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CONTROL COMPUTER [1 record]

Record 1 2015-03-16

English

Subject field(s)
  • Computers and Calculators
DEF

A computer that controls processes by inputs and outputs of the process.

OBS

master/slave system: a two computer system in which one is the master, i.e. has control over the other, the slave.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Ordinateurs et calculateurs
DEF

Unité sur laquelle se synchronise l'unité esclave, lors du dialogue entre deux unités.

Spanish

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

Computadora (ordenador) que se utiliza en la conducción de procedimientos, cuando el procedimiento objeto de control envía señales a la computadora de control que, a su vez, devuelve señales que regulan y dirigen el desarrollo del procedimiento.

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