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DECODING SYSTEM [1 record]

Record 1 2002-01-24

English

Subject field(s)
  • IT Security
  • Informatics
  • Codes (Software)
DEF

A system for decoding a series of coded signals.

OBS

In automatic telephone switching, a decoder is a relay-type translator that determines from the office code of each call the information required for properly recording the call through the switching train. Each decoder has means, such as a cross-connecting field, for establishing the controls desired and for readily changing them.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Sécurité des TI
  • Informatique
  • Codes (Logiciels)

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Seguridad de IT
  • Informática
  • Códigos (Soporte lógico)
DEF

Sistema para descodificar series de señales codificadas.

OBS

En conmutación telefónica automática, un descodificador es un traductor de acción discontinua que determina desde el código de central de cada llamada la información requerida para la grabación correcta de la llamada a través del tren de conmutación. Cada descodificador tiene medios tales como un campo de conexión cruzada para establecer los controles deseados y para cambiarlos cómodamente.

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