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Record 1 2023-12-14

English

Subject field(s)
  • Facsimile
  • Telecommunications
  • Reprography
CONT

The LDX, or long distance xerography, was the first means of transmitting copies between two locations using a microwave channel...

French

Domaine(s)
  • Télécopie
  • Télécommunications
  • Reprographie

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Facsímil
  • Telecomunicaciones
  • Reprografía
CONT

El laboratorio estaba trabajando en un proyecto llamado "xerografía a larga distancia" (LDX). El objetivo era poder conectar dos fotocopiadoras entre sí [...] de forma que un documento escaneado en una máquina se copiara en la otra.

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Record 2 2003-03-12

English

Subject field(s)
  • Scientific Instruments
  • Scientific Measurements and Analyses
  • Atmospheric Physics
CONT

The Megha-Tropiques satellite is devoted to the study of the atmospheric water cycle in the tropics and its relation to the radiative budget. ... The three instruments of the mission are a microwave imager, a microwave water vapour sounder and a radiative budget instrument.

CONT

The SSM/T-2 is the first operational microwave water vapor sounder to be placed in orbit. It is a scanning, five channel, passive and total power microwave radiometer system. The SSM/T-2 consists of five channels : three water vapor channels centered around the 183. 31 GHz water vapor line, a 91 GHz channel, and a 150 GHz channel.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Instruments scientifiques
  • Mesures et analyse (Sciences)
  • Physique de l'atmosphère

Spanish

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Record 3 2000-08-24

English

Subject field(s)
  • Food Industries
CONT

"Speed-scratch cooking means having a little involvement in what you’re making with some help from the manufacturer, "Wolf says, which represents a compromise between the complete scratch cooking of the ’50s and the microwave cooking of the ’80s. Contributing to heightened interest in the category is how consumers are defining cooking. Chris Wolf, publisher of "The Food Channel, "an industry food trends newsletter, uses the term "speed scratch" to define cooking in the ’90s.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Industrie de l'alimentation

Spanish

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Record 4 1999-01-13

English

Subject field(s)
  • Telecommunications Transmission
DEF

the type of transmission in which digital data displaces voice circuits in a microwave channel.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Transmission (Télécommunications)

Spanish

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Record 5 1993-11-22

English

Subject field(s)
  • Corporate Security
  • Fire Detection
  • Security Devices
CONT

Currently available dual channel motion detectors combine either an active ultrasonic or microwave detector with a passive infrared detector.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Sécurité générale de l'entreprise
  • Détection des incendies
  • Dispositifs de sécurité

Spanish

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Record 6 1988-11-28

English

Subject field(s)
  • Telecommunications
DEF

The transmission of facsimile and other signals in addition to the regular broadcast signal.

CONT

... various options using single channel VHF radio, low-capacity FM multiplex over UHF or microwave radio, or multiple-access radio systems, should be considered and an evaluation made for the optimum solution.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Télécommunications
CONT

(...) qu'on songe (...) aux systèmes récents d'accès à l'information orale ou visuelle par ligne téléphonique (...) ou par des procédés comme le FM Multiplex, le magnétoscope (...) et le vidéo-disque, qui vont probablement concurrencer bientôt l'utilisation du film et de la télévision en classe.

CONT

(...) il faut envisager diverses options, par exemple les radiocommunications à ondes métriques et à une seule voie, le multiplexage MF de faible capacité sur des liaisons en ondes décimétriques ou les faisceaux hertziens, ou encore les systèmes radioélectriques à accès multiple, pour ensuite déterminer la solution optimale.

Spanish

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Record 7 1976-06-19

English

Subject field(s)
  • Telecommunications Transmission
CONT

One microwave channel can carry up to 1, 200 two-way telephone conversations, or one television program.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Transmission (Télécommunications)
CONT

Une voie à micro-ondes peut transmettre jusqu'à 1 200 conversations téléphoniques dans les deux sens ou une émission de télévision.

Spanish

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