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CARACTERES SECONDE [1 record]

Record 1 2012-03-07

English

Subject field(s)
  • Office Machinery
  • Typesetting and Imagesetting
  • Electronic Publishing
DEF

A unit of measure equal to the number of characters an output device is capable of printing in one second.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Mécanographie
  • Composition (Imprimerie)
  • Éditique
DEF

Nombre maximal de caractères qu'une imprimante ou une machine à écrire peut produire à la seconde.

Key term(s)
  • caractères seconde

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Máquinas de oficina
  • Composición (Imprenta)
  • Publicación electrónica
DEF

Medida de la velocidad [de transmisión de información] en las comunicaciones o de una impresora.

CONT

La velocidad de lectura/escritura de una memoria dada de discos es de 1,200 cps.

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