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SIGNALING [2 records]

Record 1 2020-11-18

English

Subject field(s)
  • Criminology
DEF

The act of using street gang signs, signals and symbols to show affiliation to the gang.

CONT

... people of similar tastes and lifestyles converge on a Website that [displays] key signals. Gang members using such sites may be signalling and, thus, provoking visitors to join the gang.

OBS

Gangs often establish distinctive, characteristic identifiers including graffiti tags, colors, hand-signals, clothing, jewelry, hair styles, fingernails, slogans, signs such as the swastika, the noose, or the burning cross, flags, for example, the Confederate flag, secret greetings, slurs, or code words and other group-specific symbols associated with the gang's common beliefs, rituals, and mythologies to define and differentiate themselves from rival groups and gangs. As an alternative language, signs, symbols, and slurs in speech, graffiti, print, music, or other mediums communicate specific informational cues used to threaten, disparage, taunt, harass, intimidate, alarm, influence, or exact specific responses including obedience, submission, fear, or terror.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Criminologie
DEF

Utilisation de signes, de signaux et de symboles caractéristiques d'un gang de rue pour prouver son appartenance à ce gang.

CONT

[...] les personnes partageant des goûts et des modes de vie analogues convergent vers un site Web qui [expose] les principaux signalements d'appartenance. Les membres d'un gang qui utilisent ces sites peuvent signaler leur appartenance et inciter les visiteurs à joindre le gang.

CONT

C’est davantage sur le plan de l’affichage et de l’intimidation que les vêtements des détenus font sourciller [...]

Spanish

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Record 2 1983-10-12

English

Subject field(s)
  • Telephone Switching
OBS

The transmission of address (pulsing), supervision, or other switching information between stations and switching systems and between switching systems, including any information required for billing. (ENBELL, 80: 687) Signaling does not include the many and varied call-handling interactions between components within a switching system or within the more complex forms of station equipment. (ENBELL, 80: 173)

French

Domaine(s)
  • Commutation téléphonique
OBS

Technique qui véhicule de l'information concernant la supervision de circuits et de lignes, l'adresse de destination, l'acheminement, etc. entre les usagers et la commande d'un système de télécommunication afin que deux usagers puissent échanger des informations. (H.B.F.) [...] en même temps que l'on transmet la parole, il faut aussi acheminer la signalisation (appel, signaux échangés entre des commutateurs). (TECHNI, E-2870: 10)

Spanish

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