单词 | read-out |
释义 | read-outn. 1. a. Computing. The extraction or transfer of data from an electronic storage medium or device; an instance of this. Also in extended use. ΘΚΠ society > computing and information technology > data > database > [noun] > transfer or manipulation data transfer1935 reading1946 read-out1946 block move1962 read1970 1946 Ann. Computation Lab. Harvard Univ. 1 62 The storage counter cams..control the number impulses for reading out either from a switch or from a storage counter. Figure 26 shows the circuits for a read-out. 1946 Man. Operation Automatic Sequence Controlled Calculator (Harvard Computation Lab.) ii. 38 The read-ins and read-outs of these two counters have been placed under control of the main sequence mechanism. 1961 IBM Jrnl. Res. & Devel. 5 67/1 During readout the voltage pulse will be applied to a selected conductor corresponding to the word to be read out. 1970 O. Dopping Computers & Data Processing x. 151 Read-out is effected when a desired word passes through the pulse-shaping circuits. 1971 J. Z. Young Introd. Study Man xxii. 302 This reprogramming of the read-out of the DNA may serve to bring into play a new complex of enzyme systems. 1995 Sci. Amer. Nov. 56/3 A long-standing problem in holographic memories is cross-talk noise—the partial, spontaneous and unwanted readout of stored data. 2002 Proc. SPIE (Internat. Soc. Optical Engin.) 4750 209 Methods and devices are developed for read-in, storing, read-out, switching and transfer of information light signals. b. The display of data by an automatic device in an understandable form; a particular form or mode of display. Also in extended use. ΘΚΠ society > communication > information > [noun] > in transient form read-out1958 soft copy1962 1958 Science 14 Mar. 607/1 (advt.) The converter can be coupled to a pulse height analyzer or oscilloscope for readout. 1961 Aeroplane & Astronautics 101 573/2 The range indicator displays have a six-figure readout correct to the nearest 25 m. 1971 Nature 13 Aug. 443/3 Displays have been selected during evolution to provide an accurate ‘read out’ of an animal's internal state to another animal. 1986 New Yorker 20 Jan. 34/1 The clock radio by my bed..had a digital readout and as many buttons as a Japanese stereo set. 1994 BBC Top Gear Mag. Aug. 79/1 Below that is a small LCD display giving you a choice of readouts: water temperature, oil temperature, fuel pressure, mileage. c. The transmission of data, etc., between a spacecraft and the earth; an instance of this. ΘΚΠ society > communication > telecommunication > radio communications > [noun] > signal > types of reaction1917 relay1925 jab1932 read-out1959 squirt1968 1959 Science 24 July 200/1 The transmission back to earth of instrument readings has been accomplished both with continuous transmissions and with storage of data and subsequent periodic ‘read-out’ by radio command. 1970 N. Armstrong et al. First on Moon iii. 66 There was still work to do, starting with spacecraft-to-ground readouts. 2000 D. H. Martin Communication Satellites (ed. 4) iv.198/1 The communications payload capabilities included command and readout of unattended ground sensors. 2. A device for extracting or displaying data. ΘΚΠ society > communication > information > [noun] > in transient form > device for extracting or displaying data read-out1946 1946 Ann. Computation Lab. Harvard Univ. 1 251 The L10 counter has a pluggable read-out. 1954 IRE Trans. Electronic Computers 3 12 (heading) A radio-frequency nondestructive readout for magnetic core memories. 1957 Science 5 Apr. 662/3 Possible readouts include a recording potentiometer and a decimal printer. 2000 PrintWeek 11 Feb. 30/1 The LCD read-out itself is much bigger, and gives more information than the two-line display on the older CAS computers. 2001 J. C. Grimwood Pashazade (2003) xxxviii. 240 The phone was busy taking a message and a read-out on its base announced that its memory was already backed up with ten others. 3. A record of output produced by a computer or scientific instrument. ΘΚΠ society > computing and information technology > data > database > data entry > [noun] > result of output1941 read-out1967 1967 Economist 11 Feb. 542/1 The computer read-out is fed into the draughting machine which should then draw the correct shape of the ship for the designer to check. 1971 Daily Colonist (Victoria, Brit. Columbia) 11 Dec. 17/5 The echogram—the read-out of an electronic device that is useful in diagnosing such abnormalities as tumours. 1977 Daily Tel. 25 Jan. 15/3 I left behind at the institute about 100-yards of paper read-outs, my metabolic processes recorded in squiggly lines. 1986 G. Benford & D. Brin Heart of Comet (1987) ii. 101 He shuffled through a pile of readouts. 2000 G. Lucas Star Wars Episode I: Phantom Menace 40 My droid here has a readout of what I need. Compounds Simple attributive uses meaning ‘of, relating to, or involved in the extraction or transfer of data’, ‘that displays data in an understandable form’. Also in extended use. ΚΠ 1946 C. N. Mooers in Moore School Lect. (1985) 523 However, the read-out rate from a magnetic record is about 10,000 pulses per second, which is much slower than the internal pulse rate. 1952 Math. Tables & Other Aids Computation 6 103 The control unit provides for..displaying memory information by means of a readout indicator. 1965 Wireless World July 352/3 The average readout time is two seconds but for maximum readout it is five seconds. 1968 H. Harris Nucleus & Cytoplasm iv. 68 Our text-books are full of diagrams showing ribosomes rolling along a messenger tape and thus fulfilling their role as a ‘read-out’ mechanism. 1976 Offshore Platforms & Pipelining 57/1 Readout gauges on the control panel will display tension in each line. 1985 W. H. Tench Safety is no Accident (BNC) 45 There was a read-out machine for this type of recorder very close to Heathrow and the whole recording could be back in the magistrate's hands within twenty-four hours. 1996 Sci. Amer. July 29/1 When a pit [of a CD] lies directly underneath the ‘readout’ spot, much less light is reflected from the disc than when the spot is over a flat part of the track. 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