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TABULATING MECHANISM [1 record]

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Record 1 2001-11-05

English

Subject field(s)
  • Office Machinery
  • Electronic Publishing
OBS

Every typewriter is fitted with some device to enable the typist to stop the carriage at predetermined positions, as an aid to setting out work accurately and quickly.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Mécanographie
  • Éditique
OBS

le tabulateur est un mécanisme qui permet de placer automatiquement et instantanément le chariot des machines à écrire à certaines positions déterminées à l'avance.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Máquinas de oficina
  • Publicación electrónica
DEF

En una máquina de escribir es un arreglo de sus componentes que permite que la portadora del papel o el elemento de impresión se muevan rápidamente a las posiciones prefijadas para hacer una función de tabulación.

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