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Record 1 2010-04-14

English

Subject field(s)
  • General Vocabulary
  • Political Science (General)
DEF

A source of authority or influence, especially in politics, founded on support by an organized body of voters, ethnic minority, economic class, etc.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Vocabulaire général
  • Sciences politiques (Généralités)

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Vocabulario general
  • Ciencias políticas (Generalidades)
CONT

En Salamanca, el bastión del PP (Partido Popular) en la capital, los populares descienden siete puntos, mientras que el PSOE (Partido Socialista Obrero Español) sube ocho.

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Record 2 2004-04-08

English

Subject field(s)
  • Internet and Telematics
DEF

The use of a screening router to pass selected external traffic to a firewall host in the internal network and all other traffic is rejected.

OBS

screened-host gateway: term standardized by ISO.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Internet et télématique
DEF

Emploi d'un routeur de filtrage pour faire passer du trafic externe sélectionné à un hôte pare-feu dans le réseau interne, tout en rejetant le reste du trafic.

OBS

passerelle hôte filtrée : terme normalisé par l'ISO.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Internet y telemática
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Record 3 2000-03-20

English

Subject field(s)
  • Architectural Design
  • Construction Engineering (Military)
DEF

A projection part of the fortification, usually a pentagon in shape and made of earthworks, usually covered with masonry externally.

DEF

A work projecting from the curtain wall of a fortification which commanded the foreground and the outworks. Designed to provide flanking fire to adjacent curtains and bastion.

OBS

Bastion has been used to refer to the flanking towers of a castle as well as the arrow headed bastions of the Italian bastion trace.

OBS

A small bastion is called a bastionet.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Conception architecturale
  • Génie construction (Militaire)
DEF

Ouvrage de fortification faisant saillie sur l'enceinte d'une place forte.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Diseño arquitectónico
  • Ingeniería de construcción (Militar)
DEF

Saliente de forma pentagonal situado en los ángulos de una fortaleza.

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