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01.03.10 (19762) [1 record]

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Record 1 - external organization data 2009-08-04

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Subject field(s)
  • Compartment - ISO/IEC JTC 1 Information Technology Vocabulary
Universal entry(ies)
01.03.10 (19762)
ISO/IEC standard entry number
DEF

generic format for coding of digital data in which the state is constant throughout the bit period

OBS

A communication code in which a binary one is represented by one bit time at the 1 level and a binary 0 is represented by one bit time at the 0 level. This permits storing about twice as much data as can be stored with a return-to-zero code.

OBS

There are three forms: NRZ-Level, NRZ-Mark (NRZ-I) and NRZ-Space.

OBS

non-return-to-zero code; NRZ: term, abbreviation and definition standardized by ISO/IEC [ISO/IEC 19762-1:2008].

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