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multiplex [6 records]

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Record 1 2005-04-12

English

Subject field(s)
  • Showplaces and Facilities (Performing Arts)
  • Cinematography
DEF

A cinema complex incorporating a number of auditoria on the same site.

OBS

The term "multiplex cinema complex" is mostly used in the Commonwealth.

Key term(s)
  • multiplex theatre complex

French

Domaine(s)
  • Salles et installations de spectacles
  • Cinématographie
DEF

Ensemble de salles de projection cinématographique et d'espaces commerciaux établis sous un même toit et exploités sous une même enseigne.

Spanish

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Record 2 2004-08-27

English

Subject field(s)
  • Telecommunications Transmission
  • Life Cycle (Informatics)
DEF

To interleave or simultaneously transmit two or more messages on a single channel.

CONT

The trend (although it complicates the system design and timing) is to multiplex the address or data bus to reduce the number of pin connections.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Transmission (Télécommunications)
  • Cycle de vie (Informatique)
DEF

Entrelacer ou transmettre simultanément plusieurs messages sur une voie unique.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Transmisión (Telecomunicaciones)
  • Ciclo de vida (Informática)
DEF

[Usar] un solo canal para transmitir varios mensajes mediante la división de frecuencias o por el multiplexado de división de tiempo.

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Record 3 2003-09-08

English

Subject field(s)
  • Information Processing (Informatics)
  • Telecommunications Transmission
  • Air Traffic Control
DEF

Qualifies a transmission facility so arranged that two or more messages can be transmitted simultaneously.

OBS

multiplex: term officially approved by the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO).

French

Domaine(s)
  • Traitement de l'information (Informatique)
  • Transmission (Télécommunications)
  • Circulation et trafic aériens
DEF

Se dit d'un système permettant de transmettre d'un point à un autre des signaux indépendants assemblés en un seul signal composite à patir duquel ils peuvent être restitués.

OBS

multiplex : terme uniformisé par l'Organisation de l'aviation civile internationale (OACI).

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Tratamiento de la información (Informática)
  • Transmisión (Telecomunicaciones)
  • Control de tránsito aéreo
DEF

Se dice de una facilidad de transmisión dispuesta de tal modo que se pueden transmitir simultáneamente dos o más mensajes.

OBS

múltiplex: término aceptado oficialmente por la Organización de Aviación Civil Internacional (OACI).

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Record 4 2003-09-08

English

Subject field(s)
  • Telecommunications Transmission
DEF

A stream of all the digital data carrying one or more services within a single physical channel.

OBS

The J system modulation plan involved the first use of the 60-to-180 kHz 12-channel group band, which has become a Bell system and worldwide standard building block for multiplex equipment.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Transmission (Télécommunications)
DEF

Flux de toutes les données numériques véhiculant un ou plusieurs services sur un canal physique unique.

OBS

La commutation temporelle MIC [modulation par impulsions et codage] consiste à répartir les échantillons arrivant sur les multiplex entrants dans les voies convenables des multiplex sortants.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Transmisión (Telecomunicaciones)
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Record 5 2002-10-23

English

Subject field(s)
  • Audio Technology
DEF

Transmission of two or more channels on a single carrier so that they may be recovered independently by a tuner. In fm stereo, transmission of left-plus-right (sum) signal and left-minus-right (difference) signal on main carrier and subcarrier, respectively. The multiplex decoder in the tuner recovers independent left and right stereo channels from the multiplex signal.

Key term(s)
  • multiplexing

French

Domaine(s)
  • Électroacoustique
DEF

Transmission radio en modulation de fréquence de deux canaux par l'intermédiaire d'une porteuse afin qu'ils puissent être indépendamment perçus par un récepteur (ou tuner) F.M. stéréo.

Spanish

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Record 6 1986-03-11

English

Subject field(s)
  • Military (General)

French

Domaine(s)
  • Militaire (Généralités)

Spanish

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