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FREE MEMORY [14 records]

Record 1 2024-06-27

English

Subject field(s)
  • Music
CONT

If you are an organist, you very likely perform with your score in front of you, either because you don’t know it by heart, or because the stress of playing in public—on a possibly uncomfortable organ console—can cause memory lapses. That's why you need organ scores free of page-turning problems.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Musique

Spanish

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Record 2 2019-02-14

English

Subject field(s)
  • Computer Memories
CONT

When talking about the memory subsystem, there are 4 distinct types of memory that Windows manages, and each type of memory has a number of different functions to allocate and free that memory.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Mémoires (Informatique)
CONT

Tous les systèmes d'exploitation Windows utilisent le fichier d'échange comme partie intégrante du sous-système de mémoire.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Memorias (Computadoras)
CONT

Sobre el subsistema de memoria, se pueden realizar dos operaciones: lectura y escritura.

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Record 3 2019-02-11

English

Subject field(s)
  • Computer Memories
CONT

If you tell the system to load the compression driver into upper memory[, ] this will save 110 KB [kilobytes] of conventional memory when you are running in MS-DOS [Microsoft disk operating system] mode. However, the 110 KB of upper memory will force other drivers into conventional memory, causing the free conventional memory to decrease.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Mémoires (Informatique)

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Memorias (Computadoras)
CONT

El comprobador del registro de Windows puede requerir 580 KB [kilobytes] o más de memoria convencional libre para completar el proceso de reparación. Si aparece un mensaje de error de "memoria insuficiente", optimice la memoria convencional libre.

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Record 4 2019-01-11

English

Subject field(s)
  • Computer Memories
CONT

Available memory contains all the memory that is available for use by the system. While this sounds extremely similar to free memory, it is actually a broader category that includes both free memory and cached memory. That is why your level of free and available memory will differ, regardless of their similar names and functions.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Mémoires (Informatique)
CONT

Alors que la mémoire libre et la mémoire disponible ont toutes les deux des noms similaires, la mémoire libre est exactement ce qu'elle dit. Cette mémoire est actuellement inutilisée par le système et ne contient aucune donnée utile. Elle est libre d'être utilisée par le système à tout moment.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Memorias (Computadoras)
CONT

[...] por norma general cuando usamos monitores del sistema o aplicaciones similares que nos permiten visualizar el uso de la RAM [memoria de acceso aleatorio] se limitan a indicar qué tanta memoria usamos y cuánta hay libre o disponible. Generalmente la memoria que se usa como caché está listada dentro de la memoria libre [...]

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Record 5 2019-01-10

English

Subject field(s)
  • Computer Memories
CONT

Available memory contains all the memory that is available for use by the system. While this sounds extremely similar to free memory, it is actually a broader category that includes both free memory and cached memory. That is why your level of free and available memory will differ, regardless of their similar names and functions.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Mémoires (Informatique)

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Memorias (Computadoras)
OBS

Número de bytes de memoria que puede usarse después de haberse creado archivos (ficheros) activos.

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Record 6 2014-06-30

English

Subject field(s)
  • Storage Media (Data Processing)
DEF

A file that is created to temporarily store information in order to free memory for other purposes, or to act as a safety net to prevent data loss when a program performs certain functions.

OBS

Compare with "permanent file."

French

Domaine(s)
  • Supports d'information (Informatique)
DEF

Fichier créé lors d'une session de travail, le plus souvent dans un dossier spécifique et configurable, en vue du stockage temporaire d'informations.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Medios de almacenamiento (Procesamiento de datos)
DEF

Archivo (fichero) que puede borrarse o sobreescribirse cuando ya no se necesita.

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Record 7 2005-01-06

English

Subject field(s)
  • Computer Peripheral Equipment
  • Computer Display Technology
CONT

The student interacts with a PLATO program by means of a terminal, consisting of a keyboard and plasma display panel.... The important properties of the plasma panel are that it is transparent(enabling colour slides to be projected onto the back of the panel, and superimposed on computer-generated graphics) and has inherent memory(meaning that it does not need refreshing, and is free of flickers, unlike a cathode-ray tube).

OBS

The display image can persist for a long time without refreshment.

OBS

plasma panel; gas panel; plasma display; gas-discharge display: terms standardized by ISO.

OBS

plasma panel; gas panel: terms standardized by CSA International.

OBS

plasma screen: term used in connection with the Expo 2005 Canada Interactive Network.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Périphériques (Informatique)
  • Techniques d'affichage (Ordinateurs)
DEF

Partie d'un dispositif d'affichage constituée d'une grille d'électrodes placée en milieu gazeux dans une chambre plate.

CONT

[...] écran tactile à plasma.

OBS

L'image persiste longtemps sans rafraîchissement.

OBS

écran à plasma : terme normalisé par l'ISO et la CSA International.

OBS

écran à plasma : terme relatif au Réseau interactif du Canada à Expo 2005.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Equipo periférico (Computadoras)
  • Técnicas de visualización (Computadoras)
DEF

[Pantalla] de visualización que utiliza una configuración de tubos de neón, individualmente direccionables.

