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FUNCTIONAL LANGUAGE [19 records]

Record 1 2026-01-08

English

Subject field(s)
  • Language (General)
  • Artificial Intelligence
CONT

In opposition to Chomsky, who(as I noted) pays little attention to how his derivations might be realized by an individual speaker operating under "real-world" constraints, Bresnan and her colleagues have fashioned a perspective designed to illuminate how an individual will perceive or produce language. In her lexical-functional theory, there is no transformational component. The information traditionally embedded in the syntactic components is now placed in the individual' s lexicon-one's knowledge of specific words. Lexical-functional grammar provides each sentence with two structures : a constituent structure, which is similar to a surface structure(or phrase-marker tree) in the standard theory of Chomsky; and a functional structure, which includes all the grammatical relations relevant to the semantic interpretation of the sentence. The functional structure is generated by annotated phrase-structure rules working in conjunction with lexical entries for the various morphemes in a sentence.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Linguistique (Généralités)
  • Intelligence artificielle
DEF

Grammaire qui introduit dans un modèle authentiquement linguistique des procédés de gestion dynamique des structures issues de l'informatique. (Technique et Science Informatiques 5, 2, 1986, 111).

OBS

Grammaire lexicale-fonctionnelle, appelée parfois grammaire d'unification.

Spanish

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Record 2 2025-03-31

English

Subject field(s)
  • Computer Programs and Programming
  • Artificial Intelligence
  • Collaboration with WIPO
CONT

Once a complete application is defined, the second major developer interface, using known techniques, generates an application metafile that describes the operation of individual widgets and their respective relationships to each other using, for example, a user interface markup language(such as Qt Meta Language [QML]) and/or a functional markup language(such as Behavior Markup Language [BML]).

OBS

Behaviour Markup Language; Behavior Markup Language; BML: designations validated by Canadian subject-field experts from Concordia University, Dalhousie University, Laval University and Microsoft Canada.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Programmes et programmation (Informatique)
  • Intelligence artificielle
  • Collaboration avec l'OMPI
CONT

Le langage BML [...] est utilisé pour représenter de manière détaillée (modalité, temps de début [et] de fin, latence, etc.) [les] signaux [multimodaux] et [pour] les transmettre au dernier module de réalisation de comportement, qui vérifie les contraintes d'animation et les conflits potentiels entre ces signaux.

OBS

BML : sigle des désignations anglaises «Behaviour Markup Language» et «Behavior Markup Language».

OBS

langage BML; BML : désignations validées par des spécialistes canadiens de l'Université Concordia, de l'Université Dalhousie, de l'Université Laval et de Microsoft Canada.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Programas y programación (Informática)
  • Inteligencia artificial
  • Colaboración con la OMPI
CONT

El objetivo del Lenguaje de Marcado de Comportamiento (BML) es crear un marco de representación en tiempo real para la generación de un comportamiento multimodal de los agentes conversacionales.

OBS

BML: por su sigla en inglés (Behaviour Markup Language).

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Record 3 2024-07-05

English

Subject field(s)
  • Artificial Intelligence
  • Computer Processing of Language Data
CONT

Natural language understanding [includes] the extraction of information, by a functional unit, from text or speech communicated to it in a natural language, and the production of a description for both the given text or speech and what it represents.

OBS

natural language understanding; NLU; natural language comprehension: designations standardized by ISO in collaboration with the International Electrotechnical Commission.

OBS

natural language understanding; natural language comprehension: designations standardized by CSA.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Intelligence artificielle
  • Informatisation des données linguistiques
CONT

[La] compréhension du langage naturel [comprend] l'extraction, par une unité fonctionnelle, des informations contenues dans des textes ou des paroles qui lui sont transmis en langage naturel, et [la] production d'une description de ces textes ou paroles et de ce qu'ils représentent.

OBS

compréhension du langage naturel; NLU : désignations normalisées par l'ISO en collaboration avec la Commission électrotechnique internationale.

OBS

compréhension du langage naturel : désignation normalisée par la CSA.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Inteligencia artificial
  • Procesamiento por computadora de datos lingüísticos
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Record 4 2023-10-27

English

Subject field(s)
  • Sociology
  • Education
  • Culture (General)
  • Language
CONT

Cultural discontinuity refers to the lack of cohesion between two or more cultures. Upon entry into school, differences in the functional use of language among culturally and linguistically diverse children have been found to account for the discontinuity they experience. Because children come to school socialized to language in culture-specific ways, the discourse structure and communication styles used by many children from culturally and linguistically diverse populations is incongruent with that of the teacher's style of interaction. This discontinuity between home and school language socialization patterns can have a negative impact on academic achievement.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Sociologie
  • Pédagogie
  • Culture (Généralités)
  • Linguistique

Spanish

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Record 5 2018-06-05

English

Subject field(s)
  • Computer Programs and Programming
CONT

Functional quantum programming.... The program in a functional programming language is written as a function, which is defined in terms of other functions.

