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LETTER SORTING MACHINE [1 record]

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Record 1 2001-09-24

English

Subject field(s)
  • Postal Service Operation
DEF

A machine that sorts mail by reading fluorescent bar codes printed on such mail.

Key term(s)
  • letter sorter

French

Domaine(s)
  • Exploitation postale
DEF

Machine qui trie le courrier en lisant les codes à barres fluorescents qui y sont imprimés.

CONT

Machine à trier les lettres (MTL). La MTL sert à trier le courrier portant le code binaire et provenant des batteries de pupitres de codage (BPC) ou du lecteur optique de caractères (LOC).

Key term(s)
  • machine à trier le courrier

Spanish

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