition and subtraction operations

OBS

When combining addition and subtraction with multiplication and division, the operator is not required to take interim results.

OBS

Example: the sequence of operations used in a calculator with algebraic entry to solve the problem 12 + 3 - 5 / 2 = 5

OBS

calculator with algebraic logic: term and definition standardized by ISO/IEC [ISO 2382-22:1986].

French

Domaine(s)
  • Tiroir - ISO/CEI JTC 1 Vocabulaire des technologies de l'information
Entrée(s) universelle(s)
22.02.07 (2382)
ISO/IEC standard entry number
DEF

calculatrice dont l'organisation interne est telle que, pour les opérations d'addition et de soustraction, le symbole de l'opération est fourni avant l'entrée de chacun des opérandes suivants

OBS

Quand l'addition et la soustraction se combinent avec la multiplication ou la division, le passage par les résultats intermédiaires est superflu.

OBS

Exemple : Dans une calculatrice à logique algébrique, voici la succession des étapes nécessaires pour exécuter le calcul 12 + 3 - 5 / 2 = 5

OBS

calculatrice à logique algébrique : terme et définition normalisés par l'ISO/CEI [ISO 2382-22:1986].

Spanish

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Record 6 2005-10-19

English

Subject field(s)
  • Computer Graphics
  • Audiovisual Techniques and Equipment
DEF

A lossless procedure which converts a sequence of input symbols into a sequence of bits such that the average number of bits per symbol approaches the entropy of the input symbols.

OBS

Information Technology Vocabulary, extract of ISO/IEC 10918-1 (F/E).

French

Domaine(s)
  • Infographie
  • Audiovisuel (techniques et équipement)
DEF

Procédure sans perte qui convertit une séquence de symboles d'entrée en une séquence de bits telle que le nombre moyen de bits par symbole approche l'entropie des symboles d'entrée.

OBS

Vocabulaire des technologies de l'information, extrait de l'ISO/CEI 10918-1 (F/E).

Spanish

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Record 7 2005-10-11

English

Subject field(s)
  • Computer Graphics
  • Audiovisual Techniques and Equipment
DEF

An entropy encoding procedure which assigns a variable length code to each input symbol.

OBS

Information Technology Vocabulary, extract of ISO/IEC 10918-1 (F/E).

French

Domaine(s)
  • Infographie
  • Audiovisuel (techniques et équipement)
DEF

Procédure de codage entropique qui affecte un code de longueur variable à chaque symbole d'entrée.

OBS

Vocabulaire des technologies de l'information, extrait de l'ISO/CEI 10918-1 (F/E).

Spanish

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Record 8 2002-02-19

English

Subject field(s)
  • Flight Instruments and Equipment (Aeroindustry)
CONT

V-bar : Flight Director Indicator... The V-bar command indicator is a pair of yellow, wedge-shaped V-bars that move up or down to command a climb or descent, and roll left or right to command a bank. The flight director system commands the V-bars to capture and track the selected heading or radio signals; or to maintain a desired pitch angle, glidepath, or an optimum speed during SC(speed command) operation. To satisfy the commands, the aircraft is maneuvered so that the airplane symbol is flown into the V-bars until the two are aligned. Input signals to the V-bars depend upon the mode of operation. The V-bars are biased from view by the instrument failure warning system; when loss of signal occurs, or sensing circuits fail that are associated with the selected mode of operation. They are also out of view when the mode selector control is in the OFF position.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Instruments et équipement de bord (Constructions aéronautiques)
CONT

L'indicateur HZ-4 [horizon directeur de vol] assume deux fonctions. Il réalise la combinaison d'un horizon artificiel et d'un indicateur de tendances du type "zero reader". [...] Les deux barres, verticales et horizontale, sont les barres de tendance liées au calculateur de vol. La barre verticale reçoit les informations du canal de direction, la barre horizontale celles fournies par le canal de profondeur.

