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NONSTANDARD [2 records]

Record 1 2012-05-02

English

Subject field(s)
  • Computer Mathematics
CONT

Nonstandard label.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Mathématiques informatiques
OBS

L'option de non-normalisation, qui consiste à ne pas normaliser (...) le résultat des opérations arithmétiques, permet, théoriquement, d'identifier les pertes de précision qui sont dues notamment aux soustractions de nombres qui sont presque égaux.

Spanish

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Record 2 1979-10-02

English

Subject field(s)
  • Lexicology, Lexicography, Terminology
OBS

A stylistic label indicating a language level that does not conform to the standard language of the community in grammatical construction, idiom or word choice. Ex. slang ("bread" for "money"), illiteracies ("ain't" for "is not").

French

Domaine(s)
  • Lexicologie, lexicographie et terminologie
OBS

Marque sociale d'un terme dont l'utilisation est propre au peuple. L'argot est une forme hermétique de langage populaire. Ex.: Les termes populaires dopé et camé désignent une personne qui s'adonne à la drogue.

Spanish

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