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HARDWARE ACTIVITIES [11 records]

Record 1 2025-02-04

English

Subject field(s)
  • Astronautics
  • Applications of Automation
  • Collaboration with WIPO
CONT

Technological progress in space operations autonomy and robotics will disrupt the traditional paradigm of spacecraft design, acquisition, launch, operations, and maintenance. Within the next 5 to 10 years, routine spacecraft refueling could become a reality, and spacecraft low on propellant could avoid decommissioning and enjoy extended lifetimes. A new generation of cooperative spacecraft designed specifically for on-orbit servicing(OOS) could upgrade their own hardware every few years.... OOS refers to on-orbit activities conducted by a space vehicle that performs up-close inspection of, or results in intentional and beneficial changes to, another resident space object(RSO).

Key term(s)
  • SearchOnlyKey1

French

Domaine(s)
  • Astronautique
  • Automatisation et applications
  • Collaboration avec l'OMPI
CONT

Le terme d'entretien en orbite fait référence à la maintenance des systèmes spatiaux en orbite, y compris la réparation, l'assemblage, le ravitaillement et la mise à niveau des engins spatiaux, après leur déploiement. Il est à noter que de telles missions spatiales complexes ont motivé le développement de nouvelles technologies de robotique spatiale et de plusieurs missions de démonstration expérimentales, y compris des missions avec ou sans pilote […]

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Astronáutica
  • Automatización y aplicaciones
  • Colaboración con la OMPI
CONT

[...] el robot espacial amarrado (TSR) […] compuesto por una plataforma espacial, un cable espacial y un agarre/manipulador supone, por su flexibilidad y gran espacio de trabajo, una solución prometedora para el servicio en órbita, como el mantenimiento y reparación en órbita, el repostaje en órbita, las maniobras orbitales y la eliminación de desechos espaciales [...]

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Record 2 2019-10-30

English

Subject field(s)
  • Testing and Debugging
CONT

An important step in dependability validation of a dependable computing system is to inject faults into hardware in order to validate the error handling mechanisms in the system. Dependability validation... can be divided into two different activities[ :] error removal and error forecasting.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Test et débogage
DEF

Méthodes et techniques destinées à [inspirer] confiance dans l'aptitude du système à délivrer un service conforme à la spécification. [Définition reproduite avec l'autorisation de l'AFNOR.]

OBS

[Cette notion comprend l'élimination] des fautes et [la] prévision des fautes. [Reproduit avec l'autorisation de l'AFNOR.]

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Prueba y depuración
CONT

El propósito de las pruebas de validación de la fiabilidad es descubrir los posibles problemas de la configuración del sistema y, en definitiva, ofrecer la garantía a nuestro cliente de que el sistema satisface sus requerimientos de fiabilidad.

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Record 3 2017-01-25

English

Subject field(s)
  • Trade
OBS

hardware activities : term extracted from the “Glossaire de l'économie” and reproduced with permission of the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development.

Key term(s)
  • hardware activity

French

Domaine(s)
  • Commerce
OBS

activités d'équipement : terme extrait du «Glossaire de l’économie» et reproduit avec l’autorisation de l’Organisation de coopération et de développement économiques.

Key term(s)
  • activité d'équipement

Spanish

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Record 4 2012-02-15

English

Subject field(s)
  • Audiovisual Techniques and Equipment
  • Television Arts
DEF

Audiovisual devices (as distinct from the program materials suitable for these devices, which are termed software).

CONT

For instance, a tape recorder is a piece of hardware, while the magnetic tape suitable for that recorder is the software. A motion picture projector is hardware; film is the software.

CONT

The general field of audiovisual aids is itself composed of two related but distinguishable areas, namely, hardware and software. The hardware side is concerned with the actual equipment - overhead projectors, slide projectors, tape recorders ... etc. The software side ... is concerned with the various items that are used in conjunction with this equipment - such as overhead transparencies, slides, audiotapes, videorecordings and computer programs.

CONT

The mid-1960’s was a period of consortiums in the audiovisual field - consolidations of industries producing the equipment ("hardware") and companies designing the programs or materials of instruction ("software").

CONT

Software(the activities, materials and processes for teaching, learning and evaluation to be communicated by the hardware) is planned, and development is launched before hardware considerations are begun.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Audiovisuel (techniques et équipement)
  • Télévision (Arts du spectacle)
DEF

Objets, appareils, instruments et installations nécessaires ou utiles à l'exercice d'une activité de production.

CONT

Privilégier ainsi les techniques [audiovisuelles], le hardware, le matériel, revient à postuler la spécificité des médias au détriment du software, des messages véhiculés par ces médias.

CONT

Équipements (hardware) et programmes utilisés pour la formation. [...] En cas de difficultés pour l'établissement des temps d'utilisation des appareils et du software, on pourra les calculer par extrapolation [...]

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Técnicas y equipo audiovisuales
  • Televisión (Artes escénicas)
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Record 5 2011-12-21

English

Subject field(s)
  • Engineering Tests and Reliability
  • Aeronautical Engineering and Maintenance
CONT

Instrumentation. - Two flow survey rakes ... were placed on the flat plate. The rakes were lent from NASA [National Aeronautics and Space Administration] Glenn Research Center (Cleveland, Ohio), where they were used as throat calibration rakes in the 10- by 10-ft supersonic wind tunnel. Each rake was 2 ft tall and had 16 total-pressure elements. Each rake was fitted with two hemispherical-tip five-hole probes for flow-angle measurements; these probes also incorporated static taps for instream static-pressure measurements.

