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Record 1 2011-09-26

English

Subject field(s)
  • Saving and Consumption
  • National Accounting
CONT

Personal consumption expenditures reflect spending to acquire goods and services for the direct satisfaction of individual or collective wants. Attaining higher levels of consumption now or in the future is a major goal of most individuals and a widely accepted indicator of national economic activity.

OBS

personal consumption expenditure; personal expenditure: terms usually used in the plural.

Key term(s)
  • personal consumption expenditures
  • personal expenditures

French

Domaine(s)
  • Épargne et consommation
  • Comptabilité nationale
CONT

Les dépenses personnelles de consommation sont des dépenses visant à acquérir des biens et services pour la satisfaction directe de besoins individuels ou collectifs. Atteindre, immédiatement ou ultérieurement, un niveau de consommation supérieur est de première importance pour la plupart des gens et un indicateur généralement accepté de l’activité économique nationale.

OBS

dépenses personnelles de consommation; dépenses personnelles : termes habituellement utilisés au pluriel.

Key term(s)
  • dépenses personnelles de consommation
  • dépenses personnelles

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Ahorro y consumo
  • Contabilidad nacional
Key term(s)
  • gastos de consumo personales
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Record 2 1989-07-23

English

Subject field(s)
  • Artificial Intelligence
  • Software
  • Mathematics
DEF

One of the first physical realizations that encompassed the concepts of learning without a teacher and developed by Ashby as an example of an ultrastable system. It contains four identical interconnected units each with a magnetically deflected pointer or indicator on top and an appropriate sensing mechanism to determine the relative position of the pointer; its goal is to maintain the essential variables within acceptable limits, a task accomplished by changing the system parameters when one or more of the variables are exceeded, until the value of the essential variables is within acceptable limits.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Intelligence artificielle
  • Logiciels
  • Mathématiques
DEF

(Cybern.) Appareil complexe, qui règle lui-même son fonctionnement d'après un équilibre préalablement fixé.

Spanish

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