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BFT [8 records]

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Record 1 2021-02-24

English

Subject field(s)
  • Computer Mathematics
  • Currency and Foreign Exchange
CONT

Byzantine fault tolerance is the characteristic which defines a system that tolerates the class of failures that belong to the Byzantine generals' problem.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Mathématiques informatiques
  • Politique monétaire et marché des changes
CONT

La tolérance aux fautes byzantines (BFT pour byzantine fault tolerance) est un domaine de recherche implémentant les concepts de réplication de machines à états, qui vise à assurer la continuité et la fiabilité des services en présence de comportements arbitraires.

OBS

BFT: acronyme tiré de l'anglais «Byzantine fault tolerance».

Spanish

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Record 2 2021-02-06

English

Subject field(s)
  • Defence Planning and Military Doctrine
  • Military Strategy
  • International Relations
DEF

The capability to report and monitor the location of friendly forces and to support command and control on those forces.

OBS

friendly force tracking; FFT: designations and definition standardized by NATO.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Doctrine militaire et planification de défense
  • Stratégie militaire
  • Relations internationales
DEF

Capacité de localiser et de suivre les forces amies et de soutenir le commandement et le contrôle de ces forces.

OBS

suivi des forces amies; FFT : désignations et définition normalisées par l'OTAN.

Spanish

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Record 3 2018-02-07

English

Subject field(s)
  • Military Training

French

Domaine(s)
  • Instruction du personnel militaire
OBS

test d'aptitude physique au combat : désignation uniformisée par le Comité de terminologie française du Conseil de doctrine et de tactique de l'Armée de terre.

Spanish

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Record 4 2014-08-28

English

Subject field(s)
  • Scientific Research Methods
  • Environment
CONT

Dispersants have been widely used as a primary response measure for marine oil spills around the world. Recently, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) developed an improved laboratory dispersant testing protocol, called the baffled flask test (BFT).

CONT

The BFT ... protocol uses a 150-mL ... Erlenmeyer flask with baffles ... modified ... so that a subsurface water sample can be removed without disturbing the surface oil layer ... a dispersant is added directly to the floating oil slick, and the flask is placed on an orbital shaker to receive moderate turbulent mixing at 200 rpm for 10 ± 0.5 min.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Méthodes de recherche scientifique
  • Environnement
OBS

Il s'agit d'une méthode d’analyse mise au point par l'Environmental Protection Agency des États-Unis, en remplacement de l’ancien essai d’agitation rotative en fiole d’Environnement Canada.

OBS

essai du mélange BFT : Il faut éviter l'anglais «BFT» et mettre l'accent sur l'instrument (fiole à chicanes).

Spanish

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Record 5 2007-02-17

English

Subject field(s)
  • Taxation
CONT

By the mid 1990s, however, province ... had to accept the federal tax base, ...

OBS

"basic federal tax": Expression used on the federal income tax return T1 forms.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Fiscalité
CONT

Toutefois, au milieu des années 1990, les provinces [...] devaient accepter l'impôt fédéral de base, [...]

OBS

Expression tirée des déclarations d'impôt T1 au niveau fédéral.

Spanish

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Record 6 2005-06-01

English

Subject field(s)
  • Fatty Substances (Food)
  • Slaughterhouses
CONT

Bleachable fancy tallow (BFT) is made from a mixture of inedible fat sources collected from butcher shops, grocery stores, and meat processing plants. BFT is great for increasing the energy value and palatability in animal feeds. The tallow can be further processed and segregated into individual fatty acids and glycerine which are then used to manufacture other products such as lubricants and dust suppressants. BFT has a high composition of saturated fatty acids and can have up to four per cent free fatty acids.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Corps gras (Ind. de l'aliment.)
  • Abattoirs
CONT

Les usages dépendent de la catégorie et de la qualité des graisses, comme le suif de qualité supérieure blanchissable, la graisse blanche de choix, le suif comestible, les graisses animales de catégorie fourragère, les graisses de volaille et le suif et la graisse jaune de catégorie A ou B.

OBS

GRAS: Mélange de gras animal, d'huile végétale de choix (huile de coconut) et de suif de qualité supérieure.

Spanish

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Record 7 2001-12-12

English

Subject field(s)
  • Foreign Trade

French

Domaine(s)
  • Commerce extérieur

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Comercio exterior
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Record 8 2000-05-31

English

Subject field(s)
  • National Bodies and Committees (Non-Canadian)
  • Garages and Service Stations

French

Domaine(s)
  • Organismes et comités nationaux non canadiens
  • Garages et stations-service
OBS

Association fédérale de stations-service, située à Bonn.

Spanish

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