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TELECOM [2 records]

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Record 1 2015-07-14

English

Subject field(s)
  • Telecommunications
  • Military Communications
DEF

Any transmission, emission or reception of signs, signals, writing, images, sounds or information of any nature by wire, cable, radio, visual, optical fiber or other electromagnetic system.

OBS

In this sense, this term is most often used in the plural. The plural form is also sometimes used to refer to telecommunication systems and equipment. However, there is nothing in English language reference materials to support this usage.

OBS

telecommunication: term standardized by the International Radio Regulations of the International Telecommunication Union (ITU) and by NATO; term officially approved by the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO).

OBS

telecommunication: term and definition standardized by the Translation Bureau and the Office of Critical Infrastructure Protection and Emergency Preparedness (OCIPEP).

French

Domaine(s)
  • Télécommunications
  • Transmissions militaires
DEF

Toute transmission, émission ou réception de signes, de signaux, d'inscriptions, d'images, de sons ou d'informations, de quelque nature qu'ils soient, par fil, câble, radio, système visuel, fibre optique ou autre système électromagnétique.

OBS

Dans ce sens, le terme «télécommunication» s'utilise toujours au singulier. Au pluriel, il désigne l'ensemble des systèmes [...] assurant cette fonction.

OBS

télécommunication : terme normalisé dans les Règlements des radiocommunications de l'Union internationale des télécommunications (UIT) et par l'OTAN; terme uniformisé par le Comité de terminologie française du Conseil de doctrine et de tactique de l'Armée de terre et par l'Organisation de l'aviation civile internationale (OACI).

OBS

télécommunication : terme et définition normalisés par le Bureau de la traduction et le Bureau de la protection des infrastructures essentielles et de la protection civile (BPIEPC).

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Telecomunicaciones
  • Comunicaciones militares
DEF

Toda transmisión, emisión, o recepción, de signos, señales, escritos, imágenes, sonidos o informaciones de cualquier naturaleza por hilo, radioelectricidad, medios ópticos u otros sistemas electromagnéticos.

OBS

telecomunicación: término y definición aceptados oficialmente por la Organización de Aviación Civil Internacional (OACI).

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Record 2 1985-08-28

English

Subject field(s)
  • Various Proper Names
Key term(s)
  • TELECOM 83
  • TELECOM

French

Domaine(s)
  • Appellations diverses

Spanish

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