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WRITER [8 records]

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Record 1 - external organization data 2023-01-26

English

Subject field(s)
  • Compartment - National Occupational Classification (NOC)

French

Domaine(s)
  • Tiroir – Classification nationale des professions (CNP)

Spanish

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Record 2 2018-01-12

English

Subject field(s)
  • Occupation Names
  • Naval Forces
  • Water Transport

French

Domaine(s)
  • Désignations des emplois
  • Forces navales
  • Transport par eau
OBS

Au Québec, la désignation «commis» est épicène, c'est-à-dire à la fois masculine et féminine. En Europe, le féminin «commise» est employé.

OBS

commis chef du bord : désignation uniformisée par le Comité de normalisation de la terminologie navale.

Spanish

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Record 3 2015-09-30

English

Subject field(s)
  • Painting (Arts)
  • Criminology
  • Handwriting Analysis and Cryptography
CONT

Controversies that surround graffiti continue to create disagreement amongst city officials, law enforcement, and writers who wish to display and appreciate work in public locations.

CONT

[Most] graffiti writers maintain a hierarchy of sorts; a tag can legitimately be covered by a throw-up, and a throw-up by a piece, and this is commonly done without incident. If a piece has previously been slashed (or "dissed"), it is also acceptable for another writer to go over it.

Key term(s)
  • graf writer

French

Domaine(s)
  • Peinture (Arts)
  • Criminologie
  • Graphologie et cryptographie
DEF

Personne [ou] artiste qui réalise des graffs à la bombe de peinture.

CONT

Les tunnels des réseaux de transports en commun souterrains sont [les lieux] appréciés par les graffeurs.

Spanish

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Record 4 2004-07-28

English

Subject field(s)
  • Occupation Names (General)
  • Television Arts
  • Cinematography
DEF

The writer of a script for a film.

OBS

The Dictionary of New Media is available at: <a href="http://hepdigital.com/" title="http://hepdigital.com">http://hepdigital.com</a>

French

Domaine(s)
  • Désignations des emplois (Généralités)
  • Télévision (Arts du spectacle)
  • Cinématographie
DEF

Personne qui rédige des scénarios.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Nombramiento de cargos (Generalidades)
  • Televisión (Artes escénicas)
  • Cinematografía
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Record 5 2001-01-01

English

Subject field(s)
  • Occupation Names (General)
  • Literature
OBS

In the National Occupational Classification (NOC), an official occupational title in Group 5121 - Authors and Writers.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Désignations des emplois (Généralités)
  • Littérature
OBS

Dans la Classification nationale des professions (CNP), titre de profession officiel dans le Groupe 5121 - Auteurs/auteures, rédacteurs/rédactrices et écrivains/écrivaines.

Spanish

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Record 6 1999-09-21

English

Subject field(s)
  • Banking
  • Negotiable Instruments (Commercial Law)
  • Foreign Trade
DEF

The person who signs and issues a cheque, draft or bill of exchange.

CONT

Any party, such as an individual, proprietorship, partnership, or corporation who draws a draft or check upon another "legal entity" for the payment of funds is known as the drawer of a draft, or the maker of the instrument.

OBS

Compare with "payer".

French

Domaine(s)
  • Banque
  • Effets de commerce (Droit)
  • Commerce extérieur
DEF

Personne qui émet une lettre de change et donne l'ordre au tiré de payer une certaine somme à un tiers.

OBS

On parle de «tireur» dans le cas d'une lettre de change ou d'un chèque et de «souscripteur» dans le cas d'un billet.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Operaciones bancarias
  • Instrumentos negociables (Derecho mercantil)
  • Comercio exterior
DEF

Una de las tres personas que intervienen en la letra de cambio. Se encarga de girar la orden incondicional para que el girado pague una determinada cantidad de dinero al beneficiario.

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Record 7 1985-10-16

English

Subject field(s)
  • Computer Programs and Programming
DEF

The output control portion of a job entry system that sends reports to the printer and controls the spool.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Programmes et programmation (Informatique)

Spanish

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Record 8 1985-04-23

English

Subject field(s)
  • Titles of Documents and Works
  • Informatics
OBS

There is one WRITER job for each device on which the Output Writer is started.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Titres de documents et d'œuvres
  • Informatique

Spanish

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