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PROPRIETARY SYSTEM [3 records]

Record 1 2000-06-23

English

Subject field(s)
  • Informatics
CONT

Disintermediation has been going on for some years ... with the spread of telephone banking and PC-based proprietary systems; but the Internet enlarges its scope.

Key term(s)
  • PC-based system

French

Domaine(s)
  • Informatique
DEF

Système d'exploitation ou architecture conçu pour un matériel ou un ensemble de matériels d'un constructeur donné.

OBS

On trouve aussi dans l'usage le terme système exclusif constructeur.

OBS

Le terme système propriétaire est déconseillé.

Spanish

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Record 2 1994-01-26

English

Subject field(s)
  • Corporate Security
  • Security Devices
  • Fire Safety
DEF

A private emergency, fire alarm, and communications system connected to a central guard room and not to a public or commercial station.

OBS

in which the signal is relayed to a central location owned, manned and operated by the proprietor or his agents.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Sécurité générale de l'entreprise
  • Dispositifs de sécurité
  • Sécurité incendie
CONT

Un système privé peut être rendu plus efficace et recevoir, de ce fait, une cote supérieure de la part de l'assureur lorsqu'on y adjoint une ligne directe reliée à un poste central, de surveillance, de police ou de pompiers.

Spanish

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Record 3 1981-10-20

English

Subject field(s)
  • Management Operations (General)

French

Domaine(s)
  • Opérations de la gestion (Généralités)

Spanish

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