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CABLE CIRCUIT [17 records]

Record 1 2016-03-08

English

Subject field(s)
  • Security Devices
  • Audio Technology
  • Radio Broadcasting
CONT

The use of twin-conductor cables(as microphone cables) is referred to as balanced line working, to distinguish it from the single-core screened cable which uses the screen as the return wire of the circuit and is called unbalanced.... While the screen in either case will give some protection against induced signals from stray magnetic fields, the balanced line is much better from this point of view...

French

Domaine(s)
  • Dispositifs de sécurité
  • Électroacoustique
  • Radiodiffusion
DEF

Se dit d'une ligne de liaison B.F. blindée, comportant, outre une gaine blindée (qui sert uniquement de masse) deux conducteurs (aller-retour). Type de liaison professionnelle [...]

Spanish

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Record 2 2015-10-22

English

Subject field(s)
  • Electric Power Distribution
CONT

Control wiring can be any of the wiring methods allowed for power circuits within the panel with the addition of power-limited circuit cable... and communication cable...

French

Domaine(s)
  • Distribution électrique

Spanish

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Record 3 2015-02-25

English

Subject field(s)
  • Audio Technology
OBS

The use of twin-conductor cables is referred to as balanced line working, to distinguish it from the single-core screened cable which uses the screen as the return wire of the circuit and is called unbalanced...

French

Domaine(s)
  • Électroacoustique
DEF

Se dit d'une ligne de liaison B.F. blindée ne comportant, outre sa gaine blindée (qui sert de retour ou de commun), qu'un seul conducteur (point chaud). Type de liaison pour matériel «amateur» ou «semi-professionnel» mais qui sert à relier entre eux, en tout cas, les différents maillons d'une chaîne Hi-Fi.

Spanish

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Record 4 2009-01-07

English

Subject field(s)
  • Telecommunications Transmission
  • Audio Technology
  • Police
  • Intelligence (Military)
DEF

The connection of a concealed listening or recording device to a communication circuit.

CONT

Wiretapping is the preferred method of obtaining intelligence... it involves tying in to a wire or other conductor that is used for communications. This wire can be a telephone line, a PBX [private branch exchange] cable, a local area network, a CCTV [closed circuit television] video system, an alarm system, or any other communications medium.

OBS

telephone tapping: This practice is no longer limited to the use of telephone lines, but the term "telephone tapping" continues to be used to denote this concept.

Key term(s)
  • wire-tapping

French

Domaine(s)
  • Transmission (Télécommunications)
  • Électroacoustique
  • Police
  • Renseignement (Militaire)
DEF

Installation discrète d'un dispositif d'écoute ou d'enregistrement sur un circuit de télécommunications.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Transmisión (Telecomunicaciones)
  • Electroacústica
  • Policía
  • Inteligencia (militar)
DEF

Instalación de un dispositivo en las líneas telefónicas o telemáticas para captar los datos que por ellas se transmiten.

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Record 5 2008-05-23

English

Subject field(s)
  • Telecommunications Transmission
  • Public Service
DEF

A closed circuit portion of the cable communications system designed to provide communications services to Institutional Network Users...

French

Domaine(s)
  • Transmission (Télécommunications)
  • Fonction publique
DEF

Réseau de communications par câblodistribution, à vocation non commerciale, que l'on réserve à des institutions gouvernementales et para-gouvernementales.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Transmisión (Telecomunicaciones)
  • Función pública
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Record 6 2008-05-13

English

Subject field(s)
  • Space Exploration Equipment and Tools
CONT

Two redundant cable reels support the Mobile Transporter and Mobile Base System, a movable platform that allows the station's robotic arm to move back and forth along the truss during construction and maintenance work. The Trailing Umbilical System 2 cable appears to have been cut by the system designed to sever it if it ever became snarled or tangled. Video down linked from station cameras confirmed the cable was cut. The Trailing Umbilical System 1 was not affected. The inadvertent severing of the cable tripped one of two redundant circuit breakers on the S0 Truss, which provides power to the Mobile Transporter. The transporter is not scheduled to be used in the near future, but the severed Trailing Umbilical System 2 cable can be replaced through a spacewalk to provide the required redundancy.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Équipement et outillage d'exploration spatiale
CONT

Avant le début de la deuxième sortie, le Transporteur mobile (sur lequel est montée la Base mobile) passera de sa position actuelle du site de travail 4 au site de travail 5. Ce déplacement permettra aux astronautes en sortie de disposer de suffisamment d'espace pour remplacer le câble du système de liaison ombilicale (TUS), lequel avait été coupé par inadvertance en décembre 2005.

