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BUS HIGHWAY [8 records]

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Record 1 2016-08-15

English

Subject field(s)
  • Information Processing (Informatics)
DEF

In a process computer system, the means for interconnection between the computer system and the process interface system.

OBS

A bus may be used as a highway.

OBS

highway: term and definition standardized by ISO; term standardized by the Canadian Standards Association (CSA).

French

Domaine(s)
  • Traitement de l'information (Informatique)
DEF

Dans un calculateur de processus, dispositif d'interconnexion entre le système informatique et l'interface de commande.

OBS

On se sert souvent d'un bus pour établir un canal.

OBS

canal : terme et définition normalisés par l'ISO; terme normalisé par l'Association canadienne de normalisation (CSA).

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Tratamiento de la información (Informática)
DEF

Vía o canal por la cual las señales viajan desde uno o varios puntos de origen o fuentes hacia uno o diversos destinatarios.

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Record 2 - external organization data 2012-11-22

English

Subject field(s)
  • Compartment - ISO/IEC JTC 1 Information Technology Vocabulary
Universal entry(ies)
21.02.01 (2382)
ISO/IEC standard entry number
DEF

in a process computer system, means for interconnection between the computer system and the process interface system

OBS

A bus may be used as a highway.

OBS

highway: term and definition standardized by ISO/IEC [ISO 2382-21:1985].

French

Domaine(s)
  • Tiroir - ISO/CEI JTC 1 Vocabulaire des technologies de l'information
Entrée(s) universelle(s)
21.02.01 (2382)
ISO/IEC standard entry number
DEF

<commande de processus> dans un calculateur de processus, dispositif d'interconnexion entre le système informatique et l'interface de commande

OBS

On se sert souvent d'un bus pour établir un canal.

OBS

canal : terme et définition normalisés par l'ISO/CEI [ISO 2382-21:1985].

Spanish

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Record 3 2011-09-16

English

Subject field(s)
  • Road Traffic
CONT

The City reminds drivers that they are legally required to yield to buses as they leave bus bays to merge into traffic under the Highway Traffic Act.

CONT

While on the ramp, as soon as you can see freeway traffic approaching from behind, check your mirrors and blind spot for a space to merge safely.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Circulation routière
CONT

«Le conducteur n'aurait pas vu le véhicule qui s'en venait lorsqu'il a décidé de s'engager dans la circulation. Il s'agit d'une bête erreur d'inattention», a affirmé la porte-parole de la Sûreté du Québec, Anne Mathieu.

CONT

Pour s'y engager [carrefour giratoire], il suffit de s'insérer dans la circulation tout en respectant l’obligation de céder le passage aux véhicules qui y circulent déjà.

Spanish

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Record 4 2011-09-12

English

Subject field(s)
  • Mass Transit
CONT

The dual-mode bus is capable of operating along a separate or specially prepared right-of-way, such as railroad tracks, an automated highway lane, or a reserved bus lane, and of leaving this right-of-way for operation on streets shared with other vehicular traffic.

Key term(s)
  • dual mode bus

French

Domaine(s)
  • Transports en commun
CONT

L'autobus bimode utiliserait [...] un site propre sur la grande partie de son parcours et la voirie banale pour la desserte terminale.

Spanish

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Record 5 2011-06-30

English

Subject field(s)
  • Vehicle Parking
  • Mass Transit
CONT

Park and ride consists of parking facilities at transit stations, bus stops and highway onramps, particularly at the urban fringe, to facilitate transit and rideshare use.... Parking is generally free or significantly less expensive than in urban centers.

OBS

park-and-ride lot: term recommended by the Terminology Committee and standardized by the Validation Committee of the Sustainable Mobility Glossary.

Key term(s)
  • park and ride lot
  • park-and-ride
  • park and ride facility

French

Domaine(s)
  • Stationnement
  • Transports en commun
DEF

Parc de stationnement où on laisse sa voiture pour poursuivre son trajet en transport en commun.

OBS

parcobus : Ce terme est un quasi-synonyme des termes «parc de stationnement incitatif», «stationnement incitatif», «parc relais» et «parc de dissuasion». En effet, il ne peut être employé que pour désigner un stationnement incitatif où l'autobus est le transport en commun que les usagers peuvent utiliser.

OBS

parc de stationnement incitatif : terme recommandé par le Comité de terminologie et normalisé par le Comité de validation du Lexique de la mobilité durable.

OBS

parc relais : terme publié au Journal officiel de la République française le 22 septembre 2000.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Estacionamiento
  • Transporte público
DEF

Lugar emplazado en la periferia de una población o en un punto adecuado fuera de su centro, bien conectado con los medios de transporte público y debidamente acondicionado para el estacionamiento de vehículos, que se ofrece como alternativa al uso del vehículo privado, para disminuir la congestión de la circulación en las poblaciones o grandes aglomeraciones.

OBS

estacionamiento de disuasión; aparcamiento disuasorio: términos y definición propuestos por la Asociación Mundial de la Carretera.

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Record 6 2007-07-17

English

Subject field(s)
  • Pricing (Rail Transport)
  • Pricing (Water Transport)
  • Pricing (Road Transport)
DEF

A token used to pay the fare or toll on a bus, ferry, train, bridge, causeway, tunnel, or highway.

OBS

The Bout de l’Isle tokens are Canada’s earliest.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Tarification (Transport par rail)
  • Tarification (Transport par eau)
  • Tarification (Transport routier)
DEF

Jeton utilisé pour payer le tarif sur un train, un autobus ou un traversier, ou pour utiliser un pont, un tunnel, une autoroute ou une jetée.

Spanish

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Record 7 2007-01-16

English

Subject field(s)
  • Rolling Stock (Railroads)
  • Passenger Service (Rail Transport)
CONT

Major project elements include construction of an intermodal center for transit, commuter rail, and intercity bus services; an automated airport people mover; and highway improvements.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Matériel roulant (Chemins de fer)
  • Trafic voyageurs (Transport par rail)

Spanish

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Record 8 1985-10-09

English

Subject field(s)
  • Airfields
CONT

The Transport Canada demonstration indicated good passenger acceptance of flight-specific STOLmobiles for travelling between the city centre and the STOLport. An improved version of this concept was successfully tested in Toronto in November, 1983, by City Centre Airways Ltd. who used a highway bus to transfer a plane load of passengers from a downtown curb to a Dash 7 aircraft parked on the apron at Toronto Island Airport.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Aérodromes

Spanish

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