Output 



Precision 



Profile 



Program element 

 Punched cards 



Radix 



Random access 



(1) Data that has been processed. 



(2) The state or sequence of states 

 occurring on a specified output 

 channel. (3) The device or collective 

 set of devices used for taking data 

 out of a device. (4) A channel for 

 expressing a state of a device or 

 logic element. (5) The process of 

 transferring data from an internal 

 storage to an external storage. 



The degree of discrimination with 

 which a quantity is stated, e.g., a 

 three-digit numeral discriminates 

 among 1,000 possibilities. 



A vertical section of the surface of 

 the ground, or of underlying strata, 

 or both, along any fixed line. 



The smallest field (group) of unique 

 contiguous characters or digits. 



(1) A card punched with a pattern of 

 holes to represent data. (2) A card 

 as in (1) before being punched. 



A quantity whose successive 

 integral powers are the implicit 

 multipliers of the sequence of digits 

 that represent a number. For example 

 if the radix is 5, then 143.2 means 

 1 times 5 to the second power, plus 

 4 times 5 to the first power, plus 3 

 times 5 to the zero power, plus 2 

 times 5 to the minus one power. 



(1) Pertaining to the process of 

 obtaining data from, or placing data 

 into, storage where the time required 

 for such access is independent of the 

 location of the data most recently 

 obtained or placed in storage. (2) 

 Pertaining to a storage device in 

 which the access time is effectively 

 independent of the location of the 

 data. 



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