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DUPLEXING [4 records]

Record 1 2012-11-22

English

Subject field(s)
  • Storage Media (Data Processing)
DEF

A fault-tolerant technique that writes simultaneously to two hard disks using different controllers.

CONT

A variant of RAID 1 is duplexing, which duplicates the controller card as well as the drive, providing tolerance against failures of either a drive or a controller. It is much less commonly seen than straight mirroring.

OBS

Enables the duplication of data on a drive attached to a disk controller onto another drive attached to another disk controller.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Supports d'information (Informatique)
DEF

Écriture simultanée sur deux disques gérés par un contrôleur different [...]

Spanish

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Record 2 2011-06-20

English

Subject field(s)
  • Foundry Practice
DEF

The combination of two processes for melting or refining a metal. Steel may be melted in an open-hearth furnace and refined in an electric furnace. Iron may be melted in a cupola and subsequently passed to an electric furnace for further treatment.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Fonderie
DEF

Fusion et traitement à l'état liquide d'un métal dans deux appareils distincts.

Spanish

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Record 3 2007-07-03

English

Subject field(s)
  • Printing Processes - Various
  • Reprography
DEF

[The process of] imaging onto both sides of a piece of paper.

OBS

This usually implies automatic duplexing which requires extra hardware in the copier or printer. The rare alternative is manual duplexing.

Key term(s)
  • double sided printing

French

Domaine(s)
  • Procédés d'impression divers
  • Reprographie
PHR

Impression recto verso automatique, manuelle.

Spanish

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Record 4 2000-07-20

English

Subject field(s)
  • Telecommunications
  • Air Transport
OBS

duplexing: term officially approved by the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO).

French

Domaine(s)
  • Télécommunications
  • Transport aérien
OBS

duplexage : terme uniformisé par l'Organisation de l'aviation civile internationale (OACI).

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Telecomunicaciones
  • Transporte aéreo
OBS

duplexión; duplexaje : términos aceptados oficialmente por la Organización de Aviación Civil Internacional (OACI).

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