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Record 8 2004-08-17

English

Subject field(s)
  • Computer Memories
  • Artificial Intelligence
DEF

A method of selecting a continuous area of memory that is to be allocated for a segment. The free-space list is scanned in order of starting address, and the allocation made from the first free area whose size exceeds that of the request.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Mémoires (Informatique)
  • Intelligence artificielle
OBS

Composé par analogie à "ajustement optimal" (Best fit) en statistique.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Memorias (Computadoras)
  • Inteligencia artificial
DEF

Método para seleccionar un área adyacente de la memoria que debe asignarse a un segmento. Se explora la lista de espacio libre desde su comienzo, y la asignación se hace desde la primera área libre cuyo tamaño exceda la petición.

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Record 9 2004-07-08

English

Subject field(s)
  • Computer Memories
DEF

A fixed-length area of direct access storage in which VSAM [=virtual storage access memory] stores records and distributes free space. Also, in a key-sequenced data set or file, the set of records pointed to by an entry in the sequence-set index record.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Mémoires (Informatique)
DEF

Zone de longueur fixe dans laquelle la mémoire VSAM stocke des enregistrements et assigne de l'espace libre

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Memorias (Computadoras)
DEF

Área de longitud fija, del almacenamiento de acceso directo, en donde se almacenan los registros y se crea espacio libre distribuido.

OBS

También, en un conjunto de datos o archivo (fichero) secuenciado por claves, es el conjunto de registros indicado por una entrada en el registro de índice del conjunto de secuencias.

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Record 10 2004-03-24

English

Subject field(s)
  • Carpets and Floor Coverings
OBS

Foot print free carpet also may be called “trackless”, “stuffer-box”, and mistakenly, “frieze”. These names describe the tendency of this construction to show fewer footprints and sweeper marks than other cut pile constructions. It should be noted that no cut pile can be classified as being completely free of shading. These constructions are obtained by stuffing yarn into a steam box(stuffer box) and providing a kinked or curled yarn. The fiber is exposed to live steam to set yarn memory in this curled position. This curling of the fiber reduces light reflectance, thus reducing the appearance of footprints. Generally, when viewing a texture from the top, kinked yarns may provide a two-tone effect as a result of shade variations from reflected light.

Key term(s)
  • foot-print free carpet

French

Domaine(s)
  • Tapis et revêtements de sol
CONT

Nous offrons un vaste éventail de modèles de tapis dans une variété de motifs et de couleurs. Notre gamme de produits inclut des tapis bouclés uniformes, tapis bouclés à volutes, berbères, sisals, de Saxe, tapis texturés à poil coupé [...]

Spanish

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Record 11 2001-05-28

English

Subject field(s)
  • Translation (General)
  • General Vocabulary
DEF

Of words, statements, explanations, meaning : Easy to understand, fully intelligible, free from obscurity of sense, perspicuous.... Of a vision, conception, notion, view, memory, etc. : Distinct, unclouded, free from confusion.... Of a case at law : Of which the solution is evident. [For example :] The case is clear.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Traduction (Généralités)
  • Vocabulaire général
DEF

Aisé, facile à comprendre. [Termes voisins :] Explicite, intelligible, lumineux, net. [Par exemple :] Style clair. Termes clairs et concis. Des idées claires et précises. Savoir s'exprimer d'une façon claire. «Est-ce clair?» avez-vous saisi?» Il n'y a rien de plus clair. C'est très clair, peu clair. Poésie peu claire. Cet auteur n'est pas clair. [Aussi :] Manifeste, sans équivoque. [Termes voisins :] Apert (littér.), apparent, certain, évident, manifeste, net, sûr. [Par exemple :] La chose est claire. C'est clair : cela tombe sous le sens. Clair pour tout le monde. [Termes voisins :] Notoire, palpable. [Par exemple :] La conclusion en est claire. Conséquence, raison très claire.

Spanish

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Record 12 1994-08-26

English

Subject field(s)
  • Operating Systems (Software)
  • Computer Memories
DEF

A section of memory in the High DOS area [the 384K address space between 640K and 1MB]. Some such blocks are used to store BIOS code, and some are free.

CONT

A memory manager lets you recover wasted address space in this region by converting unused areas into pockets of usable RAM called upper memory blocks, or UMBs.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Systèmes d'exploitation (Logiciels)
  • Mémoires (Informatique)
DEF

Bloc de mémoire vive se trouvant dans la zone système, entre 640ko et 1 024ko, également appelée mémoire supérieure du Dos; elle occupe les zones laissées libres par la mémoire vidéo et le Bios.

Spanish

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Record 13 1993-12-20

English

Subject field(s)
  • Computer Memories
  • Computer Programs and Programming
CONT

Memory management software strives to utilize the free areas of memory for storing small programs [such as TSRs and drivers] so that more space is available for applications and data in the first 640K of DOS.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Mémoires (Informatique)
  • Programmes et programmation (Informatique)

Spanish

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Record 14 1985-03-27

English

Subject field(s)
  • Control Systems (Electronic Instrumentation)
CONT

shared-bus system : The shared-bus approach offers the advantage of free access to both memory and peripheral devices by each of the processors in configuration.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Systèmes cybernétiques de contrôle et de commande

Spanish

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