CONT

Wind Tunnel Mechanical Technologist. … Key Activities. Under the supervision of the Uplands Facilities Operations Supervisor, the main duties will be to : Assist more experienced technicians to prepare test sections, instrumentation(i. e. cable routing, mounting hardware etc.) and model support systems for wind tunnel testing. Inspect, install, and maintain mechanical components such as model support struts, flow survey rakes and flow measurement devices; …

OBS

rake (peigne de mesure): A device consisting essentially of a row of pressure-measuring tubes or temperature-sensitive elements arranged like a rake or comb, used to sense the pressure or temperature at desired intervals in a fluid flow.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Fiabilité, contrôle et essais (Ingénierie)
  • Aérotechnique et maintenance
OBS

Le LEA [Laboratoire d'Études Aérodynamiques] traite de la mécanique des fluides, avec une vocation marquée pour l’étude des écoulements instationnaires turbulents ou non, dans l’hypothèse d’incompressibilité ou au contraire avec effets de compressibilité. Ses activités de recherche s’appuient traditionnellement sur des installations expérimentales conséquentes, et font fortement appel à des techniques de mesure et d’analyse diverses.

OBS

Ce «peigne» est destiné à mesurer la répartition des pressions instationnaires en écoulement interne.

Spanish

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Record 6 2011-07-21

English

Subject field(s)
  • Computers and Calculators
  • Software
DEF

Installation of a computer system for immediate use [which] involves the selection of hardware and software, the physical installation of this hardware and software at the users’ sites, and related testing and training activities.

CONT

Implementation. The implementation phase turns the design into code executable in the run-time environment. This entails defining the internal mechanisms by which each module will meet its module specification, and then mapping module mechanisms and interface properties into the implementation language.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Ordinateurs et calculateurs
  • Logiciels
DEF

Mise en place sur un ordinateur d'un système d'exploitation ou d'un ensemble de programmes généraux correspondant à une fonction particulière destinée à l'utilisateur, et adaptée à sa configuration propre.

CONT

[...] il n'est pas nécessaire que le document de représentation de l'expertise soit entièrement complété pour passer à l'implémentation. En fait, l'équipe de développement alterne implémentation et identification/formalisation de la connaissance au cours du développement du système [expert].

Spanish

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Record 7 2001-10-19

English

Subject field(s)
  • Astronautics
CONT

Real-time operations are those activities that occur during the actual on-orbit conduct of the scientists’ research protocols. These activities include conducting the experiment procedures, operating the experiment hardware, and gathering the experiment's data and samples.

OBS

real-time operation: term officially approved by the International Space Station official approval Group (ISSOAG).

Key term(s)
  • real time operation

French

Domaine(s)
  • Astronautique
OBS

opération en temps réel : terme uniformisé par le Groupe de travail de la terminologie de la Station spatiale internationale (GTTSSI).

Spanish

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Record 8 2001-04-01

English

Subject field(s)
  • Astronautics
CONT

The Ground Software Reference Facility(GSRF) activities have been proceeding as planned. All hardware for the GSRF has been assembled, and software integration started at the end of August. The overall development effort is on schedule for final completion in December 1995.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Astronautique

Spanish

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Record 9 1995-09-21

English

Subject field(s)
  • Astronautics
DEF

activities... [that] may involve the assembly, check out, resupply, maintenance, or upgrade of hardware and consumables, as well as the recovery of materials for return to earth.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Astronautique
DEF

ensemble des services de transport (d'hommes ou de matériel) pouvant être assurés, de façon répétitive, entre la terre et une station en orbite, dite desservable.

Spanish

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Record 10 1993-10-05

English

Subject field(s)
  • News and Journalism (General)
DEF

... a body corporate that... is primarily engaged in(a) providing information processing services,(b) providing advisory and other services in the design, development and implementation of information management systems, or(c) designing, developing and marketing computer software, and the activities of which may include, as an ancillary activity, the design, development, manufacture or sale of special purpose computer hardware. [Bank Act].

French

Domaine(s)
  • Information et journalisme (Généralités)
DEF

Personne morale dont l'activité consiste principalement, [...] a) soit en la prestation de services de traitement de données; b) soit en la prestation de services consultatifs ou autres en matière de conception, de développement et de mise sur pied de systèmes de gestion de l'information; c) soit en la conception, en le développement et en la commercialisation de logiciels. L'activité de la société d'information peut également s'étendre à la conception, au développement, à la fabrication et à la vente de matériel informatique spécial. [Loi sur les banques].

Spanish

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Record 11 1986-06-06

English

Subject field(s)
  • Workplace Organization
  • Office Automation
CONT

Unlike previous data-processing systems, integrated office systems include not just hardware/software but what can be called orgware. An office system is a sociotechnical system containing both technical and social subsystems which must be jointly optimized for the system to achieve maximum success. Orgware consists of the procedures, workflow, job redesign, training strategies, implementation plan, educational activities, system responsibilities, and so on which optimize the social component of the new work system.

OBS

The latest neologisms seem to be words created with "-ware" e.q. brainware, transferware. It remains to be seen whether or not all these words will become established.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Organisation du travail et équipements
  • Bureautique
OBS

Équivalent suggéré par Sonia Schindler, Section IV, Montréal.

Spanish

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