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Record 1 2022-06-29

English

Subject field(s)
  • Occupation Names (General)
  • Information Technology (Informatics)
CONT

A server administrator is responsible for the computer servers of an organization. This individual ensures on a daily basis that they are running efficiently by performing upgrading and maintenance tasks on hardware and software, resolving technical problems, overseeing their activity levels, ensuring server security, and developing new system structures when necessary.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Désignations des emplois (Généralités)
  • Technologie de l'information (Informatique)
CONT

Un administrateur de serveur […] a la responsabilité de gérer et de surveiller les performances des serveurs informatiques dans le centre de données d'une entreprise.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Nombramiento de cargos (Generalidades)
  • Tecnología de la información (Informática)
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Record 2 2004-08-17

English

Subject field(s)
  • Operating Systems (Software)
DEF

Interrupting the activity in progress and switching to another activity. Context switching occurs as one process after another is scheduled for execution. The operating system saves the interrupted process’ hardware context in its hardware process control block(PCB) using the Save Process Context instruction, loads another process’ hardware PCB into the hardware context using the Load Process Context instruction, scheduling that process for execution.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Systèmes d'exploitation (Logiciels)

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Sistemas operativos (Soporte lógico)
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Record 3 2002-12-11

English

Subject field(s)
  • Space Exploration Equipment and Tools
  • Orbital Stations
CONT

The following hardware supports the OSCA [ORU Simulator and Carrier Assembly] during launch, landing and on-orbit operations :... The battery ORU simulator represents a large ORU [Orbital Replaceable Unit] that must be installed and maintained via EVA [Extravehicular Activity].

OBS

battery ORU simulator: term officially approved by the International Space Station official approval Group (ISSOAG).

French

Domaine(s)
  • Équipement et outillage d'exploration spatiale
  • Stations orbitales
OBS

simulateur de batterie ORU : terme uniformisé par le Groupe de travail de la terminologie de la Station spatiale internationale (GTTSSI).

Spanish

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Record 4 1999-09-16

English

Subject field(s)
  • Informatics
  • Electronic Components
  • Electrical Circuits and Circuit Breakers
  • Electrical Engineering
DEF

A small hardware device that can be attached between two devices normally connected by a cable display, if necessary, change the activity through individual wires of the cable.

CONT

The Datatracker breakout box continuously monitors all 25 pins on both sides of the unit.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Informatique
  • Composants électroniques
  • Circuits électriques et coupe-circuits
  • Électrotechnique

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Informática
  • Componentes electrónicos
  • Circuitos eléctricos e interruptores automáticos
  • Electrotecnia
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Record 5 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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