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Record 1 2001-11-05

English

Subject field(s)
  • Codes (Software)
  • Telecommunications
OBS

teletypewriter code: a system of various combinations of five marks and/or spaces, sent serially to represent letters, numerals or punctuation marks.

Key term(s)
  • international alphabet

French

Domaine(s)
  • Codes (Logiciels)
  • Télécommunications
Key term(s)
  • alphabet international no 2
  • alphabet international

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Códigos (Soporte lógico)
  • Telecomunicaciones
DEF

Código estándar de cinco canales en la escritura de teleimpresora, formado por un pulso de arranque y cinco pulsos de caracteres, todos de igual longitud, y un pulso de parada cuya longitud es 1.42 veces mayor que la del pulso de arranque.

OBS

El código de teletipo ha sido usado en la telegrafia por más de 100 años. Se le conoce también como código de unidad 1.42.

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