Polysemy is characteristic not only of lexemes of everyday language, but also of terms, if they are used in various fields of knowledge. The term, of course, retains the general semantic core, but its particular meaning is different. So, for an example of this phenomenon of language, you can consider the word "register"
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Step 1
The word register can be interpreted in different ways, because it is used in two different areas of activity: accounting and programming. Registers in accounting contain information that is accumulated over time, systematized and recorded. Accounting registers are kept in special journals (books) in the form of machines and using special computers.
Step 2
Registers in accounting are divided into several types: - ledgers - numbered and fastened sheets of paper with a certain set of tables; - cards - standard sheets of paper that are stored in a filing cabinet. Cards can contain debit and credit columns, expense, income and balance columns, or several columns at once; - statements - separate sheets of paper, larger than cards. Vedomosti is usually opened for a month and is stored in special registrars.
Step 3
All entries in the accounting registers are made by hand and only with a blue ballpoint pen. At the end of the register's validity period, all entries made in it are verified, after which the register sheets are fastened together and handed over to the archive of the organization.
Step 4
In addition to accounting, the concept of a register is also used among programmers. A computer register is a separate section of memory within a processor that ranges from 8 to 32 bits in length. The register is needed for temporary storage of information processed by the processor itself. Computer registers, as well as accounting, are subdivided into several types: - general purpose registers. These 32-bit registers are used for math operations or writing data to computer memory - segment registers. These are 16-bit registers that contain the first half of the address of the program being executed at the moment - control registers. These are 32-bit registers that set the required operating mode of the computer and allocate memory page by page.
