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D/A CONVERTER [2 records]

Record 1 2006-08-11

English

Subject field(s)
  • Electronic Circuits Technology
  • Information Processing (Informatics)
DEF

A functional unit that converts data from a digital representation to an analog representation.

OBS

digital-to-analog converter; DAC; D/A converter: terms and abbreviation standardized by CSA International and ISO.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Technologie des circuits électroniques
  • Traitement de l'information (Informatique)
DEF

Unité fonctionnelle qui convertit des données numériques en données représentées sous une forme analogique.

OBS

convertisseur numérique-analogique : terme normalisé par la CSA International et l'ISO.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Tecnología de los circuitos electrónicos
  • Tratamiento de la información (Informática)
DEF

Aparato que convierte las señales digitales en una señal eléctrica continua adecuada para entrar en un ordenador analógico.

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Record 2 - external organization data 2006-02-01

English

Subject field(s)
  • Compartment - ISO/IEC JTC 1 Information Technology Vocabulary
Universal entry(ies)
19.01.19 (2382)
ISO/IEC standard entry number
DEF

functional unit that converts data from a digital representation to an analog representation

OBS

digital-to-analog converter; D/A converter; DAC: terms, abbreviation and definition standardized by ISO/IEC [ISO 2382-19:1989].

French

Domaine(s)
  • Tiroir - ISO/CEI JTC 1 Vocabulaire des technologies de l'information
Entrée(s) universelle(s)
19.01.19 (2382)
ISO/IEC standard entry number
DEF

unité fonctionnelle qui convertit des données numériques en données représentées sous une forme analogique

OBS

convertisseur numérique-analogique : terme et définition normalisés par l'ISO/CEI [ISO 2382-19:1989].

Spanish

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