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CONTEXTE UTILISATION [3 records]

Record 1 2025-01-30

English

Subject field(s)
  • Drugs and Drug Addiction
CONT

Contexts of use refer to physical environments where substance use occurs such as the home, school, street, workplace, entertainment venues, and correctional facilities. Context also refers to the reasons why people use substances, the meaning they attach to substance use and the cultural settings of use.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Drogues et toxicomanie
CONT

Les effets d'une drogue ne dépendent pas seulement de la substance (quantité, pureté, mode de consommation, interactions, etc.), mais aussi de l'individu qui la consomme (âge, sexe, poids, état nutritionnel, expositions antérieures, état de santé physique et mentale, attentes, émotions) ainsi que du contexte d'utilisation (lieu, moment de la journée, circonstances, entourage).

Spanish

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Record 2 2016-12-07

English

Subject field(s)
  • Computer Hardware
DEF

All of the ... supplied basic functions and the user programs that can be executed by a store controller to enable the devices in the system to perform specific operations.

OBS

operating environment: term standardized by the American National Standards Institute (ANSI).

French

Domaine(s)
  • Matériel informatique
Key term(s)
  • environnement opérationnel

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Equipo físico de computadora (Hardware)
DEF

Todas las funciones básicas y los programas de usuario, ofrecidos por la compañía manufacturera, que pueden ejecutarse por un controlador de almacenamiento para permitir que los dispositivos del sistema ejecuten operaciones específicas.

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Record 3 1979-08-07

English

Subject field(s)
  • Lexicology, Lexicography, Terminology

French

Domaine(s)
  • Lexicologie, lexicographie et terminologie

Spanish

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