Key term(s)
  • functional quantum programing

French

Domaine(s)
  • Programmes et programmation (Informatique)

Spanish

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Record 6 2014-10-03

English

Subject field(s)
  • Patents (Law)
CONT

Typically, the inquiry into the appropriateness of functional language is driven by the language of the claims.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Brevets d'invention (Droit)
CONT

Dans certains cas, les demandeurs préfèrent utiliser un langage fonctionnel pour décrire ou définir une invention.

Spanish

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Record 7 - external organization data 2014-09-03

English

Subject field(s)
  • Compartment - ISO/IEC JTC 1 Information Technology Vocabulary
Universal entry(ies)
28.01.18 (2382)
ISO/IEC standard entry number
DEF

extraction of information, by a functional unit, from text or speech communicated to it in a natural language, and the production of a description for both the given text or speech, and what it represents

OBS

natural-language understanding; natural-language comprehension: terms and definition standardized by ISO/IEC [ISO/IEC 2382-28:1995].

French

Domaine(s)
  • Tiroir - ISO/CEI JTC 1 Vocabulaire des technologies de l'information
Entrée(s) universelle(s)
28.01.18 (2382)
ISO/IEC standard entry number
DEF

extraction, par une unité fonctionnelle, des informations contenues dans des textes ou des paroles qui lui sont transmis en langage naturel et production d'une description de ces textes ou paroles et de ce qu'ils représentent

OBS

compréhension du langage naturel : terme et définition normalisés par l'ISO/CEI [ISO/IEC 2382-28:1995].

Spanish

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Record 8 2012-05-28

English

Subject field(s)
  • Cognitive Psychology
CONT

Previous studies of human listeners’ ability to identify speakers by voice have revealed a reliable language-familiarity effect : Listeners are better at identifying voices when they can understand the language being spoken. It has been claimed that talker identification is facilitated in a familiar language because of functional integration between the cognitive systems underlying speech and voice perception.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Psychologie cognitive
DEF

[Effet mnésique qui démontre que] chez les sujets bilingues [...] le rappel sériel immédiat est meilleur pour la langue qui leur est plus familière.

Spanish

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Record 9 2011-09-02

English

Subject field(s)
  • Programming Languages
  • Artificial Intelligence
DEF

A programming language that provides the means to state what is to be achieved by the actions of a data processing system exclusively through the use of function calls.

OBS

functional language : term standardized by ISO/IEC(International Electrotechnical Commission) and CSA.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Langages de programmation
  • Intelligence artificielle
DEF

Langage de programmation qui permet de spécifier ce qu'on attend d'un système de traitement de données en employant uniquement des appels de fonctions.

OBS

Il permet de décrire un circuit (ou un bloc) à l'aide d'un langage qui en décrit le comportement (c'est-à-dire l'évolution dans le temps des sorties en fonction des entrées).

OBS

langage fonctionnel : terme normalisé par l'ISO/CEI (Commission électrotechnique internationale) et la CSA.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Lenguaje de programación
  • Inteligencia artificial
CONT

Típicamente un programa en un lenguaje funcional consiste de un conjunto desordenado de ecuaciones que caracterizan las funciones y valores: las funciones se caracterizan por el empleo de la recursión, de otras funciones y valores; los valores se caracterizan como funciones de otros valores.

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Record 10 - external organization data 2006-01-30

English

Subject field(s)
  • Compartment - ISO/IEC JTC 1 Information Technology Vocabulary
Universal entry(ies)
07.06.01 (2382)
ISO/IEC standard entry number
DEF

functional unit for translating and executing programs written in a specified programming language

OBS

Example: A LISP machine.

OBS

language processor: term and definition standardized by ISO/IEC [ISO/IEC 2382-7:2000].

French

Domaine(s)
  • Tiroir - ISO/CEI JTC 1 Vocabulaire des technologies de l'information
Entrée(s) universelle(s)
07.06.01 (2382)
ISO/IEC standard entry number
DEF

unité fonctionnelle destinée à traduire et à exécuter des programmes écrits dans un langage de programmation déterminé

OBS

Exemple : Une machine LISP.

OBS

processeur de langage : terme et définition normalisés par l'ISO/CEI [ISO/IEC 2382-7:2000].

Spanish

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Record 11 - external organization data 2006-01-30

English

Subject field(s)
  • Compartment - ISO/IEC JTC 1 Information Technology Vocabulary
Universal entry(ies)
07.01.20 (2382)
ISO/IEC standard entry number
DEF

programming language that provides the means to state what is to be achieved by the actions of a data processing system exclusively through the use of function calls

OBS

Examples: FORTH, LISP, ML, Miranda, Postscript.

