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OPTICAL SCANNING DEVICE [1 record]

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Record 1 1999-03-26

English

Subject field(s)
  • Simulation (Cybernetic Systems)
  • Electrical Engineering
DEF

A device that can view text or graphic images, sense the light emitted and, thereby, the position of the images and translate those findings into on-line graphic data comprehensible to a computer graphics system.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Simulation (Systèmes cybernétiques)
  • Électrotechnique
CONT

Une fois qu'il est marqué, le bulletin de vote est inséré dans le dispositif de lecture optique de la machine. L'électeur peut entendre la machine traiter son bulletin de vote et voir le nombre de votes augmenter de un.

Spanish

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