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MAINSTREAM [5 records]

Record 1 2016-04-22

English

Subject field(s)
  • General Vocabulary
DEF

A major or prevailing trend, as of thought, action, literature, music, etc.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Vocabulaire général

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Vocabulario general
OBS

corriente mayoritaria; tendencia mayoritaria: La Fundación del Español Urgente (Fundéu BBVA), con el asesoramiento de la Real Academia Española, recomienda giros como "corriente mayoritaria" o "tendencia mayoritaria" como alternativas al anglicismo "mainstream".

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Record 2 2006-03-21

English

Subject field(s)
  • Informatics
DEF

Standard, usual, of ordinary flavor.

CONT

It's just a vanilla terminal; it does't have any interesting features.

OBS

This word differs from canonical in that the latter means "the thing you always use (or the way you always do it) unless you have some strong reason to do otherwise," whereas "vanilla" simply means "ordinary".

French

Domaine(s)
  • Informatique
DEF

Parfum (flavor) ordinaire, standard.

CONT

La version ordinaire (vanilla) d'UNIX Version 7 ne peut pas fonctionner sur un 11134 ordinaire (vanilla).

OBS

Ce mot diffère de canonique (canonical) qui signifie «par défaut», vanilla décrivant simplement quelque chose d'ordinaire.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Informática
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Record 3 2000-02-29

English

Subject field(s)
  • Special Education

French

Domaine(s)
  • Éducation spéciale
OBS

Opposé à enseignement destiné à l'enfance en difficulté.

OBS

[...] les résultats scolaires des retardés sont, en moyenne, inférieurs à ceux des sujets en cours réguliers d'études.

Spanish

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Record 4 1993-01-04

English

Subject field(s)
  • Organizations, Administrative Units and Committees
OBS

Offers services and products to increase employment opportunities for people with disabilities. Assists companies and organizations in their efforts to "mainstream" disabled people into employment.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Organismes, unités administratives et comités

Spanish

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Record 5 1991-10-10

English

Subject field(s)
  • Television Arts
  • Radio Arts

French

Domaine(s)
  • Télévision (Arts du spectacle)
  • Radio (Arts du spectacle)
OBS

Des émissions.

Spanish

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