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Filter results by subject field Alphabetical list of terms

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Alphabetical list of terms

Record 1 2023-12-07

English

Subject field(s)
  • Life Cycle (Informatics)
  • Operating Systems (Software)
DEF

Pertaining to a process or system that can be augmented.

OBS

open-ended: designation and definition standardized by the Canadian Standards Association (CSA).

French

Domaine(s)
  • Cycle de vie (Informatique)
  • Systèmes d'exploitation (Logiciels)
DEF

Qualifie un processus ou un système qui admet des extensions éventuelles.

OBS

extensible; ouvert : désignations et définition normalisées par l'Association canadienne de normalisation (CSA).

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Ciclo de vida (Informática)
  • Sistemas operativos (Soporte lógico)
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Record 2 2016-03-08

English

Subject field(s)
  • General Scientific and Technical Vocabulary
  • General Vocabulary
DEF

Capable of being extended or stretched out; capable of being enlarged in length, area, or duration, or in range or scope of meaning or operation.

OBS

The Webster's Third New International Dictionary considers this word as being equivalent to the word expandable.

OBS

expandable: This word appears neither in the Oxford English Dictionary (1970 reissue), nor in the 1978 Supplement to the said dictionary.

OBS

expandible: This word appears neither in the Oxford English Dictionary (1970 reissue), nor in the 1978 Supplement to the said dictionary.

Key term(s)
  • open ended

French

Domaine(s)
  • Vocabulaire technique et scientifique général
  • Vocabulaire général
DEF

Qui peut être étendu: Les métaux sont extensibles à divers degrés; et, au fig.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Vocabulario técnico y científico general
  • Vocabulario general
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