Glossary entry

Dutch term or phrase:

voorteken

English translation:

polarity sign

Added to glossary by Alexander Schleber (X)
Sep 18, 2003 13:16
20 yrs ago
Dutch term

voorteken

Dutch to English Tech/Engineering Electronics / Elect Eng electronics
"2 Analoge uitgang ± 10V, 10 Bit Incl. voorteken" Included in list of control components for automated packing machine.
Proposed translations (English)
5 +2 polarity sign
4 (plus or minus) sign

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polarity sign

Polarity is either plus or minus.
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3 KudoZ points awarded for this answer. Comment: "Thanks to both of you - 'polarity sign' is the term I have used in the translation."
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(plus or minus) sign

Automation - Computer Science - Data Processing - Information Technology (AU)
Electrical Engineering - Electronics (EL)

Definition teken met afgesproken betekenis dat aan een gegeven voorafgaat,veelal plus of min
Reference C.van Uitert en A.Kaspers,Verklarend Informaticawoordenboek,1989,p.745
(1)
TERM voorteken
Reference C.van Uitert en A.Kaspers,Verklarend Informaticawoordenboek,1989,p.745


Definition Plus or minus.In twos-complement notation,the sign can be determined by examining bit 7,the MSB.

Reference Sybex,1981,p.51
(1)
TERM sign

Reference Sybex,1981,p.51

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