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NUMBER PAD [9 records]

Record 1 2022-10-28

English

Subject field(s)
  • Paper or Paperboard Goods
  • Office Equipment and Supplies
  • School Equipment
DEF

A pad of blank or ruled paper for writing notes on.

OBS

pad; block :... a number of sheets of paper(usually blank and identical in size, etc.) fastened together at one edge so as to form a block, from which sheets may be removed one by one as used.

Key term(s)
  • note pad
  • scratchpad

French

Domaine(s)
  • Objets en papier ou en carton
  • Équipement et fournitures de bureau
  • Matériel et équipement scolaires
DEF

Bloc de feuilles faciles à détacher, permettant de prendre des notes.

Spanish

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Record 2 2021-12-07

English

Subject field(s)
  • Computer Peripheral Equipment
DEF

A computer keyboard that does not have a number pad...

CONT

The easiest way to trim down the length of a keyboard is to hack off that number pad, creating an 87 or 88-key layout, commonly referred to as [a] tenkeyless.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Périphériques (Informatique)
CONT

Les claviers TKL [tenkeyless] disposent d'une conception plus compacte que les claviers mécaniques classiques, en faisant l'impasse sur le pavé numérique.

Spanish

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Record 3 2016-02-26

English

Subject field(s)
  • Types of Paper
  • Office Equipment and Supplies
DEF

A pad consisting of a number of sheets of blotting-paper joined at the edges and used for drying the ink of letters and the like.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Sortes de papier
  • Équipement et fournitures de bureau

Spanish

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Record 4 2013-08-07

English

Subject field(s)
  • Paper or Paperboard Goods
  • Office Equipment and Supplies
DEF

A pad of notepaper.

OBS

pad : a number of sheets of paper(as for writing or drawing) that are grouped together in a stack of varying thickness that are fastened at one end(as by cementing the extreme edge of each sheet to a cloth strip) so that each sheet may be separately removed....

Key term(s)
  • writing pad

French

Domaine(s)
  • Objets en papier ou en carton
  • Équipement et fournitures de bureau

Spanish

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Record 5 2006-08-30

English

Subject field(s)
  • Banking
CONT

Debit card activity is reflected on your monthly bank statement

CONT

A growing percentage of debit card activity is "PIN-Based Debit" or "online debit, "meaning the customer authorizes the transaction by entering their PIN [personal identification number] into a device called a PIN pad.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Banque

Spanish

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Record 6 2003-03-12

English

Subject field(s)
  • Computer Peripheral Equipment
  • Office Automation
DEF

A set of auxiliary keys at the right of the standard alphanumeric keyboard, that has numbers for use in efficient input of numeric data.

CONT

For example, before getting a meter reading, a student may make a prediction about the value, using the number pad and calculator.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Périphériques (Informatique)
  • Bureautique
DEF

[...] bloc que l'on trouve sur certains micro-ordinateurs à droite du clavier principal, (et qui) sert à introduire des valeurs numériques et des données directionnelles (en haut, en bas, à gauche et à droite).

CONT

Clavier Azerty accentué avec touches de fonctions et pavé numérique.

OBS

«clavier numérique» désigne deux choses différentes : 1 lorsqu'il s'agit du bloc numérique, il se rend en anglais par : «keypad». 2 lorsqu'il s'agit de tout le clavier, il se rend en anglais par : «numeric keyboard».

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Equipo periférico (Computadoras)
  • Ofimática
DEF

Conjunto de teclas auxiliares a la derecha del teclado alfanumérico estándar, conteniendo números para facilitar el ingreso eficiente de datos numéricos.

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Record 7 2002-11-07

English

Subject field(s)
  • Telephone Facilities
CONT

Calls to a toll-free number will connect the end-customer to an interactive voice response(IVR) unit(or Touch-Tone pad input device or a similar device), which will record the following information : automatic recording of the working telephone number to be subscribed to the PIC(or evidence of further security measures as required to verify end customer identity), date and time, and PIC to confirm the end-customer's choice of AC.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Installations (Téléphonie)

Spanish

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Record 8 1998-08-12

English

Subject field(s)
  • Pulp Preparation (papermaking)
DEF

A number used to indicate the light reflectance of pulp. It is a carefully standardized method for measuring the reflectance of a pad of pulp using 457 nm light(blue-green).

OBS

The attainment of a target brightness value, without undue pulp degradation, is the primary goal of almost all bleaching.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Préparation de la pâte à papier
DEF

Nombre utilisé pour indiquer la réflectance d'une pâte. Il résulte d'une méthode normalisée servant à mesurer la réflectance d'un échantillon de pâte à l'aide d'une source de lumière de 457 nm (bleue-verte).

OBS

Presque tous les traitements de blanchiment visent essentiellement l'obtention d'un degré de blancheur déterminé sans dégradation excessive de la pâte.

Spanish

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Record 9 1991-06-06

English

Subject field(s)
  • Molecular Biology
  • Biochemistry
CONT

Replica filters are made as follows : A. Prepare in advance a stack of sterile Whatman 3MM filters(one for each filter plus a few spares). B. Peel the master nitrocellulose filter off the storage plate and lay it colony side up on a dampened pad of sterile, 3MM filter paper. C. Number a damp, sterile nitrocellulose filter and lay it on the master nitrocellulose filter. D. Press the two filters firmly together with a velvet replica-plating tool. E. Orient the two filters by placing a series of holes made in the pair of filters with an 18-gauge needle. F. Peel apart the filters. Lay the replica on a fresh agar plate and incubate at 37 ° C until colonies appear. G. Replace the master nitrocellulose filter on a fresh agar plate containing 25% glycerol. Incubate for 1 hour at 37 ° C and then freeze as described in step 6 above.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Biologie moléculaire
  • Biochimie

Spanish

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