TERMINAL APPARATUS USING REGISTER INFORMATION TO DETERMINE THE MEANING OF A BUFFER STORED FIELD DEFINING CHARACTER

A terminal apparatus for handling data by the field. Each field comprises a field defining character for defining an attribute of the field and a certain number of field data following the character. Information for determining the meaning of the field defining character is retained in the terminal apparatus and the attribute of the field is determined by the combination of the information and the field defining character. As a result, many field attributes can be specified.