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MFA [10 records]

Record 1 2026-01-24

English

Subject field(s)
  • IT Security
CONT

Multifactor authentication(MFA) is a security technology that requires multiple methods of authentication from independent categories of credentials to verify a user's identity for a login or other transaction. Multifactor authentication combines two or more independent credentials : what the user knows, such as a password; what the user has, such as a security token; and what the user is, by using biometric verification methods.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Sécurité des TI
DEF

Confirmation de l'identité déclarée d'un utilisateur en utilisant au moins deux composantes d'identification qui ne font pas partie de la même catégorie.

OBS

Les composantes d'identification («facteurs d'authentification») entrent habituellement dans l'une des catégories suivantes : quelque chose que l'utilisateur sait (p. ex. un mot de passe), quelque chose qui est inhérent à l'utilisateur (p. ex. une empreinte digitale) ou quelque chose que l'utilisateur possède (p. ex. un dispositif devant être connecté à l'ordinateur utilisé).

Key term(s)
  • authentification multi-facteur
  • authentification multi-factorielle

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Seguridad de IT
CONT

La autenticación multifactor ayuda a proteger el entorno y los recursos, ya que requiere que los usuarios confirmen su identidad mediante varios métodos de autenticación, como una llamada de teléfono, un mensaje de texto, una notificación de aplicación móvil o una contraseña de un solo uso.

OBS

MFA: por sus siglas en inglés "multi-factor authentication".

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Record 2 2020-01-23

English

Subject field(s)
  • Social Services and Social Work
CONT

The mutual family assessment(MFA)... is a consolidation of information gathered with the applicants through joint in-home consultations that includes information gathered from the completion of PRIDE [Parent Resource for Information, Development and Education] training and PRIDE Caring for Aboriginal Children.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Services sociaux et travail social

Spanish

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Record 3 2019-06-25

English

Subject field(s)
  • International Bodies and Committees
  • Protection of Farm Animals
  • Aquaculture
  • Commercial Fishing
OBS

Mercy For Animals exists to end... the exploitation of animals for food, in particular, industrial animal agriculture, aquaculture, and fishing. These forms of food production cause... animal suffering and have detrimental effects on the planet and [on] people. MFA is dedicated to eradicating this... food system and replacing it with one that is not just kind to animals but [one that is] essential for the future of [the] planet...

French

Domaine(s)
  • Organismes et comités internationaux
  • Protection des animaux (Agric.)
  • Aquaculture
  • Pêche commerciale

Spanish

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Record 4 2016-07-15

English

Subject field(s)
  • IT Security
CONT

Knowledge-based authentication(KBA) is an authentication scheme in which the user is asked to answer at least one "secret" question. KBA is often used as a component in multifactor authentication(MFA) and for self-service password retrieval.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Sécurité des TI
CONT

Authentification fondée sur les connaissances […] Plusieurs questions personnelles sont posées au signataire. Il doit y répondre correctement pour pouvoir signer l'accord.

Spanish

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Record 5 2015-07-02

English

Subject field(s)
  • Translation
  • Foreign Trade
CONT

[The] MFA [Multi-Fibre Arrangement] served to shield developed countries from low-waged imports from developing countries through a series of highly restrictive bilateral quotas...

OBS

low-wage country import; low-waged import: terms usually used in the plural.

Key term(s)
  • low-wage country imports
  • low-waged imports
  • imports from low-wage countries
  • import from low-wage countries

French

Domaine(s)
  • Traduction
  • Commerce extérieur
CONT

Les entreprises qui ont cessé de participer à une CVM [chaîne de valeur mondiale] en mettant fin aux importations en provenance des pays à salaires faibles sont celles qui ont enregistré la perte de productivité la plus importante.

OBS

importation en provenance des pays à salaires faibles; importation en provenance des pays à bas salaires : expressions habituellement utilisées au pluriel.

Key term(s)
  • importations en provenance des pays à bas salaires
  • importations en provenance des pays à salaires faibles

Spanish

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Record 6 2003-06-12

English

Subject field(s)
  • Research Experiments in Space
CONT

On its first flight EURECA was expected to achieve microgravity conditions of 5 x 10-7 9 and carried five Microgravity Multi-User Facilities : Automatic Monoellipsoid Mirror Furnace(AMP), the Exobiology and Radiation Assembly(ERA), the Multi-Furnace Assembly(MFA), the Protein Crystallization Facility(PCF), and the Solution Growth Facility(SGF). Also on board were the High Precision Thermostat(HPT) and the Surface Forces Adhesion(SPA) materials science experiments.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Travaux de recherche dans l'espace

Spanish

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Record 7 2000-10-10

English

Subject field(s)
  • Occupation Names (General)
  • Economics
OBS

Monetary and Financial Analysis(MFA), a department at the Bank of Canada.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Désignations des emplois (Généralités)
  • Économique
OBS

Études monétaires et financières (EMF), un département à la Banque du Canada.

Spanish

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Record 8 2000-10-05

English

Subject field(s)
  • Titles of Documents and Works
  • Financial and Budgetary Management
  • Information Sources (Journalism)
OBS

Publication from Monetary and Financial Analysis(MFA), a department at the Bank of Canada.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Titres de documents et d'œuvres
  • Gestion budgétaire et financière
  • Sources d'information (Journalisme)
OBS

Publication du département des Études monétaires et financières (EMF) à la Banque du Canada.

Spanish

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Record 9 1996-06-02

English

Subject field(s)
  • Foreign Trade
  • Textile Industries
  • The Product (Marketing)
OBS

MFA : Multifibre Arrangement.

Key term(s)
  • non-MFA product

French

Domaine(s)
  • Commerce extérieur
  • Industries du textile
  • Produit (Commercialisation)
OBS

AMF : Arrangement multifibres.

Key term(s)
  • produit non visé par l'AMF

Spanish

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Record 10 1996-03-22

English

Subject field(s)
  • Clothing (General)
  • Commercial Establishments
CONT

While the poorest developing countries(for whom the rag trade is often a first step toward industrialisation) still want the MFA(Multi-Fibre Agreement) scrapped, established exporters are preparing to sign a new one....

French

Domaine(s)
  • Vêtements (Généralités)
  • Établissements commerciaux
OBS

Friperie : vêtements, tissus usagés, fripés.

Spanish

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