CONT

[...], dès que l'avion ne sera plus dans la situation requise, les 2 barres ou repères, appelés BARRES ou REPÈRES DE TENDANCES ne seront plus dans une position médiane vis à vis du cadran de l'indicateur.

OBS

barre de tendance : terme accepté par le Comité d'étude de la terminologie des cartes de travail du DC-9.

Spanish

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Record 9 2001-11-07

English

Subject field(s)
  • Artificial Intelligence
  • Telecommunications Transmission
DEF

A symbol containing a character or string of characters which actually appear in the input or output.

CONT

Terminal symbols are called terminal because no production rules apply to them; when a derivation generates a string consisting only of terminal symbols, it must terminate.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Intelligence artificielle
  • Transmission (Télécommunications)

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Inteligencia artificial
  • Transmisión (Telecomunicaciones)
DEF

Símbolo de diagramación usado para indicar el punto o puntos de inicio y de final de un procedimiento y el cual se representa con una figura oval.

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Record 10 1991-10-31

English

Subject field(s)
  • Investment
  • Stock Exchange
CONT

After the close of each day's trading, the records of all [Vancouver Stock Exchange and Alberta Stock Exchange] trades are used to produce a clearing report which is issued to each member for verification. Clearing reports summarize each day's trading input alphabetically and by time. Data include : the buying or selling member; the security bought or sold including name, number, ticker symbol; shares traded and price; total trade and value; time of each trade and each floor ticket number.

Key term(s)
  • clearing return

French

Domaine(s)
  • Investissements et placements
  • Bourse
CONT

Chaque jour, après la clôture des négociations, on utilise les relevés de toutes les opérations à la Bourse de Vancouver et à la Bourse de l'Alberta afin de produire un relevé de compensation (...) publié à l'intention de chaque membre aux fins de vérification. Les relevés de compensation résument chaque entrée d'opérations de la journée en ordre alphabétique et selon l'heure. Les données comprennent: le nom du membre acheteur ou vendeur; le titre vendu ou acheté, avec le nom, le numéro et le symbole du téléscripteur; les actions négociées et leurs cours, la valeur globale des opérations, l'heure d'exécution de chaque opération et chaque numéro de fiche de vente.

Spanish

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Record 11 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 12 1986-07-31

English

Subject field(s)
  • Artificial Intelligence
DEF

Such a parser is so called not because it behaves in a random fashion, but rather, because the action to be performed at any moment(i. e. the syntactic structure to be built) is not uniquely determined by the current state of the parser and the current input symbol.

Key term(s)
  • nondeterministic analyser

French

Domaine(s)
  • Intelligence artificielle

Spanish

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Record 13 1986-04-29

English

Subject field(s)
  • Information Processing (Informatics)
  • Artificial Intelligence
  • Telecommunications Transmission
DEF

It represents one or more input nodes.

French

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

Spanish

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Record 14 1985-04-25

English

Subject field(s)
  • Computer Mathematics
  • Telecommunications Transmission
OBS

Telecommunication Journal, vol. 49, p. 285.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Mathématiques informatiques
  • Transmission (Télécommunications)
OBS

Journal des télécommunications, vol. 49, p. 285.

Spanish

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Record 15 1985-03-28

English

Subject field(s)
  • Codes (Software)
DEF

A symbol which, coded into the machine memory, controls certain steps in the mechanical translation process, since the control symbols are not contextual symbols, they appear neither in the input, nor in the output.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Codes (Logiciels)

Spanish

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Record 16 1984-06-21

English

Subject field(s)
  • Computer Mathematics
OBS

Telecommunication Journal, vol. 49, p. 285.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Mathématiques informatiques
OBS

Journal des télécommunications, vol. 49, p. 285.

Spanish

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Record 17 1982-03-24

English

Subject field(s)
  • Plant Biology
CONT

[The] c'[symbol] is defined as the specific respiratory activity of the sludge in the absence of any fresh substrate input.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Biologie végétale
CONT

[Le symbole] c' est défini comme étant l'activité respiratoire intrinsèque de la boue en l'absence de tout nouvel apport de substrat.

Spanish

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