OBS

functional language : term and definition standardized by ISO/IEC [ISO/IEC 2382-7 : 2000].

French

Domaine(s)
  • Tiroir - ISO/CEI JTC 1 Vocabulaire des technologies de l'information
Entrée(s) universelle(s)
07.01.20 (2382)
ISO/IEC standard entry number
DEF

langage de programmation qui permet de spécifier ce qu'on attend d'un système informatique en employant uniquement des appels de fonctions

OBS

Exemples : FORTH, LISP, ML, Miranda, Postscript.

OBS

langage fonctionnel : terme et définition normalisés par l'ISO/CEI [ISO/IEC 2382-7:2000].

Spanish

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Record 12 2006-01-26

English

Subject field(s)
  • Software
CONT

Reengineering is the stage of redevelopment in which program changes are made to increase the longevity of legacy systems while maintaining existing functional capability. Reegineering includes program restructuring, program modularization, data access changes, programming language migrations, data name rationalization and standardization, and end user interface changes.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Logiciels
DEF

Révision de produits et de processus pour adapter les fonctions aux nouveaux besoins des utilisateurs et améliorer la présentation en tenant compte des dernières technologies installées.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Soporte lógico (Software)
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Record 13 2004-08-24

English

Subject field(s)
  • Computer Peripheral Equipment
  • Computer Programs and Programming
DEF

A functional unit for translating and executing programs written in a specified programming language.

OBS

Example: A LISP machine.

OBS

language processor: term standardized by ISO/IEC and CSA.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Périphériques (Informatique)
  • Programmes et programmation (Informatique)
DEF

Unité fonctionnelle destinée à traduire et à exécuter des programmes écrits dans un langage de programmation déterminé.

OBS

Exemple : Une machine LISP.

OBS

processeur de langage : terme normalisé par l'ISO/CEI et la CSA.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Equipo periférico (Computadoras)
  • Programas y programación (Informática)
DEF

Programa que traduce los programas en lenguaje fuente, escritos por el hombre, a una forma que puede ser ejecutada por la computadora (ordenador).

CONT

Existen tres clases generales de procesadores de lenguajes: ensamblador, compilador (traductor) e intérprete.

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Record 14 2003-09-25

English

Subject field(s)
  • Telecommunications Switching
DEF

The [ITU Telecommunication Standardization Sector(ITU-T) ] language used in the presentation of the functional specification and functional description of the internal logic processes in a stored programmed control switching system.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Commutation (Télécommunications)

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Conmutación (Telecomunicaciones)
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Record 15 2001-01-25

English

Subject field(s)
  • Computer Graphics
DEF

The expression of a functional specification in the syntax of a particular programming language.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Infographie

Spanish

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Record 16 1995-05-29

English

Subject field(s)
  • System Names
OBS

PRES is a compiled prolog language program that runs on an IBM compatible personal computer. It was written to assist team members in assigning risks to functional areas based on information gathered during a Production Readiness Review(PRR). The program is constructed from a series of lessons learned while conducting PRRs over the past six years. These lessons, in combination with the Willoughby Templates(DoD 4245. 7-M), form a set of evaluation criteria which are applicable to all system development efforts.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Noms de systèmes

Spanish

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Record 17 1990-03-08

English

Subject field(s)
  • Psychometry and Psychotechnology
OBS

Measures functional listening ability in children and identifies receptive language dysfunction. Used in language therapy.

Key term(s)
  • token test

French

Domaine(s)
  • Psychométrie et psychotechnique

Spanish

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Record 18 1989-12-12

English

Subject field(s)
  • Artificial Intelligence
  • Mathematics
CONT

Expressions in the theory of types are built up from variables and constants by means of application and functional abstraction. The language is however not type-free in the sense of the lambda calculus.

OBS

A type characterizes both a set of values and a set of operations applicable to those values.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Intelligence artificielle
  • Mathématiques
DEF

Concept abstrait présentant les propriétés communes aux entités d'un ensemble.

CONT

treillis des types, typologie de concepts

OBS

Le typage, selon Bertrand Russel, consiste à répartir les objets d'une hiérarchie en types divers : type zéro (individus), type un (classes d'individus), type deux (classes de classes d'individus), etc.

OBS

Une valeur ou une variable est dite "typée" lorsqu'on lui assigne un type.

Spanish

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Record 19 1985-03-28

English

Subject field(s)
  • Programming Languages
CONT

... there is another language for functional decomposition and input/output specification : IORL(Input/Output Requirements Language). Although these do some useful specification checking, they cannot check detailed logic or specify the order and timing constraints needed in real-time systems.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Langages de programmation
OBS

langage de spécification entrée/sortie.

Spanish

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