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BOUNDARY CHARACTER [3 records]

Record 1 2001-02-15

English

Subject field(s)
  • Software
DEF

In character recognition, the largest rectangle, with a side parallel to the document reference edge, each of whose sides is tangential to a given character outline.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Logiciels

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Soporte lógico (Software)
DEF

En el reconocimiento de caracteres, el rectángulo mayor con un lado paralelo al borde de referencia del documento, cada uno de cuyos lados es tangente a un esquema de carácter dado.

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Record 2 1999-07-19

English

Subject field(s)
  • Law of the Sea

French

Domaine(s)
  • Droit de la mer

Spanish

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Record 3 1982-01-12

English

Subject field(s)
  • Software
OBS

A boundary character is a character that you type before and after your password. The system knows that what comes between the boundary characters is the password.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Logiciels
OBS

Un délimiteur est un caractère que vous frappez immédiatement avant et après votre mot de passe. Le système sait que ce qui existe entre les délimiteurs est le mot de passe.

Spanish

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