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VMS [8 records]

Record 1 2024-05-30

English

Subject field(s)
  • Applications of Automation
  • Animal Husbandry
  • Cheese and Dairy Products
CONT

Milking robots are automatic milking systems where milking is performed without direct participation of an operator. The cows are milked throughout the day, including 1 or 2 h needed for cleaning the equipment. An average number of milkings per day is 2.5–3. The result is by 10–15% higher production. Cows may visit a milking robot voluntarily or they may be directed to do it through automatic gates. Generally in barns with a milking robot, cows are kept indoors all year.

OBS

When a cow enters the machine, an electronic ear tag or collar will trigger the computer as to what milking this would be and if she is really ready. A robotic arm then swings under her udder. The teats are then washed using rollers.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Automatisation et applications
  • Élevage des animaux
  • Laiterie, beurrerie et fromagerie
CONT

Quel que soit le modèle considéré, le robot de traite est un automate constitué par un bloc de traite et par un bloc de distribution de concentrés. C'est un équipement programmable qui permet d'effectuer la traite des vaches laitières sans intervention directe de l'éleveur : toutes les opérations sont entièrement automatisées, en particulier la pose du faisceau trayeur.

OBS

Le robot de traite se compose de six modules principaux : stalle de traite; système de détection des trayons; bras robotisé pour le branchement de l'unité de traite; système de nettoyage des trayons; système de contrôle comprenant des capteurs et des logiciels; matériel de traite.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Automatización y aplicaciones
  • Cría de ganado
  • Productos lácteos
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Record 2 2021-07-06

English

Subject field(s)
  • Satellite Telecommunications
  • Regulations (Water Transport)
  • Commercial Fishing
DEF

... a satellite-based, near real-time, positional tracking system used to monitor the location of vessels and [their] movement.

CONT

DFO [Department of Fisheries and Oceans] uses VMS to improve its ability to monitor vessel positions and compliance with current fisheries regulations (such as closed areas) and to guide enforcement activities. VMS provides the latitude, longitude, date and time of vessel locations and, depending on the type of unit, course and speed.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Télécommunications par satellite
  • Réglementation (Transport par eau)
  • Pêche commerciale
DEF

[...] système de suivi de position par satellite, en temps quasi réel, utilisé pour surveiller la position des navires et leurs mouvements.

CONT

Le MPO [ministère des Pêches et Océans] utilise le SSN pour améliorer sa capacité de surveillance de la position des navires et du respect de la réglementation actuelle sur les pêches (notamment les zones fermées) et pour orienter les activités d'application de la loi. Le SSN fournit la latitude, la longitude, la date et l'heure de la position du navire et, selon le type d'unité, le cap et la vitesse.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Telecomunicaciones por satélite
  • Reglamentación (Transporte por agua)
  • Pesca comercial
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Record 3 2018-05-04

English

Subject field(s)
  • Private-Sector Bodies and Committees
  • Medical Staff
OBS

[The] mandate is ... : To promote good health and act as an advocate on health issues. To promote good and appropriate medical practice in accord with the code of ethics. To promote the good name of medicine. To promote continuing medical education. To promote fellowship and good relations within the profession and with the public. To help, as much as possible, any member in distress from any cause. To advocate for any doctor or group of doctors subjected to injustice; and to mediate, when requested, in disputes and differences between local medical groups or individuals. ... To cooperate with [Doctors of BC], [the Canadian Medical Association (CMA)] and [the] College of Physicians and Surgeons of BC [British Columbia].

OBS

The Victoria Medico-Chirurgical Society was founded in 1895, laying the ground work for what is now known as the Victoria Medical Society.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Organismes et comités du secteur privé
  • Personnel médical

Spanish

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Record 4 2011-06-28

English

Subject field(s)
  • Signalling (Road Transport)
CONT

Variable message signs are lighted devices that are used to send various messages to highway users in real time. These messages are related to ongoing roadwork, traffic conditions, and highway conditions, and are used to report accidents and incidents.

OBS

changeable message sign; CMS: term and abbreviation recommended by the Terminology Committee and standardized by the Validation Committee of the Sustainable Mobility Glossary.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Signalisation routière
CONT

Les panneaux à messages variables sont des dispositifs lumineux permettant de transmettre différents messages en temps réel aux usagers de la route. Ces messages sont liés à l'évolution des travaux en cours, aux conditions de circulation, aux conditions routières, ainsi qu'au signalement des accidents et des incidents.

OBS

panneau à messages variables; PMV : terme et abréviation recommandés par le Comité de terminologie et normalisés par le Comité de validation du Lexique de la mobilité durable.

Key term(s)
  • panneau à message variable

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Señales (Transporte por carretera)
DEF

Señalización cuya finalidad es mostrar un mensaje entre varios que pueden ser cambiados o suprimidos según se precise.

OBS

señal de mensaje variable; señal variable: términos utilizados por la Asociación Mundial de la Carretera.

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Record 5 2008-10-27

English

Subject field(s)
  • Telecommunications
DEF

A system employing a voice mailbox to allow spoken messages to be left.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Télécommunications
Key term(s)
  • système d'audiomessagerie

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Telecomunicaciones
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Record 6 2006-03-21

English

Subject field(s)
  • Operating Systems (Software)
CONT

Virtual memory systems have been used in large system-development programs, allowing programmers to write programs as if memory capacity were unlimited. The operating system keeps the pages of the program on disk and out of use until required. Each page is loaded into the system when called for by the program.

OBS

A DEC [Digital Equipment Corporation] proprietary operating system for VAX computers.

OBS

Virtual memory : a memory technique that transfers information one page at a time between primary and secondary memory, and adds only the page-swapping time to the operating time.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Systèmes d'exploitation (Logiciels)
OBS

Utilisé par les ordinateurs VAX de Digital Equipment.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Sistemas operativos (Soporte lógico)
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Record 7 2005-11-29

English

Subject field(s)
  • Metals Mining
DEF

An ore deposit typically comprising a lens of massive sulphide minerals ... formed by volcanic processes normally on the sea-floor.

OBS

VMS deposits are important sources of copper, lead and zinc.

Key term(s)
  • volcanic-associated massive sulfide

French

Domaine(s)
  • Mines métalliques
CONT

La propriété est située dans un terrain volcanique archéen de rhyolites-andésites (Groupe de Blake River), donc un environnement géologique très propice à la découverte de gisements de cuivre-zinc de type SMV (sulfures massifs volcanogéniques).

Spanish

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Record 8 1997-11-11

English

Subject field(s)
  • System Names
  • Types of Ships and Boats
  • Management Control
OBS

USA proposal to standardise the vessel tracking system that operates in its own costal waters.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Noms de systèmes
  • Types de bateaux
  • Contrôle de gestion

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Nombres de sistemas
  • Tipos de barcos
  • Control de gestión
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