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BOUNDARY CHECK [5 records]

Record 1 1995-03-31

English

Subject field(s)
  • Census
OBS

RCO: Regional Census Office.

Key term(s)
  • RCO EACCD boundary check

French

Domaine(s)
  • Recensement
OBS

Source(s) : Glossaire du recensement de 1991 - version du 31 mars 1995.

Key term(s)
  • vérification des limites des SDDCR par le bureau régional du recensement

Spanish

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Record 2 1995-03-31

English

Subject field(s)
  • Statistical Surveys
OBS

[CCD: Census Commissioner District].

OBS

[FED: Federal Electoral District].

French

Domaine(s)
  • Sondages et enquêtes (Statistique)
OBS

[DCR : district de commissaire au recensement].

OBS

[CEF : circonscription électorale fédérale].

OBS

Source(s) : Glossaire du recensement de 1991 - version du 31 mars 1995.

Spanish

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Record 3 1991-06-26

English

Subject field(s)
  • Electrical Engineering
  • Semiconductors (Electronics)

French

Domaine(s)
  • Électrotechnique
  • Semi-conducteurs (Électronique)

Spanish

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Record 4 1985-04-26

English

Subject field(s)
  • Computer Hardware
CONT

Boundary check: prevents operator from keying excess characters in a field and overflowing into an adjoining field.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Matériel informatique

Spanish

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Record 5 1985-04-23

English

Subject field(s)
  • Computer Hardware
DEF

On some terminals, the numeric-only and alpha-only field checks that are dynamically performed to find errors as they occur.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Matériel informatique

Spanish

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