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MFA [15 records]

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Record 1 2023-11-18

English

Subject field(s)
  • IT Security
CONT

Multifactor authentication (MFA) is a security technology that requires multiple methods of authentication from independent categories of credentials to verify a user's identity for a login or other transaction. Multifactor authentication combines two or more independent credentials: what the user knows, such as a password; what the user has, such as a security token; and what the user is, by using biometric verification methods.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Sécurité des TI
DEF

Confirmation de l'identité déclarée d'un utilisateur en utilisant au moins deux composantes d'identification qui ne font pas partie de la même catégorie.

OBS

Les composantes d'identification («facteurs d'authentification») entrent habituellement dans l'une des catégories suivantes : quelque chose que l'utilisateur sait (p. ex. un mot de passe), quelque chose qui est inhérent à l'utilisateur (p. ex. une empreinte digitale) ou quelque chose que l'utilisateur possède (p. ex. un dispositif devant être connecté à l'ordinateur utilisé).

Key term(s)
  • authentification multi-facteur
  • authentification multi-factorielle

Spanish

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Record 2 2020-01-23

English

Subject field(s)
  • Social Services and Social Work
CONT

The mutual family assessment (MFA) ... is a consolidation of information gathered with the applicants through joint in-home consultations that includes information gathered from the completion of PRIDE [Parent Resource for Information, Development and Education] training and PRIDE Caring for Aboriginal Children.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Services sociaux et travail social

Spanish

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Record 3 2019-06-25

English

Subject field(s)
  • International Bodies and Committees
  • Protection of Farm Animals
  • Aquaculture
  • Commercial Fishing
OBS

Mercy For Animals exists to end ... the exploitation of animals for food, in particular, industrial animal agriculture, aquaculture, and fishing. These forms of food production cause ... animal suffering and have detrimental effects on the planet and [on] people. MFA is dedicated to eradicating this ... food system and replacing it with one that is not just kind to animals but [one that is] essential for the future of [the] planet ...

French

Domaine(s)
  • Organismes et comités internationaux
  • Protection des animaux (Agric.)
  • Aquaculture
  • Pêche commerciale

Spanish

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Record 4 2018-03-08

English

Subject field(s)
  • Titles of Laws and Regulations
  • Taxation
  • Sales (Marketing)
  • Market Prices
OBS

The Marketplace Fairness Act is [a] proposed legislation pending in the United States Congress that would enable state governments to collect sales taxes and use taxes from remote retailers with no physical presence in their state.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Titres de lois et de règlements
  • Fiscalité
  • Vente
  • Prix (Commercialisation)
OBS

Ce projet de loi conférerait aux États l'autorité, à certaines conditions, d'exiger des fournisseurs situés en dehors de leurs frontières qu'ils prélèvent la taxe à la consommation sur leurs ventes.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Títulos de leyes y reglamentos
  • Sistema tributario
  • Ventas (Comercialización)
  • Precios (Comercialización)
OBS

La Ley de Equidad del Mercado requerirá, si se aprueba, que los minoristas de Internet con más de 1 millón de dólares en ventas anuales cobren impuestos sobre las ventas y envíen luego el dinero recaudado en los Estados (de EEUU) de los clientes respectivos.

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Record 5 2013-08-30

English

Subject field(s)
  • Chemical Elements and Compounds
Universal entry(ies)
C2H3FO2
formula, see observation
144-49-0
CAS number
OBS

fluoroacetic acid: form recommended by the IUPAC (International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry) for the systematic name corresponding to the CAS number indicated on the present record.

OBS

alpha: This word must be replaced by the corresponding Greek character or italicized.

OBS

Chemical formula: C2H3FO2

Key term(s)
  • a-fluoroacetic acid

French

Domaine(s)
  • Éléments et composés chimiques
Entrée(s) universelle(s)
C2H3FO2
formula, see observation
144-49-0
CAS number
OBS

acide fluoroacétique : forme recommandée par l'UICPA (Union internationale de chimie pure et appliquée) pour le nom systématique correspondant au numéro CAS indiqué sur la présente fiche.

OBS

alpha : Ce mot doit être remplacé par la lettre grecque correspondante ou s'écrire en italique.

