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GAP TRACK [3 records]

Record 1 2017-01-13

English

Subject field(s)
  • Sociology (General)
  • Informatics
CONT

REDUCING THE GAP BETWEEN THE KNOWS AND THE KNOW-NOTS. In the race to lay claim to knowledge, "the global gap between haves and have-nots, between knows and know-nots, is widening" warns the Human Development Report 1999, commissioned by the United Nations Development Programme... The Internet, the worldwide computer link-up, is "the fastest-growing tool of communication ever, "with the number of users expected to grow from 150 million today to more than 700 million in 2001... Information and communications technology are tremendous tools for development and can open a fast track to knowledge-based growth....

OBS

Usually in the plural.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Sociologie (Généralités)
  • Informatique
CONT

Curieusement, la course aux profits immédiats par les nantis, qui exploitent les bénéfices du capital, de la spéculation boursière plutôt que les bénéfices du travail pour lesquels on aurait besoin de la main-d'œuvre maintenant désœuvrée, met en péril la planète de la même manière que la croissance non contrôlée de la population, que les ressources alimentaires ne pourront dans un délai très court plus nourrir.

OBS

Souvent au pluriel.

Spanish

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Record 2 2005-06-16

English

Subject field(s)
  • Switchgear (Rail Transport)
  • Measuring Instruments (Engineering)
  • Tracks and Roadways (Rail Transport)
CONT

A complete range of push along recording trolleys that are designed and manufactured for the specific measurement of various track parameters, including gauge, cross level, twist over a preset base and Rail Top. The SG Series also includes the measurement of Flangeway Gap(both rails) for also recording the clearance between left-hand rail and switch blade or check rail and clearance between right-hand rail and switch blade or check rail.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Appareils de voie (Transport par rail)
  • Instruments de mesure (Ingénierie)
  • Voies ferrées
OBS

On écrirait mieux «charriot».

OBS

charriot : Cette graphie, puisée des Rectifications de l'orthographe recommandées par le Conseil supérieur de la langue française, est attestée dans le Petit Robert (2004).

Spanish

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Record 3 2001-08-03

English

Subject field(s)
  • Sociology (General)
  • Informatics
CONT

REDUCING THE GAP BETWEEN THE KNOWS AND THE KNOW-NOTS. In the race to lay claim to knowledge, "the global gap between haves and have-nots, between knows and know-nots, is widening" warns the Human Development Report 1999, commissioned by the United Nations Development Programme... The Internet, the worldwide computer link-up, is "the fastest-growing tool of communication ever, "with the number of users expected to grow from 150 million today to more than 700 million in 2001... Information and communications technology are tremendous tools for development and can open a fast track to knowledge-based growth....

OBS

Usually in the plural.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Sociologie (Généralités)
  • Informatique
OBS

Souvent au pluriel.

Spanish

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