
[From Latin collātus, past participle of cōnferre, to bring together : com-, com- + lātus, brought.]
collator col·la'tor n.(1) A punch card machine that merges two decks of cards into one or more stacks.
(2) A utility program that merges records from two or more files into one file.
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verb
(DOD) 1. The grouping together of related items to provide a record of events and facilitate further processing. 2. To compare critically two or more items or documents concerning the same general subject; normally accomplished in the processing and exploitation phase in the intelligence cycle. See also intelligence cycle.

Dansk (Danish)
v. tr. - sammenligne, kollationere, kalde/udnævne til præst
Nederlands (Dutch)
collationeren, rangschikken, in een geestelijk ambt benoemen, verzamelen
Français (French)
v. tr. - collationner
Deutsch (German)
v. - kollationieren, vergleichen, zusammenstellen
Ελληνική (Greek)
v. - (αντι)παραβάλλω, τοποθετώ στη σωστή σειρά, σελιδοποιώ, συλλέγω πληροφορίες από διάφορες πηγές
Italiano (Italian)
collazionare
Português (Portuguese)
v. - confrontar, conferir benefício eclesiástico
Русский (Russian)
сопоставлять
Español (Spanish)
v. tr. - colacionar, verificar, comprobar, cotejar, confrontar
Svenska (Swedish)
v. - kollationera, kalla (till pastorat)
中文(简体)(Chinese (Simplified))
对照, 校勘, 校对
中文(繁體)(Chinese (Traditional))
v. tr. - 對照, 校勘, 校對
한국어 (Korean)
v. tr. - 맞추어보다, 페이지의 순서를 확인하다
日本語 (Japanese)
v. - 校合する, ページ順をそろえる, 聖職を授ける
العربيه (Arabic)
(فعل) جمع و ترتيب معلومات من مصادر متعددة
עברית (Hebrew)
v. tr. - בדק, התאים, השווה, אסף מידע ממקורות שונים, נתן קצבת-כמרים
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