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TABULATING CARD SORTER [1 record]

Record 1 2004-06-28

English

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

In a card processing device, the part that deposits punched cards in pockets selected according to the hole patterns in the cards.

OBS

card sorter: term standardized by CSA and ISO.

Key term(s)
  • card-sorting machine
  • punched-card sorter

French

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

Dans un appareil à cartes, partie qui range des cartes perforées dans des cases sélectionnées selon les configurations de trous des cartes.

OBS

trieuse : terme normalisé par la CSA et l'ISO.

Spanish

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

Dispositivo que deposita las tarjetas (fichas) perforadas en receptáculos o casillas seleccionados de acuerdo con los patrones de perforación en las tarjetas.

Key term(s)
  • máquina clasificadora
  • ordenadora
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