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HARDWARE STORE [12 records]

Record 1 2024-01-27

English

Subject field(s)
  • Computer Peripheral Equipment
  • Simulation (Cybernetic Systems)
DEF

Hardware and software designed specifically to efficiently capture, store, manipulate, transmit and display images from either direct computation, real environments, models or documents; renders realistic pixel-based representations; not computer graphics.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Périphériques (Informatique)
  • Simulation (Systèmes cybernétiques)
DEF

Matériel et logiciel conçus spécifiquement pour efficacement saisir, stocker, manipuler, transmettre et afficher des images de synthèse ou réelles, des modèles ou des documents, et qui les restitue sous forme de représentations pixelisées réalistes mais non pas infographiques.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Equipo periférico (Computadoras)
  • Simulación (Sistemas cibernéticos)
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Record 2 2023-02-28

English

Subject field(s)
  • Computer Memories
  • Optics
  • Artificial Intelligence
CONT

Many applications will benefit from an optical holographic memory what will store and retrieve information in a format that is suitable for direct interface and transmission through an optical fiber network, thereby, providing optimal performance in terms of hardware complexity, memory and network capacity, bandwidth, and latency.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Mémoires (Informatique)
  • Optique
  • Intelligence artificielle

Spanish

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Record 3 - external organization data 2021-03-18

English

Subject field(s)
  • Compartment – Nomenclature 4.0
  • Museums and Heritage (General)
OBS

hardware store : an item in the "Structures" class of the "Built Environment Objects" category.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Tiroir – Nomenclature 4.0
  • Muséologie et patrimoine (Généralités)
OBS

quincaillerie : objet de la classe «Constructions» de la catégorie «Éléments du bâtiment».

Spanish

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Record 4 2019-02-07

English

Subject field(s)
  • Occupation Names (General)
  • Engineering
  • Telecommunications
CONT

Radio systems engineers coordinate and assist in integration and testing of hardware and software throughout the development cycle of a radio. They generate, transmit, distribute, store, control and use electromagnetic energy or electrically coded information bringing sound to the radio waves.

Key term(s)
  • radio system engineer

French

Domaine(s)
  • Désignations des emplois (Généralités)
  • Ingénierie
  • Télécommunications
Key term(s)
  • ingénieur de système radio
  • ingénieure de système radio

Spanish

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Record 5 2018-10-09

English

Subject field(s)
  • Occupation Names (General)
  • Commercial Establishments
  • Inventory and Material Management
CONT

A stocker works at a store organizing, stocking, and restocking shelves with goods for sale. Typically, stores that employ dedicated stockers are larger facilities such as department, appliance, and hardware stores; supermarkets also use stockers. The primary job of a stocker is to replace and rotate items on the sales floor in compliance with store procedures. They may follow inventory or restock reports generated by previous or ongoing sales data to replace items. In instances where new products are to be offered, the stocker typically helps manage space and display areas as part of the job.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Désignations des emplois (Généralités)
  • Établissements commerciaux
  • Gestion des stocks et du matériel

Spanish

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Record 6 2018-09-04

English

Subject field(s)
  • Occupation Names (General)
  • Commercial Establishments
  • General Hardware
CONT

Hardware store managers are responsible for all of the daily store operations. They hire, train and evaluate department staff, track sales, analyze budgets, order inventory, and may even process payroll.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Désignations des emplois (Généralités)
  • Établissements commerciaux
  • Quincaillerie générale

Spanish

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Record 7 2017-03-17

English

Subject field(s)
  • Various Proper Names
  • Inventory and Material Management
  • Materials Storage
Universal entry(ies)
6622
classification system code, see observation
OBS

Store shelf stockers, clerks and order fillers pack customers’ purchases, price items, stock shelves with merchandise, and fill mail and telephone orders. They are employed in retail establishments, such as grocery, hardware and department stores, and in warehouses.

