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MACROCOMPUTADORA [1 record]

Record 1 2006-01-12

English

Subject field(s)
  • Computers and Calculators
DEF

A computer, usually in a computer center, with extensive capabilities and resources to which other computers may be connected so that they can share facilities.

CONT

In a time-sharing system, the central computer turns its attention to each remote terminal in a specified sequence and for a specified, generally very short length of time ... Each one of the users of a time-sharing system may subscribe to part or all of the computer's facilities, and may in addition be assigned a storage area in the central computer into which he can place programs and information for later use.

OBS

mainframe: term standardized by CSA and ISO/IEC.

Key term(s)
  • main-site computer

French

Domaine(s)
  • Ordinateurs et calculateurs
DEF

Ordinateur, généralement implanté dans un centre de traitement de l'information, offrant des possibilités et des ressources étendues et auquel peuvent être connectés d'autres ordinateurs de manière à partager des ressources.

DEF

Dans une installation de téléinformatique, ordinateur vers lequel convergent les lignes de communication et qui rassemble les informations émanant des terminaux et des ordinateurs satellites.

OBS

On peut aussi parler d'ordinateur central si les informations sont transmises par envoi des supports enregistrés.

OBS

ordinateur central : terme normalisé par la CSA et l'ISO/CEI.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Computadoras y calculadoras
Key term(s)
  • maxicomputadora
  • maxiordenador
  • macrocomputadora
  • macrocomputador
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