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POINT CONNEXION [3 records]

Record 1 2010-04-28

English

Subject field(s)
  • Computer Hardware
DEF

A special communications "connection" (i.e. an address) that a CPU uses for input and output to system hardware. The CPU "talks" to the keyboard, CRT, disk drives, printers, parallel and serial ports, and other system hardware by using a port address.

DEF

A unique host identifier created by the concatenation of a port identifier with an address.

DEF

An inter-process communication mechanism in the TCP/IP protocol similar to file-opening and closing functions found in high-level languages. (J.J. Manger, The Essential Internet Information Guide, Mc Graw-Hill, 1994, p. 346).

Key term(s)
  • input/output port

French

Domaine(s)
  • Matériel informatique
DEF

Point d'accès pour l'entrée ou la sortie des données.

OBS

port : terme et définition reproduits avec l'autorisation de l'Association canadienne de normalisation (CSA), 178, boul. Rexdale, Toronto (Ontario), Canada M9W 1R3 (détentrice des droits d'auteur). La CSA décline toute responsabilité quant à la façon dont la matière est présentée et quant à toute interprétation pouvant en découler. L'information reproduite pourrait ne pas être à jour. Pour plus de renseignements, communiquer avec la CSA.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Equipo físico de computadora (Hardware)
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Record 2 1998-10-14

English

Subject field(s)
  • Computer Graphics
  • Internet and Telematics
DEF

A defined and recorded point on a graphically defined component, picture item, or object. It may be located at any position relative to or at the local coordinates or the component. One component may be superimposed on another by relating the attachment points of each component relative to the local coordinates of one or the other, or by declaring new coordinates.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Infographie
  • Internet et télématique

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Gráficos de computadora
  • Internet y telemática
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Record 3 1985-11-20

English

Subject field(s)
  • Mechanical Components
OBS

nichset

French

Domaine(s)
  • Composants mécaniques
OBS

hydraulique, pneumatique 127cp/2.75

Spanish

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