English | French |
character pad | pavé de caractères (The pad in Tablet PC Input Panel that you can use to write one character (such as a letter, number, or symbol) at a time. Each character is converted into typed text) |
dial pad | pavé de numérotation (A numeric keypad that is part of a device, is displayed on a device, or is in a computer program that you use to enter information in the context of a phone call) |
Dial Pad | Pavé de numérotation (A button on Phone Controls that opens a numeric keypad where you can click keys to enter information over the phone) |
directional pad | pavé directionnel (The Action button and associated Direction keys that allow the user to move up, down, right, left, and center to perform an action) |
game pad | boîtier de commande (An action-control device used with arcade-type games played on PCs and game consoles such as the Nintendo 64 and Sony PlayStation. A game pad, unlike a joystick, is meant to be held in the player's hands) |
pad color | couleur de remplissage (The color of the extra space, when padding is applied) |
Pad index | Index de remplissage (An option that specifies the space to leave open on each page in the intermediate levels of the index) |
touch pad | pavé tactile (A variety of graphics tablet that uses pressure sensors, rather than the electromagnetics used in more expensive high-resolution tablets, to track the position of a device on its surface) |
writing pad | pavé d'écriture (The pad in Tablet PC Input Panel that you use to write text to be converted to typed text and inserted in a program) |
zero padding | Remplissage à l'aide de zéros (Appending zeros to the beginning of a number, or a series of numbers) |