OBS

Formule chimique : C2H3FO2

Key term(s)
  • acide a-fluoroacétique

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Elementos y compuestos químicos
Entrada(s) universal(es)
C2H3FO2
formula, see observation
144-49-0
CAS number
OBS

Fórmula química: C2H3FO2

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Record 6 2012-05-28

English

Subject field(s)
  • Air Traffic Control
  • Air Space Control
DEF

An airspace of defined dimension within the high level airspace designated for the use of military training and testing.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Circulation et trafic aériens
  • Contrôle de l'espace aérien
DEF

Volume d'espace aérien, de dimensions définies, à l'intérieur de l'espace aérien de haute altitude, affecté aux cours de pilotage et aux essais.

Spanish

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Record 7 2003-06-04

English

Subject field(s)
  • Titles of Laws and Regulations
  • Foreign Trade
  • Textile Industries
DEF

Textile trade agreement created within GATT in 1972 that substituted the previous Long Term Agreement in force since 1962. The new agreement is designed to promote trade of key textile products.

OBS

Definition reproduced from the CAPITAL Business Dictionary with the permission of LID Editorial Empresarial.

Key term(s)
  • Multifibre Agreement

French

Domaine(s)
  • Titres de lois et de règlements
  • Commerce extérieur
  • Industries du textile
OBS

Accord général sur les tarifs douaniers et le commerce (GATT).

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Títulos de leyes y reglamentos
  • Comercio exterior
  • Industrias textiles
OBS

Acuerdo sobre el comercio de textiles que se creó en el seno del GATT en 1972 en sustitución del anterior Acuerdo a Largo Plazo existente desde 1962. Este nuevo acuerdo pretende la expansión del comercio de los productos textiles sensibles.

OBS

Acuerdo Multifibras; AMF: términos y definición extraídos del CAPITAL Business Dictionary con la autorización de LID Editorial Empresarial.

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Record 8 2002-02-28

English

Subject field(s)
  • Regional and Municipal Gov. Bodies and Committees
  • Finance
OBS

The establishment of the Municipal Financial Authority was a recognition that it made economic sense for individual municipalities and regional districts to borrow together as a group and to guarantee each others' credit.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Organismes et comités de gouv. régionaux ou municipaux
  • Finances

Spanish

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Record 9 1999-05-10

English

Subject field(s)
  • Fire Warning Devices
DEF

A false alarm of fire deliberately sounded to inconvenience the fire department and to cause a disturbance or "excitement" rather than one sounded by accident or error.

OBS

As opposed to accidental false alarm.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Alarme-incendie
DEF

Alerte déclenchée par une personne sachant qu'il n'y a pas (ou qu'il n'y a plus) de situation dangereuse.

OBS

L'alarme a pour objet de déclencher, dans le délai le plus court, l'intervention des secours intérieurs et de donner l'alerte. L'alerte a pour objet d'appeler immédiatement les secours extérieurs, les sapeurs-pompiers.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Alarmas de incendios
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Record 10 1998-07-28

English

Subject field(s)
  • Non-Gov. Provincial Bodies and Committees (Canadian)

French

Domaine(s)
  • Organismes et comités provinciaux non gouv. canadiens

Spanish

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Record 11 1998-07-11

English

Subject field(s)
  • Regional and Municipal Gov. Bodies and Committees

French

Domaine(s)
  • Organismes et comités de gouv. régionaux ou municipaux

Spanish

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Record 12 1996-08-20

English

Subject field(s)
  • International Bodies and Committees
  • Finance
OBS

Bank of Canada.

Key term(s)
  • Department of Monetary and Financial Analysis

French

Domaine(s)
  • Organismes et comités internationaux
  • Finances
OBS

Banque du Canada.

Spanish

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Record 13 1994-07-31

English

Subject field(s)
  • Ovens, Furnaces and Boilers (Heating)

French

Domaine(s)
  • Fours et chaudières (Chauffage)

Spanish

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Record 14 1993-02-02

English

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

French

Domaine(s)
  • Organismes et comités nationaux non canadiens

Spanish

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Record 15 1986-02-07

English

Subject field(s)
  • Air Terminals

French

Domaine(s)
  • Aérogares

Spanish

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