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PROOF WORK [11 records]

Record 1 2021-10-28

English

Subject field(s)
  • Computer Mathematics
  • Currency and Foreign Exchange
CONT

Proof of activity... combines both proof of work and proof of stake. First, proof of work is performed to identify a winning block and then a chosen set of users perform the validation, thus achieving consensus.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Mathématiques informatiques
  • Politique monétaire et marché des changes
CONT

[L'utilisation de la] preuve d'activité [permet de] récompenser les mineurs les plus actifs (ceux restant le plus longtemps en ligne).

Spanish

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Record 2 2021-02-26

English

Subject field(s)
  • Computer Mathematics
  • Currency and Foreign Exchange
DEF

[A] payment in which two people agree to a financial arrangement where one party will pay the other party a certain amount of cryptocurrency, such as Bitcoin or Ethereum.

CONT

The way that hash time-locked contracts work is that the person who will be making the payment sets up a specific hash, which represents the amount of money that will be paid. To receive the payment, the recipient will have to create a cryptographic proof of payment, and he or she will have to do this within the specified amount of time.

Key term(s)
  • hash time lock contract

French

Domaine(s)
  • Mathématiques informatiques
  • Politique monétaire et marché des changes

Spanish

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Record 3 2021-02-26

English

Subject field(s)
  • Computer Mathematics
  • Currency and Foreign Exchange
DEF

... an alternative consensus algorithm that tries to address the energy consumption issue of proof of work.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Mathématiques informatiques
  • Politique monétaire et marché des changes
CONT

La preuve de destruction ressemble essentiellement à un algorithme de preuve de travail, mais avec des taux de consommation d'énergie réduits. Le processus de validation de bloc des réseaux PoB ne nécessite pas l'utilisation de ressources de calcul puissantes et ne dépend pas d'un matériel d'extraction puissant [...]

Spanish

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Record 4 2021-02-26

English

Subject field(s)
  • Computer Mathematics
  • Information Processing (Informatics)
  • Currency and Foreign Exchange
DEF

A consensus mechanism used to prove that a miner has dedicated a sufficient amount of their physical storage to a given endeavor.

OBS

While proof of stake and proof of work methods use stake size and computing power, respectively, to determine who is able to verify a transaction, PoC methods use available storage space to do so.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Mathématiques informatiques
  • Traitement de l'information (Informatique)
  • Politique monétaire et marché des changes
CONT

La preuve de capacité, aussi appelée preuve d'espace (proof of space) ou preuve de stockage (proof of storage), est une alternative à la preuve de travail qui se base, non pas sur la dépense énergétique des machines validatrices, mais sur leur capacité à garder en mémoire des données.

Spanish

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Record 5 2015-01-09

English

Subject field(s)
  • Government Contracts
  • Execution of Work (Construction)
DEF

[direct labour] The employment of building tradesmen and labourers by the client or his agent (engineer or architect) directly, without the mediation of a contractor.

DEF

[daywork] A method of payment for building work, involving agreement between the clerk of works and the contractor on the hours of work done by each man, and the materials used. Proof of this agreement is shown by the clerk of works's signature of the contractor's day-sheets. Payment to the contractor consists of his expenses in labour and materials, plus an agreed percentage for overheads and profit. Daywork is cost-plus percentage payment on a small scale.

CONT

Construction by day labor. With this type of building operation, the owner recruits his own labor force, pays for all labor, materials, subcontractors, rentals and equipment, and all other expenses ... He may, through his architect, hire the services of an engineer. He would recruit the services of a superintendent. He may even hire the complete services of a building contractor.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Marchés publics
  • Exécution des travaux de construction
DEF

Mode d'exécution de travaux caractérisé par le fait que le maître de l'ouvrage exécute des travaux sous sa propre direction et sa propre responsabilité.

CONT

Les travaux en régie sont [...] ceux dont l'exécution est dirigée par le client, sous son entière responsabilité, avec des moyens mis à sa disposition par l'entrepreneur. [...] Le processus est [...] sensiblement le même que pour les dépenses contrôlées, à ceci près que [...] le contrôle de certains éléments de la dépense [...] est encore plus aisé pour le maître d'œuvre, [...] les coefficients de majoration sont plus faibles [...] En outre le régime fiscal est différent [...]

