Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha Corporation

Shinichi Nishiguchi

Fumiaki Kawawaki

An electronic dictionary has a keyboard having a format key, a priority key, and a non-display key. Operation of the format key causes a display format for a currently displayed word to be stored in a display format storage area of a RAM. Operation of the priority key causes priorities for display of pieces of information associated with the currently displayed word to be stored in a display priority storage area of the RAM. Operation of the non-display key causes a currently displayed item that is desired not to be displayed to be stored in a non-display item storage area of the RAM. Upon operation of retrieval key, a CPU performs a display processing for displaying a retrieved word on an LCD according to the contents stored in each storage area of the RAM.

Electronic apparatus having a dictionary function

A computer is provided which is a so-called arithmetic expression storing type computer and in which a constant calculation mode can be set without additionally installing a key and the function of the constant calculation mode has an enhanced ability. When a rightward cursor is operated under a state that a cursor is positioned at the digit rightward subsequent to an entered expression and a binary operator is entered at the last digit of the expression, an expression which has been entered before the operator is calculated, and the calculated result is scored as a constant. When the rightward cursor is operated again under a state that the constant calculation mode is set, the constant which has been set as a first operand is reset to a second operand. An expression set in the constant calculation mode is displayed on a display screen.

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Nabari, Japan

Shinichi Nishiguchi