Spanish

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Record 7 2007-03-26

English

Subject field(s)
  • Security Devices
  • Information Processing (Informatics)
  • Armour
CONT

As the motor drives the turret in the azimuth, the error signal produced by the integral resolver is sent via cable assembly... to the resolver interface circuit of the azimuth motor.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Dispositifs de sécurité
  • Traitement de l'information (Informatique)
  • Arme blindée

Spanish

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Record 8 2002-09-10

English

Subject field(s)
  • Exhaust Systems (Motor Vehicles)
  • Anti-pollution Measures
OBS

Because the O2 sensor must be pre-heated to function, many newer units contain a little 12 volt heater that brings it up to temperature sooner, offering better fuel economy and driveability earlier. These sensors can be identified by the number of wires coming out of the unit. Just one wire means you don’t have a heater. Those that have three wires use one for the signal, and two for the heater circuit. Those that have four wires use one for the signal, one for the signal' s ground, and two for the heater. In this case usually the signal wire is shielded against interference, much like common television coaxial cable.

OBS

Most engines with a turbo use sensors with heaters because the turbo steals so much of the superheat energy as it uses it to pump additional air in the intake. Without the heater, the sensor should not get hot enough to give good readings, especially when the turbo is being used. The Suzuki 1.0 liter engines unfortunately do not employ a lambda sensor with a heater.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Échappement (Véhicules automobiles)
  • Mesures antipollution
OBS

Pour compléter la sonde, on peut ajouter un élément chauffant central en céramique PTC de manière à assurer une mise à température de fonctionnement plus rapide (20 à 30 secondes). Sur une sonde non chauffée, ce temps est quasiment le triple car on compte uniquement sur la température des gaz d'échappement pour porter la sonde à la température correcte. Dans ce cas, la position de la sonde sur la ligne d'échappement est encore plus délicate à déterminer. [...] La différence entre une sonde chauffée et une non chauffée se situe bien entendu dans la rapidité de mise en activité mais aussi dans la durée de vie. Ainsi les fabricants estiment la durée de vie à 80000 km pour une sonde non chauffée et à 160 000 km pour une sonde chauffée. Par ailleurs, la conception actuelle des moteurs donnant en finale de faibles débits de gaz au ralenti avec des températures basses, l'utilisation de sondes chauffées est préférable.

Spanish

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Record 9 2000-08-28

English

Subject field(s)
  • Naval Mines
  • Mine Warfare
DEF

In naval mine warfare, a magnetic cable sweep in which the salt water and the seabed form part of the electric circuit.

OBS

electrode sweep: term and definition standardized by NATO.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Mines marines
  • Guerre des mines
DEF

En guerre des mines navales, drague magnétique à câble où l'eau salée et le fond de la mer entrent dans la composition du circuit électrique.

OBS

drague à électrode: terme et définition normalisés par l'OTAN.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Minas marinas
  • Guerra de minas
DEF

En guerra naval de minas, draga magnética en la que el agua forma parte del circuito magnético.

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Record 10 2000-06-02

English

Subject field(s)
  • Demolition (Military)
  • Electric Power Distribution
DEF

The twisting of electric detonator wires or demolition cable ends together to close the circuit.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Destruction (Militaire)
  • Distribution électrique
DEF

Torsion des extrémités des fils du détonateur électrique ou des fils de mise de feu afin de fermer le circuit.

OBS

shuntage : terme et définition uniformisés par le Groupe de travail de terminologie du génie.

