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Electronic Equipment
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- Electronics
- Electronic Commerce
- Internet Fraud
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Electronic equipment
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Translation of Electronic equipment
- Spanish: Equipo electrónico
- French: équipement électronique
- German: Elektronikausrüstung
- Italian: Attrezzatura elettronica
- Portuguese: Equipamento eletrónico
- Polish: Sprzęt elektroniczny
Thesaurus of Electronic equipment
Industry > Electronics and electrical engineering > Electronics industry > Electronic equipment
Education And Communications > Communications > Communications industry > Electronic equipment
Education And Communications > Information and information processing > Information processing > Electronic equipment
Science > Natural and applied sciences > Physical sciences > Electronics > Electronic equipment
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- Communications industry
- Audiovisual industry
- Publishing
- Bookshop
- Communications profession
- Information technology
- Book trade
- Programmes industry
- Film industry
- Telecommunications industry
- Information processing
- Interpreting
- Machine translation
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- Terminology
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