TERMIUM Plus®

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MASTERFILE [1 record]

Record 1 2006-01-12

English

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

A file that is used as an authority in a given job and that is relatively permanent, even though its contents may change.

OBS

master file; main file: terms standardized by ISO.

Key term(s)
  • masterfile

French

Domaine(s)
  • Traitement de l'information (Informatique)
OBS

fichier maître : terme normalisé par l'ISO.

Spanish

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

Archivo (fichero) que contiene datos relativamente permanentes, que se usan como referencia, y que, generalmente, es periódicamente actualizado.

OBS

Es opuesto a archivo (fichero) de transacciones.

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