Key term(s)
  • dépenses contrôlées

Spanish

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Record 6 2011-11-04

English

Subject field(s)
  • Labour and Employment
  • Citizenship and Immigration
CONT

TFWs [temporary foreign workers] are advised to keep thorough records of their employment in Canada, especially documents to support periods not worked during the validity period of a work permit, such as passport entry and exit stamps, ticket and boarding passes, or proof of receipt of maternity or parental benefits.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Travail et emploi
  • Citoyenneté et immigration
CONT

On recommande aux TET [travailleurs étrangers temporaires] de conserver minutieusement les renseignements relatifs à leur emploi au Canada, particulièrement les documents démontrant les périodes pendant lesquelles ils n'ont pas travaillé au cours de la période de validité de leur permis de travail, comme les timbres d'entrée ou de sortie estampillés dans le passeport, les billets et les cartes d'embarquement et la preuve qu'ils reçoivent des prestations parentales ou de maternité.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Trabajo y empleo
  • Ciudadanía e inmigración
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Record 7 2004-03-18

English

Subject field(s)
  • Scientific Instruments
  • Engineering Tests and Reliability
CONT

As an in-and-out flexible connecting pipe for explosion-proof electrical equipment, NGd series explosion-proof and separation flexible connecting pipe is quite suitable to be used in the area with Q-1 level explosive mixture elements. It is used for explosion proof electric machinery, work site instrumentation(electric transmitter of all types, pressure gauges, switches, thermo-couples and thermo-resistance etc.).

Key term(s)
  • worksite instrumentation

French

Domaine(s)
  • Instruments scientifiques
  • Fiabilité, contrôle et essais (Ingénierie)
CONT

Instrumentation de sols, d'ouvrages géotechniques et de structures. Instrumentation de chantier (tassomètres, inclinomètres, capteurs de pression, capteurs de contrainte, capteurs de déformation, convergences, fleximètre, extensomètres) [...]

OBS

instrumentation : Ensemble des instruments de mesure, d'analyse, d'observation, etc., utilisés dans les domaines physico-chimiques, biomédicaux; [...]

Spanish

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Record 8 2001-02-28

English

Subject field(s)
  • Natural Construction Materials
  • Building Insulation and Acoustical Design
CONT

External Insulation... You must notify your local council and this type of work must be carried out by the professionals as you will have to change the window frames and pipes. The material is usually glass or rock fibre and must be fitted above the damp proof course.

CONT

Porous absorbent. When the mineral fibers like glass fiber or rock fiber are exposed in air for a long time, they begin to effloresce into dust. By that reason, others generally install for packing with vinyl films decreasing the absorption effect. But we install the mineral plastic particles of strong durability with PVF film of chemical fiber, and therefore, our products have the features of an excellent durability as well as the best absorption effect.

OBS

Not to be confused with mineral fiber, which is a broader term.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Matériaux de construction naturels
  • Isolation et acoustique architecturale
DEF

La fibre de roche est un filament obtenue par fusion et soufflage de roches sédimentaires profondes; inorganique et amorphe, elle ne favorise pas le développement des bactéries.

CONT

Dans les systèmes isolés avec de la fibre de roche ou de la fibre cellulosique, la résistance au feu est plus grande parce que ces isolants résistent plus longtemps à la chaleur. La fibre de roche et la fibre cellulosique, plus denses, fournissent également un degré d'isolation acoustique plus élevé que la fibre de verre.

Spanish

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Record 9 2001-01-03

English

Subject field(s)
  • Banking
CONT

In order to effect better control over huge volumes of checks passing through the proof department in large banks, these banks have periodic "settlements" or "cut-offs" of work. Each "cut-off" is balanced and items are immediately released from the proof department after each "settlement. "This not only affords better control, but permits transit items to be mailed in several deliveries each business day.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Banque

Spanish

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Record 10 1996-12-12

English

Subject field(s)
  • Correction and Proofreading (Printing)
DEF

Any proof pulled from type on a proofing press or from a plate without makeready showing what the material proofed looks like.

OBS

Rough proofs are usually pulled for identification purposes only, before filing away type galleys or engravings for storage. Also, an in-house proof pulled to check the work.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Correction d'épreuves (Imprimerie)
CONT

L'épreuve en première est le premier tirage fait sur une feuille de papier avec la composition telle qu'elle sort des mains du compositeur typographe ou telle qu'elle se présente en sortie de machine composeuse-fondeuse. L'épreuve est obtenue par encrage au rouleau à main et impression au taquoir ou à la presse à épreuve. Destinée à la correction en première, cette épreuve ne franchit pas les portes de l'imprimerie.

Spanish

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Record 11 1988-01-06

English

Subject field(s)
  • Artificial Intelligence
DEF

Procedure which corresponds to proof procedures which work forward from the initial set of assumptions, by using implications to derive conclusions from assumptions.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Intelligence artificielle

Spanish

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