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WORD LINE [2 records]

Record 1 2020-01-13

English

Subject field(s)
  • Electronic Circuits Technology
OBS

Readout of the storage element is accomplished by passing word current through the word line.

CONT

The presence, or absence, of a connection from a word line to the gate of MOS [metal-oxide semiconductor] transistor determines the stored data at that location.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Technologie des circuits électroniques
CONT

L'amplificateur de lecture [...] a pour but d'amplifier la décharge de la ligne de bit quand la ligne de mot est connectée à la ligne de bit par un transistor (lecture d'un 0). En revanche dans le cas de la lecture d'un 1, la sortie de l'amplificateur doit rester au niveau haut.

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Record 2 1986-05-27

English

Subject field(s)
  • Office Automation
DEF

A WP system which has a typing line - the only place where corrections can be made in the text.

OBS

Terminology used in the Public Service Commission's Course "Basic Word Processing" (Course 601).

French

Domaine(s)
  • Bureautique
DEF

Système de traitement de texte comportant une ligne de frappe, celle-ci étant la seule partie du texte où l'on peut faire des corrections.

Spanish

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