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physical [3 records]

Record 1 2012-06-15

English

Subject field(s)
  • Informatics
DEF

A term used to describe entities as they exist in contrast to logical entities as they appear. [Definition officially approved by GESC.]

OBS

physical: term officially approved by the Government EDP (Electronic Data Processing) Standards Committee (GESC).

French

Domaine(s)
  • Informatique
DEF

Terme utilisé pour décrire des entités matérielles par opposition aux entités logiques (abstraites). [Définition uniformisée par le CNGI.]

OBS

physique : terme uniformisé par le Comité des normes gouvernementales en informatique (CNGI).

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Informática
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Record 2 2000-05-15

English

Subject field(s)
  • Marketing Research
  • Internet and Telematics
CONT

Online retailers brought shopping outside the bricks-and-mortar stores.

CONT

bricks-and-mortar university.

OBS

Contrast "click-and-mortar", "virtual university", "digital certificate", "dot-com startup", "cyberstore", "e-shopping".

Key term(s)
  • dot-com
  • eMBA
  • physical shops
  • offline shop
  • brick-and-mortar

French

Domaine(s)
  • Étude du marché
  • Internet et télématique
OBS

L'opposé de «virtuel», «électronique», «numérique», «réseauté», «cyber-», «en ligne».

Spanish

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Record 3 1989-12-11

English

Subject field(s)
  • Military (General)

French

Domaine(s)
  • Militaire (Généralités)

Spanish

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