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BUILDING BLOCK [9 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

building block: an item in the "Toys" class of the "Recreational Objects" category.

French

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

bloc de construction : objet de la classe «Jouets» de la catégorie «Objets récréatifs».

Spanish

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Record 2 2012-08-28

English

Subject field(s)
  • Information Processing (Informatics)
  • Computer Programs and Programming
  • Artificial Intelligence
  • Education Theory and Methods
DEF

An individual unit or module that is utilized by higher level programs or modules.

CONT

The components of the framework, which correspond to generic tasks, are called building blocks. The building blocks should be general problem solvers for respective problem spaces in which they are defined.

CONT

... expert systems should be constructed by using sophisticated building blocks which reflect inherent properties of the tasks. ... Among several issues, a building block for student modeling is an essential one, since performance of an ITS depends largely on how well it knows about students.

OBS

building block: term and definition standardized by the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE).

French

Domaine(s)
  • Traitement de l'information (Informatique)
  • Programmes et programmation (Informatique)
  • Intelligence artificielle
  • Théories et méthodes pédagogiques
DEF

Unité ou module individuel utilisé par les programmes ou modules de niveau plus élevé.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Tratamiento de la información (Informática)
  • Programas y programación (Informática)
  • Inteligencia artificial
  • Teorías y métodos pedagógicos
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Record 3 2011-05-20

English

Subject field(s)
  • Masonry Materials
DEF

A masonry unit (other than brick) having a rectangular form and made of a material suitable for use in building construction, such as burnt clay, cement, concrete, glass, or gypsum.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Matériaux de maçonnerie

Spanish

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Record 4 2010-09-09

English

Subject field(s)
  • General Vocabulary
CONT

The annual fund is the building block for all fund raising. It serves to establish a base of donors that can serve as an effective device to involve, inform, and bond a constituency to the organization.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Vocabulaire général
CONT

Le coût des analyses objectives ou subjectives pour déterminer la sécurité et la qualité des produits de la pêche est une composante de base des coûts d'évaluation.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Vocabulario general
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Record 5 2003-08-21

English

Subject field(s)
  • Biochemistry
  • Chemistry
CONT

... amino acids, an important family of biomolecules ... serve primarily as building blocks of proteins.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Biochimie
  • Chimie
CONT

[...] les aminoacides, une famille importante de biomolécules, [...] servent essentiellement d'éléments constitutifs des protéines.

CONT

[une macromolécule est une] molécule, dans laquelle existe généralement un ou plusieurs motifs structurals constitués par des groupements d'atomes répétés un très grand nombre de fois.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Bioquímica
  • Química
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Record 6 1998-03-13

English

Subject field(s)
  • Foreign Trade
CONT

The definition in ISO/IEC Guide 2 is not self-contained, but based on the so-called "building block" system.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Commerce extérieur
CONT

La définition figurant dans le Guide ISO/CEI 2 n'est pas autonome mais s'inscrit dans le cadre du système dit du «jeu de construction».

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Comercio exterior
CONT

La definición que figura en la Guía 2 de la ISO/CEI no es independiente, pues está basada en el sistema denominado de los "bloques de construcción".

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Record 7 1995-03-31

English

Subject field(s)
  • Census

French

Domaine(s)
  • Recensement
OBS

Source(s) : Glossaire du recensement de 1991 - version du 31 mars 1995.

Key term(s)
  • unité de base (géocodage)

Spanish

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Record 8 1976-06-19

English

Subject field(s)
  • Aeroindustry
OBS

(Electronics)

French

Domaine(s)
  • Constructions aéronautiques

Spanish

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Record 9 1976-06-19

English

Subject field(s)
  • Masonry Materials

French

Domaine(s)
  • Matériaux de maçonnerie
OBS

(Méta, no. 4, décembre 1970)

Spanish

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