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11—1991
ISO 2382-11: 1987
Australian Standard
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Data processing—Vocabulary
AUSTEL
Australian Bankers Association
Australian Bureau of Statistics
Australian Chamber of Manufacturers
CSIRO, Institute of Information and Communications Technologies
Department of Defence
Department of Finance
Telecom Australia
Universities and Colleges
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AS 1189.11—1991
Australian Standard
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Data processing—Vocabulary
PREFACE
This Standard was prepared by the Standards Australia Committee on Information Systems —
Vocabulary and Software. It is identical with and has been reproduced from ISO 2382-11: 1987 —
Information processing systems — Vocabulary, Part 11: Processing units.
The complete Standard comprises the following parts:
Part 0: Consolidated index
Part 1: Fundamental terms
Part 2: Arithmetic and logic operations
Part 3: Equipment technology
Part 4: Organization of data
Part 5: Representation of data
Part 6: Preparation and handling of data
Part 7: Digital computer programming
Part 9: Data communication
Part 10: Operating techniques and facilities
Part 11: Control, input-output and arithmetic equipment
Part 12: Data media, storage and related equipment
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CONTENTS
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2 References . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
3.6 Abbreviations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
3.9 Use of terms printed in italic typeface in definitions and use of asterisk 5
3.10 Spelling . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
11 Processing units
11.02 Registers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
11.04 Converters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
Alphabetical index . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
AUSTRALIAN STANDARD 4
This International Standard is intended to facilitate inter- a) an index number (common for all languages in which
national communication in information processing. It this International Standard is published)
presents terms and definitions of selected concepts
relevant to the field of information processing and b) the term or the generally preferred term in the
identifies relationships between the entries. language. The absence of a generally accepted term for
the concept in the language is indicated by a symbol
In order to facilitate their translation into other languages, consisting of five points (.....); a row of dots may be used
the definitions are drafted so as to avoid, as far as to indicate, in a term, a word to be chosen in each
possible, any peculiarity attached to a language. particular case;
This part of ISO 2382 (which will comprise some c) the preferred term in a particular country (identified
twenty-six parts) defines processing and arithmetic units according to the rules of ISO 639);
and also registers and converters.
d) the abbreviation for the term;
ISO 639, Code for the representation of names of g) one or more examples with the heading “Example(s)”;
languages.1)
h) one or more notes specifying particular cases in the
ISO 1087, Vocabulary of terminology.2) field of application of the concepts, with the heading
“NOTE(S)”;
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