Spanish

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Record 11 2000-04-01

English

Subject field(s)
  • Telecommunications Facilities
CONT

The other reason for delay could be due to the fact that telecom networks in India use ’digital circuit multiplier’ equipment. This involves a combination of cable and satellites.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Installations de télécommunications

Spanish

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Record 12 1999-09-03

English

Subject field(s)
  • Printed Circuits and Microelectronics
  • Aeronautical Engineering and Maintenance
  • Electrolysis (Electrokinetics)
  • Road Construction Materials
CONT

Conductive coatings, paints, inks, and compounds are finding increasing use for such purposes as chip bonding, electrostatic shielding, corona shielding, making connections, repairing of printed circuits, attaching leads, adhesive work, ignition cable sheet coating, and marking electrodes, contacts, terminations, surface receptive to plating, hybrid circuit paths, land areas, and solderable surfaces. Conductive materials may be applied by nearly all known means including painting or brushing, dispensing, silk screening, dipping, spraying, and stenciling.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Circuits imprimés et micro-électronique
  • Aérotechnique et maintenance
  • Électrolyse (Électrocinétique)
  • Matériaux de constr. (Voies de circulation)

Spanish

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Record 13 1993-04-19

English

Subject field(s)
  • Data Transmission
  • Radio Broadcasting
DEF

A cable decoder to which an integrated circuit was added, or of which a circuit has been modified in order to receive encrypted signals without proper authorization(commonly referred to as "black box" or "black cipher" when satellite reception is involved).

French

Domaine(s)
  • Transmission de données
  • Radiodiffusion
DEF

Décodeur modifié auquel on ajoute un ou plusieurs circuits intégrés de façon à pirater les signaux de radiodiffusion.

Spanish

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Record 14 1988-09-15

English

Subject field(s)
  • Blasting Work (Mining)
DEF

Parallel Circuits-A parallel circuit is one in which the electric detonators are connected to two common points. Each detonator in a connexion of this kind offers a path for the electric current independent of all the other detonators in the circuit, and therefore calls for a higher amperage requirement than a series circuit in which there is but one path.... A parallel circuit is characterized by comparatively low voltage and high amperage requirements, and because of this it is advisable to use a heavier shot-firing cable. The disadvantage is that it is not possible to test the circuit as a whole by means of a circuit tester.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Travail aux explosifs (Exploitation minière)
CONT

Circuits en parallèle. Dans un circuit en parallèle, une tige de chaque amorce est reliée à un côté du circuit et l'autre tige à l'autre côté du circuit. Ce mode de branchement est avantageux pour pallier la présence de courants vagabonds ou d'électricité statique, car le tir prématuré ne sera provoqué que si l'intensité des courants externes est de beaucoup supérieure à celle requise pour le départ d'un seul détonateur ou d'une série de détonateurs.

Spanish

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Record 15 1984-10-01

English

Subject field(s)
  • Titles of Programs and Courses
  • Telecommunications
OBS

During 1985, a meeting... will be held to further define restoration requirements and to review the F. C. C. notice of proposed rulemaking covering a Circuit Activation Plan for US/CEPT circuits in the TAT-8 cable system.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Titres de programmes et de cours
  • Télécommunications

Spanish

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Record 16 1984-02-06

English

Subject field(s)
  • Radio Interference
DEF

the power loss sustained by a transmission medium(such as a wire, coaxial cable, optical fiber cable, or integrated optical circuit component) due to the insertion of a connector between two elements, which would not occur if the media were continuous without the connector(i. e., if there were no reflected, absorbed, dispersed, or scattered power).

French

Domaine(s)
  • Perturbations radio

Spanish

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Record 17 1981-08-28

English

Subject field(s)
  • Telecommunications Transmission
OBS

Because of the differing nature of cable systems(point-to-point circuits) and satellite systems(multipoint circuit distribution) it is not sufficient to make comparisons in terms such as :-capital outlay;-space segment investment;-incremental cost of providing a circuit.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Transmission (Télécommunications)
OBS

En raison de la nature différente des systèmes en câbles (circuits entre points fixes) et des systèmes à satellites (distribution de circuits multipoints), il ne suffit pas d'établir des comparaisons portant sur les points suivants: - dépenses en capital; - investissement dans le secteur spatial; - coûts marginaux d'établissement d'un circuit.

Spanish

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