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Record 1 1985-04-24

English

Subject field(s)
  • Equipment (Oil and Natural Gas Extraction)
CONT

Oil well cartridges are tubular devices consisting of a thin fiber, metal or composition shell, each containing not more than 22.7 grams (350 grains) of propellant powder and having no ignition device or element.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Outillage (Extraction du pétrole et du gaz)

Spanish

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Record 2 2004-09-09

English

Subject field(s)
  • Storage Media (Data Processing)
  • Electronic Warfare
DEF

An error caused by the failure to read a binary character, when data are stored in or retrieved from a magnetic storage device.

OBS

Drop-outs are usually caused by defects in or the presence of particles on the magnetic surface layer.

OBS

drop-out: term standardized by CSA International and ISO.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Supports d'information (Informatique)
  • Guerre électronique
DEF

Incident se produisant lors du stockage ou de l'extraction de données dans une mémoire magnétique, et qui se traduit par la perte d'un caractère binaire à la lecture.

OBS

La perte d'information est généralement provoquée par un défaut de la couche magnétique ou par la présence de particules étrangères sur la surface.

OBS

perte d'information : terme normalisé par la CSA International et l'ISO.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Medios de almacenamiento (Procesamiento de datos)
  • Guerra electrónica
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