COM (microfilm) (English)

Japanese: COM(マイクロフィルム)(英語表記)COM
COM (microfilm) (English)

...It is also called COM for short. A system in which microfilm is created directly from computer output, rather than optically photographing the material.

From [Microfilm]

...It is characterized by its high shooting speed of several hundred sheets per minute, and is used in fields that record large amounts of information at high speed, such as checks, bills, and securities. (c)COM (Computer Output Microfilmer) A device that outputs large amounts of data and information from a computer as image information on microfilm at high speed.

*Some of the terminology that refers to "COM (microfilm)" is listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

Japanese:

…略してCOM(コム)ともいう。マイクロフィルムの作成を光学的にカメラ撮影するのでなく,コンピューターの出力で直接行うシステム。…

【マイクロフィルム】より

…撮影速度が数百枚/minと速いことが特徴で,小切手,手形,証券など大量情報を高速で記録する分野で使われている。(c)COM(コム) computer output microfilmerの略。コンピューターからの大量のデータや情報を高速度でマイクロフィルム上に画像情報として出力する装置。…

※「COM(マイクロフィルム)」について言及している用語解説の一部を掲載しています。

出典|株式会社平凡社世界大百科事典 第2版について | 情報

<<:  COM (coal) (English spelling)

>>:  Colza

Recommend

Test Act

The common name for the "Act to Prevent the ...

changsi

…A type of market in Korea, it does not have any ...

Bean paste - Bean paste

The filling inside manju and mochi (rice cakes) i...

Dangyokusai - Dangyokusai

A scholar from the mid-late Qing Dynasty in China...

Karakozov, DV (English spelling) KarakozovDV

…The Russian government brutally suppressed the P...

Asakusa Opera

A colloquial name for the operas that were popula...

al-Ḥākim, Abū `Alī Manṣūr

[Raw] 985 [Died] February 13, 1021. He was the six...

Storeroom God - Nandogami

A deity enshrined in the storeroom. Usually, Ebis...

primordial particles

…Boyle, the founder of modern chemistry, did not ...

Quinoline

A heterocyclic compound containing a nitrogen ato...

Okunosenbon

...At the entrance to Mt. Omine, there is Kinpuse...

Bibliotheca

…It is also called a “bunko” (library), and in th...

Wadan - Wadan

A perennial plant of the Asteraceae family. The s...

Liu Yao (English spelling)

[raw]? [Died] Kenpei 4 (333) The fifth emperor of ...

Appalachian Coal Fields

A coalfield in the eastern United States, distrib...