OBS

6622: classification system code in the National Occupational Classification.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Appellations diverses
  • Gestion des stocks et du matériel
  • Stockage
Entrée(s) universelle(s)
6622
classification system code, see observation
OBS

Les garnisseurs/garnisseuses de tablettes, commis et préposés/préposées aux commandes dans les magasins emballent les achats des clients, apposent des prix sur les produits, garnissent les étagères et remplissent des commandes postales et téléphoniques. Ils sont employés dans des commerces de détail, tels que des épiceries, des quincailleries et des grands magasins, et des entrepôts de vente.

OBS

6622 : code du système de classification de la Classification nationale des professions.

Spanish

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Record 8 2016-08-09

English

Subject field(s)
  • Regional and Municipal Gov. Bodies and Committees
  • Museums
OBS

The Dickson Store Museum is a 1930's style general store that sold groceries, hardware, dry goods, and included a post office.

OBS

Title confirmed by organization.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Organismes et comités de gouv. régionaux ou municipaux
  • Muséologie

Spanish

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Record 9 2011-12-22

English

Subject field(s)
  • Cartography
  • Remote Sensing
CONT

A GIS database contains information about the location of real-world features and the characteristics of those features.

OBS

GIS : Geographic Information System. An organized collection of computer hardware, software, geographic data, and personnel designed to efficiently capture, store, update, manipulate, analyze, and display all forms of geographically referenced information.

OBS

GIS database: term used at Natural Resources Canada - Earth Sciences Sector.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Cartographie
  • Télédétection
OBS

Dans les systèmes d'information géographique les informations de cartographie sont enregistrées dans une base de données. [...] Un système d'information géographique est un système d'informations qui permet de collecter, manipuler des renseignements de cartographie (coordonnées de routes, de forêts, de plans d'eau). Ces informations sont utilisées par le système d'information géographique pour créer des cartes géographiques.

OBS

base de données de SIG : terme en usage à Ressources naturelles Canada - Secteur des sciences de la Terre.

Key term(s)
  • base de données du système d'information géographique

Spanish

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Record 10 2007-09-25

English

Subject field(s)
  • Mountain Sports
CONT

In size and weight, ice tools are similar to something you might buy at your local hardware store. The head of the tool boasts a pick on one side and either an "adze"(a flat, chisel-like device used for chopping holes in ice) or a hammer on the other.... A lot of ice tools are named after birds, since the pick of the tool is reminiscent of a bird's beak... :"Hummingbird, ""Woodpecker, ""Blackbird, ""Thunderbird. "

CONT

A sharp ice tool will make the climbing much easier. [Example approved by the Avalanche Bulletin Terminology Standardization Committee.]

OBS

Ice axes are longer than ice tools, and they are rarely used on steep ice.

OBS

ice tool: term officially approved by the Avalanche Bulletin Terminology Standardization Committee.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Sports de montagne
DEF

Outil d'alpiniste, ferré à un bout et équipé d'une petite pioche à l'autre extrémité.

CONT

Un piolet bien aiguisé facilite beaucoup l'escalade. [Exemple entériné par le Comité d'uniformisation de la terminologie des bulletins d'avalanche.]

OBS

piolet; piolet de glace : termes uniformisés par le Comité d'uniformisation de la terminologie des bulletins d'avalanche.

Spanish

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Record 11 1995-03-02

English

Subject field(s)
  • Artificial Intelligence
  • Computer Programs and Programming
CONT

A model library facility is... incorporated, to enable models to be built up, tested and debugged incrementally. Thus it is possible for students to store, retrieve or edit partially complete models. Once a hardware model is defined, it may be stored in a library of model units which may be used as building blocks for more extensive models, thus supporting the hierarchical development of models at different levels of abstraction.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Intelligence artificielle
  • Programmes et programmation (Informatique)

Spanish

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Record 12 1986-12-05

English

Subject field(s)
  • Computer Memories
  • Storage Media (Data Processing)
CONT

On the MUG-G, the virtual store was implemented using the same philosophy as the Atlas scheme, that is, there was a page address register for every page in the main store hence full coverage of the store. Hardware PARs removed the need for page tables in the store since all the pages in the store are recovered by the PARs

French

Domaine(s)
  • Mémoires (Informatique)
  • Supports d'information (Informatique)

Spanish

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