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CENSORING [3 records]

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Record 1 2026-01-24

English

Subject field(s)
  • Communication and Information Management
  • Records Management (Management)
  • Security
DEF

The action... of censoring a document by removing or blacking out certain words or passages prior to publication or release, especially for legal, security, or confidentiality purposes.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Gestion des communications et de l'information
  • Gestion des documents (Gestion)
  • Sécurité
CONT

On appelle caviardage l'opération qui consiste à masquer, dans certaines décisions, tout ce qui permet d'identifier quelqu'un, qu'il soit partie ou victime dans un dossier particulier. Ce processus d'anonymisation doit évidemment être effectué avant que les décisions ne soient mises en ligne.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Gestión de las comunicaciones y la información
  • Gestión de documentos (Gestión)
  • Seguridad
CONT

Expurgación: A los efectos de crear una versión de carácter "publico" de un documento que contiene información confidencial, [es] el proceso de tachar en negro o cubrir con una gruesa línea negra el texto confidencial, […] de forma que dicho texto no sea legible.

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Record 2 2017-03-28

English

Subject field(s)
  • Publication and Bookselling
  • Performing Arts (General)
DEF

The institution, system, or practice of censoring : the actions or practices of censors or censorates.

OBS

censor: An official empowered to examine written or printed matter (as manuscripts of books or plays) in order to forbid publication, circulation, or representation if it contains anything objectionable.

OBS

censor: An official who examines books, plays, news reports, motion pictures, radio and television programs, letters, cablegrams, etc., for the purpose of suppressing parts deemed objectionable on moral, political, military, or other grounds.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Édition et librairie
  • Arts du spectacle (Généralités)
DEF

Examen exigé par le pouvoir des œuvres littéraires, cinématographiques, de la presse, des émissions télévisées, avant d'en autoriser la publication, la diffusion.

Spanish

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Record 3 1998-08-27

English

Subject field(s)
  • Statistics
DEF

Data which has not been subjected to any sort of statistical treatment(such as grouping, coding, censoring, etc.).

OBS

The term primary data is not synonymous with raw data. Primary data are: Statistical data which are published by the same organization by which they are collected (and often processed). (Cf. Frest, 1966, p. 82).

French

Domaine(s)
  • Statistique
DEF

Donnée qui n'a pas été traitée ou réduite.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Estadística
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