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USASCII [2 records]

Record 1 2011-08-02

English

Subject field(s)
  • Internet and Telematics
  • Telecommunications Transmission
  • Telegraphy
DEF

A line control procedure for communicating. It can be expressed in several data codes : 8-bit EBCDIC, 7-bit USASCII, or 6-bit transcode. The only requirements are that the code should include the required line control characters and that these characters should be used according to specified rules.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Internet et télématique
  • Transmission (Télécommunications)
  • Télégraphie
DEF

Transmission dans laquelle le signal à transmettre a deux états significatifs (1 et 0) de sorte que, entre deux instants significatifs quelconques, il y a toujours un nombre entier d'intervalles unitaires.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Internet y telemática
  • Transmisión (Telecomunicaciones)
  • Telegrafía
CONT

Las comunicaciones bisync requieren que los dispositivos de emisión y recepción estén sincronizados antes de comenzar la transmisión de datos.

OBS

comunicación bisync; BISYNC: término y abreviatura extraídos del CAPITAL Business Dictionary con la autorización de LID Editorial Empresarial.

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Record 2 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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