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BIT CONTROL [6 records]

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Record 1 2024-03-28

English

Subject field(s)
  • Computer Programs and Programming
  • Air Transport
DEF

A binary digit appended to a group of binary digits to make the sum of all the digits, including the appended binary digit, either odd or even as predetermined.

OBS

parity bit: designation and definition standardized by the Canadian Standards Association (CSA).

OBS

parity bit; parity check bit: designations officially approved by the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO).

French

Domaine(s)
  • Programmes et programmation (Informatique)
  • Transport aérien
DEF

Bit de contrôle joint à un groupe de chiffres binaires, pour rendre toujours impaire (parité impaire) ou paire (parité paire) la somme de tous les chiffres binaires, y compris le bit de parité.

OBS

bit de parité; bit de contrôle de parité : désignations uniformisées par l'Organisation de l'aviation civile internationale (OACI).

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Programas y programación (Informática)
  • Transporte aéreo
DEF

Bit agregado a un grupo de bits para hacer que la suma de bits (incluyendo el bit de paridad) sea siempre par o siempre impar.

OBS

bit de paridad; bit de control de paridad : designaciones aceptadas oficialmente por la Organización de Aviación Civil Internacional(OACI).

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Record 2 2012-05-02

English

Subject field(s)
  • Life Cycle (Informatics)
DEF

A specific one-bit diagnostic register which contains an indicator for overflow from the accumulator, and usually other registers, and which can be tested under program control.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Cycle de vie (Informatique)

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Ciclo de vida (Informática)
DEF

Registro de diagnóstico específico de 1 bit, que contiene un indicador de desbordamiento de capacidad desde el acumulador y, generalmente, de otros registros; el cual puede probarse bajo control de programa.

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Record 3 2012-05-01

English

Subject field(s)
  • Codes (Software)
  • Information Processing (Informatics)
DEF

A code that represents the intrinsic-processing information by using more signal elements than necessary.

OBS

Term standardized by ISO.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Codes (Logiciels)
  • Traitement de l'information (Informatique)
DEF

Code de protection contre les erreurs selon lequel on n'emploie [...] que certaines combinaisons parmi toutes les combinaisons distinctes qu'il est possible de former.

OBS

code redondant : terme normalisé par l'ISO.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Códigos (Soporte lógico)
  • Tratamiento de la información (Informática)
DEF

Código de autocontrol que consiste en un valor decimal codificado en binario con un bit de control agregado.

CONT

Dos ejemplos de código redundante son el código biquinario y el código de dos de cinco.

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Record 4 2010-08-06

English

Subject field(s)
  • Codes (Software)
DEF

A code of 8 bits in which seven bits indicate the character represented and the eighth (high-order) is used for parity.

OBS

ASCII uses a possible 128 characters of which 96 are for characters that can be displayed (letters, numbers, special characters), and 32 are for hardware control such as carriage return and page advance.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Codes (Logiciels)
DEF

Code standard de transmission de données qui comprend sept bits d'information et un bit de parité permettant de détecter les erreurs, ce qui offre 128 combinaisons de codes possibles.

Key term(s)
  • code normalisé américain pour l'échange d'information

Spanish

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

Código que usa ocho bits por carácter(siendo uno de ellos un bit de paridad), constando dicho conjunto de caracteres gráficos y de caracteres de control, utilizados estos últimos para el intercambio de información entre los sistemas de procesamiento de datos y los sistemas de comunicación, y entre los equipos asociados con ambos tipos de sistemas.

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Record 5 2008-05-14

English

Subject field(s)
  • Internet and Telematics
CONT

Access control byte: Contains the Priority field (the most significant 3 bits) and the Reservation field (the least significant 3 bits), as well as a token bit (used to differentiate a token from a data/command frame) and a monitor bit (used by the active monitor to determine whether a frame is circling the ring endlessly).

Key term(s)
  • access-control byte

French

Domaine(s)
  • Internet et télématique

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Internet y telemática
CONT

Byte de control de acceso : contiene los campos de prioridad y de reserva, así como un bit de token y uno de monitor.

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Record 6 2002-08-29

English

Subject field(s)
  • Information Processing (Informatics)
  • Internet and Telematics
DEF

A sequence of bits, occurring between the last bit of the control field and the first bit of the frame check sequence.

OBS

The information field contents are not interpreted at the link level.

OBS

information field; INFO: term and abbreviation standardized by AFNOR.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Traitement de l'information (Informatique)
  • Internet et télématique
DEF

Séquence d'éléments binaires, insérée entre le dernier élément binaire du champ de commande et le premier élément binaire de la séquence de contrôle de trame.

OBS

Le contenu du champ d'information n'est pas interprété au niveau liaison.

OBS

champ d'information; INFO : terme, abréviation et définition normalisés par l'AFNOR.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Tratamiento de la información (Informática)
  • Internet y telemática
DEF

Secuencia de bits insertada entre el último bit del campo de control y el primer bit de la secuencia de verificación de trama.

CONT

Los contenidos del campo de información no se interpretan en el nivel de enlace.

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