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Record 1 2013-07-22

English

Subject field(s)
  • Internet and Telematics
DEF

The marriage of CDs [compact disks] (and now DVDs [digital versatile disks]) and the Web in a way that allows the CD to generate the bandwidth-intensive multimedia elements, while the Web generates more text-based content.

CONT

Examples of Web-CD hybrids are WebCT, WebMD, and WebTV.

OBS

Some attempts have been successful but version control, shifting Web addresses, and added technical complexity can be real mesurement and logistic problems.

OBS

Web/CD hybrid; Web-CD hybrid: The Translation Bureau recommends in its revised 2013 Linguistic Recommendation that "Web" be capitalized when it is used as a noun meaning the "World Wide Web."

French

Domaine(s)
  • Internet et télématique
OBS

CD : disque compact.

OBS

hybride Web-CD : Le Bureau de la traduction préconise dans sa Recommandation linguistique révisée en 2013 la majuscule initiale lorsque «Web» est employé en tant que nom.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Internet y telemática
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