terminal burro

Spanish translation: terminal tonto

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Portuguese term or phrase:terminal burro
Spanish translation:terminal tonto
Entered by: José Pérez Negro

17:16 May 23, 2011
Portuguese to Spanish translations [PRO]
Tech/Engineering - Computers: Systems, Networks
Portuguese term or phrase: terminal burro
Hola a todos,

Alguien podría, por favor, explicarme que es un terminal burro??

El texto dice así:

O poder do (a empresa) era tão grande, que o seu gerente era quem determinava quais áreas da empresa, iriam receber um terminal remoto, chamado na época ***terminal burro***, já que eles não processavam nada.

Gracias.
lzevas
Local time: 09:18
terminal tonto
Explanation:
Creo que se refiere a terminales que no procesan la información.

Mira este link de la wikipedia:

http://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Terminal_tonta

Sin embargo, en español de España, el término terminal con esta acepción es masculino.
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José Pérez Negro
Spain
Local time: 15:18
Grading comment
Gracias José.
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terminal tonto


Explanation:
Creo que se refiere a terminales que no procesan la información.

Mira este link de la wikipedia:

http://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Terminal_tonta

Sin embargo, en español de España, el término terminal con esta acepción es masculino.

José Pérez Negro
Spain
Local time: 15:18
Native speaker of: Native in SpanishSpanish, Native in GalicianGalician
PRO pts in category: 4
Grading comment
Gracias José.

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terminal tonto


Explanation:
Se trata de un dispositivo de entrada/salida de datos que cuenta con una funcionalidad limitada.

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Note added at 37 mins (2011-05-23 17:54:02 GMT)
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Mientras documentaba la entrada, José ya había respondido correctamente. Siento haber duplicado la respuesta.


    Reference: http://www.uco.es/ccc/sistemas/doc_ccc/terminales.html
    Reference: http://books.google.com/books?id=k8A7KLt9-GkC&pg=PA191&dq=%2...
María Ferreiro
United Kingdom
Native speaker of: Native in GalicianGalician, Native in SpanishSpanish
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