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ROW BINARY [5 records]

Record 1 2012-06-05

English

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

A card containing data in column or row binary form.

OBS

binary card: term officially approved by the Government EDP (Electronic Data Processing) Standards Committee (GESC).

French

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

Carte pouvant recevoir des informations binaires en ligne ou en colonne.

OBS

carte binaire : terme uniformisé par le Comité des normes gouvernementales en informatique (CNGI).

Spanish

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

Tarjeta (ficha) binaria fundamental que contiene números binarios que representan números, caracteres o símbolos de control en columnas e hileras.

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Record 2 2007-09-14

English

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

The binary representation of data on punched cards in which adjacent positions in a row correspond to adjacent bits of the data.

French

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

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Tratamiento de la información (Informática)
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Record 3 2004-06-30

English

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

Pertaining to the binary representation of data on cards in which the significances of punch positions are assigned along card columns. For example, each column in a 12-row card may be used to represent 12 consecutive bits. Contrast with row binary.

French

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

Spanish

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

Método para representar números binarios en tarjetas (fichas) perforadas; las posiciones de perforación consecutivas de cada columna de tarjeta se consideran como dígitos consecutivos en un número binario.

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Record 4 2002-07-09

English

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

A punched card containing data in binary numbers whose digits are represented as punched holes, serially, in each row, usually expressed as horizontally, that is, in the direction of the long axis of a standard 80-column card.

French

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

Spanish

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

Tarjeta (ficha) de Hollerith en que las hileras o filas son componentes contiguos de un vector binario.

OBS

Contrasta con tarjeta (ficha) binaria por columnas (column binary card).

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Record 5 2002-07-09

English

Subject field(s)
  • Information Processing (Informatics)
  • Military (General)

French

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

Spanish

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

[Dícese del] sistema de representación de los números, en las tarjetas (fichas) perforadas, tomando en cuenta las posiciones de perforación adyacentes de cada hilera de una tarjeta como dígitos consecutivos de un número binario.

OBS

Contrasta con binario en columna (column binary).

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