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AUTOCLAVE [7 records]

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Record 1 - external organization data 2021-03-18

English

Subject field(s)
  • Compartment – Nomenclature 4.0
  • Museums and Heritage (General)
OBS

autoclave: an item in the "Medical and Psychological Tools and Equipment" class of the "Tools and Equipment for Science and Technology" category.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Tiroir – Nomenclature 4.0
  • Muséologie et patrimoine (Généralités)
OBS

autoclave : objet de la classe «Outils et équipement médicaux et psychologiques» de la catégorie «Outillage et équipement pour les sciences et la technologie».

Spanish

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Record 2 2012-03-12

English

Subject field(s)
  • Food Preservation and Canning
  • Food Safety
DEF

A pressure vessel designed for thermally processing food, packed in hermetically sealed containers, by an appropriate heating medium and where necessary with super-imposed pressure.

CONT

Autoclaves, also called retorts, are large pressure cookers achieving temperatures above +100°C and used for sterilization of [food] products filled into hermetically sealed containers (cans, glass jars, flexible pouches, etc). Autoclaves can be designed as still or rotating autoclaves.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Conservation des aliments et conserverie
  • Salubrité alimentaire
DEF

Récipient sous pression conçu pour le traitement thermique d'aliments emballés dans des contenants hermétiques au moyen d'un fluide caloporteur approprié et, s'il y a lieu, d'une surpression.

Spanish

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Record 3 2012-01-30

English

Subject field(s)
  • Medical and Surgical Equipment
  • Dentistry
DEF

A chamber for sterilizing with steam under pressure.

OBS

The original autoclave was essentially a pressure cooker. The steam tightened the lid. The device was called an autoclave (from the Greek auto, self + clavis, key) meaning self-locking.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Équipement médico-chirurgical
  • Dentisterie
DEF

Récipient muni d'une fermeture étanche, utilisé pour la stérilisation, par la vapeur sous pression.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Equipo médico y quirúrgico
  • Odontología
DEF

Aparato para la esterilización por vapor bajo presión. Va provisto de una llave y manómetro para regular la presión y, por consiguiente, la temperatura a la que se desea someter los gérmenes.

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Record 4 2005-07-21

English

Subject field(s)
  • Tools and Equipment (Textile Industries)
DEF

An apparatus for carrying out certain finishing operations, such as heatsetting yarn under pressure in a superheated steam atmosphere.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Outillage et équipement (Industries du textile)
DEF

Appareil utilisé pour certaines opérations d'apprêt telles que le formage du fil sous pression dans une atmosphère de vapeur d'eau surchauffée.

Spanish

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Record 5 1999-03-05

English

Subject field(s)
  • Facilities and Equipment (Rubber)
DEF

A pressurized vessel used for treating rubber, in a liquid or gas.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Installations et équipement (Caoutchouc)
DEF

Enceinte sous pression utilisée pour traiter le caoutchouc en milieu liquide ou gazeux.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Instalaciones y equipo (Caucho)
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Record 6 1997-12-15

English

Subject field(s)
  • Intelligence (Military)
  • Corporate Security
DEF

... feedback in a stream cipher which renders the cryptographic bit stream dependant on the data stream.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Renseignement (Militaire)
  • Sécurité générale de l'entreprise

Spanish

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Record 7 1997-12-15

English

Subject field(s)
  • IT Security
CONT

The central component of the DES cryptosystem is the function g. It is a composition of an expansion function E which provides an autoclave function, eight substitution boxes (S-boxes) S which confuse the input bits, and then permutation P which diffuses the outputs from each S-box to the inputs of a number of S-boxes in the next stage.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Sécurité des TI

Spanish

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