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IMPRIMANTE CARACTERE CARACTERE [1 record]

Record 1 2004-03-17

English

Subject field(s)
  • Computer Peripheral Equipment
DEF

A printer that prints a single character at a time.

OBS

A serial printer in this sense may have either a serial or parallel interface.

OBS

character printer; serial printer: terms standardized by CSA and ISO.

Key term(s)
  • character at a time printer
  • character-at-a-time printer

French

Domaine(s)
  • Périphériques (Informatique)
DEF

Imprimante qui imprime un seul caractère à la fois.

OBS

Une imprimante sérielle, selon cette acception, peut avoir une interface sérielle ou parallèle.

OBS

imprimante par caractère; imprimante sérielle; imprimante caractère par caractère; imprimante série : termes normalisés par l'ISO, la CSA et l'AFNOR.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Equipo periférico (Computadoras)
DEF

Impresora que recibe la información desde la computadora (ordenador) un bit a la vez por un solo cable.

OBS

Contrasta con impresora en paralelo (parallel printer).

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