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AFFECTATION MEMOIRE [2 records]

Record 1 2012-06-15

English

Subject field(s)
  • Computer Programs and Programming
  • Computer Memories
DEF

The assignment of storage areas to specified data. [Definition standardized by ISO and officially approved by GESC.]

OBS

storage allocation: term standardized by ISO and officially approved by the Government EDP (Electronic Data Processing) Standards Committee (GESC).

French

Domaine(s)
  • Programmes et programmation (Informatique)
  • Mémoires (Informatique)
DEF

Assignation de zones de mémoires à des données déterminées. [Définition normalisée par l’ISO et uniformisée par le CNGI.]

OBS

attribution de mémoire : terme normalisé par l’ISO et uniformisé par le Comité des normes gouvernementales en informatique (CNGI).

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Programas y programación (Informática)
  • Memorias (Computadoras)
DEF

Proceso que consiste en asignar programas específicos, segmentos de programas y/o bloque de datos a determinadas áreas de los diferentes medios de almacenamiento en una computadora (ordenador).

OBS

Dicha asignación es una de las funciones que deben realizarse durante la preparación de un programa, y una de las operaciones efectuadas por un compilador es la de determinar las áreas específicas asignadas.

Key term(s)
  • distribución de memoria
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Record 2 1979-09-06

English

Subject field(s)
  • Government Accounting
OBS

The following situations may be appropriate for the use of memorandum allocations: to record fixed assets which are not included in the accounts of Canada; to record liabilities or reserves such as provisions for declining values in inventories, depreciation, or doubtful accounts; to charge depreciation to responsibility centres; and to record costs charged to other appropriations or fiscal years.

OBS

allocation: In accounting, allocation is the spreading of an income or expense but not necessarily on a "time" basis.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Comptabilité publique
OBS

affectation: Destination, application à un usage déterminé: Affectation (...) d'une somme à telle dépense.

Spanish

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