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HARD-WIRED [8 records]

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Alphabetical list of terms

Record 1 2022-10-28

English

Subject field(s)
  • Telephone Wires and Cables
  • Telecommunications Transmission
DEF

Physically connected by wires for carrying a signal.

CONT

Class can be conducted wherever they are, via a wireless or hard-wired Internet connection.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Câbles et fils téléphoniques
  • Transmission (Télécommunications)
DEF

Se dit d'un réseau de télécommunications accessible par câble [...]

PHR

chaîne câblée, télévision câblée

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Cables e hilos telefónicos
  • Transmisión (Telecomunicaciones)
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Record 2 2022-02-09

English

Subject field(s)
  • Electronic Components
  • Printed Circuits and Microelectronics
CONT

Most consumer electronics... use ASIC(application-specific integrated circuit) chips, which are "hard-wired" to perform specific jobs and cannot be reprogrammed.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Composants électroniques
  • Circuits imprimés et micro-électronique

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Componentes electrónicos
  • Circuitos impresos y microelectrónica
CONT

[...] la compañía coreana comenzará a fabricar chips ASIC, los chips que se usan para minar bitcoins, ether y otras criptodivisas.

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Record 3 2021-01-29

English

Subject field(s)
  • Lighting
CONT

The term lighting controls is typically used to indicate stand-alone control of the lighting within a space. This may include occupancy sensors, timeclocks, and photocells that are hard-wired to control fixed groups of lights independently. Adjustment occurs manually at each [device's] location.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Éclairage

Spanish

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Record 4 2012-01-24

English

Subject field(s)
  • Computer Memories
DEF

Memory consisting of a large number of doughnut-shaped ferrite cores arranged on a common axis, with sense, inhibit, and set wires threaded through or around individual cores.

CONT

The bootstrap/diagnostic memory is a hard-wired, core-rope, NDRO memory which contains 512 words with 32 data bits and 4 parity bits per word.

Key term(s)
  • core rope
  • core-rope

French

Domaine(s)
  • Mémoires (Informatique)

Spanish

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Record 5 2004-07-14

English

Subject field(s)
  • Computer Hardware
  • Internet and Telematics
DEF

A hard-wired, and therefore tamper-proof, substitute for digital-rights-management software.

Key term(s)
  • c chip

French

Domaine(s)
  • Matériel informatique
  • Internet et télématique
Key term(s)
  • puce c

Spanish

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Record 6 2001-11-05

English

Subject field(s)
  • Computer Peripheral Equipment
DEF

A hard-wired or intelligent(programmable) device which provides detailed control for one or more terminal devices.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Périphériques (Informatique)

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Equipo periférico (Computadoras)
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Record 7 1992-10-17

English

Subject field(s)
  • Artificial Intelligence
CONT

After the application of neural networks are understood more fully, it may be possible to substitute specialized neurocomputers in those applications where only a particular network, or small range of networks, is needed.

OBS

Most of the neurocomputer coprocessors built so far have been hard-wired designs optimized for implementing one type of neural network or a small selection of types.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Intelligence artificielle
DEF

Ensemble d'unités très simples, non programmables, (par exemple analogiques), reliées par un ensemble de connexions fixe, dont les poids sont programmables ou pas réservé à des problèmes particuliers, très bien définis, et où la vitesse est cruciale : par exemple pour la réalisation de réseaux spécialisés en vision.

Spanish

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Record 8 1984-06-28

English

Subject field(s)
  • Computer Programs and Programming
CONT

UUCP consists of a series of programs designed to permit communications between CPU's running under a GENIX or a UNIX operating system using either dial-up or hard-wired communication lines.

Key term(s)
  • hard-wired transmission line

French

Domaine(s)
  • Programmes et programmation (Informatique)

Spanish

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