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Record 1 2021-05-31

English

Subject field(s)
  • Education Theory and Methods
CONT

One recent improvement is branching programming, which allows brighter students to bypass large sets of frames; at the same time it gives error-prone students remedial instruction. When certain errors are made, the student is directed to special sets of frames that branch out from the main sequence and return to it when the remedial sequence has been completed.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Théories et méthodes pédagogiques
CONT

[...] le concept de programmation à branchement, appelée aussi programmation intrinsèque [...] permet dès le début du programme d'adapter l'instruction à l'élève; il tient compte des différences individuelles.

Key term(s)
  • programmation à branchements

Spanish

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Record 2 2012-10-31

English

Subject field(s)
  • Rail Transport Operations
  • Freight Service (Rail Transport)
DEF

In home procedures, an instruction to return a car via the same junction and road from which it was received loaded.

OBS

record rights: term officially approved by Canadian Pacific.

OBS

Term used in the centralized management of CN freight traffic called TRACS (Traffic Reporting and Controlling System).

Key term(s)
  • record right

French

Domaine(s)
  • Exploitation (Transport par rail)
  • Trafic marchandises (Transport par rail)
DEF

Dans les opérations de rapatriement, instruction enjoignant de remettre un wagon au chemin de fer cédant au point où s'était fait l'échange.

OBS

restitution au point de réception : terme uniformisé par le Canadien Pacifique.

OBS

Précédent d'acheminement : terme utilisé dans le système de gestion centralisée du trafic marchandises du CN appelé système TRACS.

Spanish

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Record 3 2003-09-05

English

Subject field(s)
  • Computer Programs and Programming
CONT

A subroutine call instruction is one which changes the PC(jumps) but stores the old value of the PC so that the subroutine can "return"(jump back) when it is done.

Key term(s)
  • sub-routine call instruction

French

Domaine(s)
  • Programmes et programmation (Informatique)
CONT

Aucune instruction d'appel de sous-programme n'existe pour appeler le sous-programme de traitement.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Programas y programación (Informática)
OBS

La diferencia entre una llamada de reinicio y su llamada de subrutina equivalente es que la llamada de subrutina puede usar tres bytes de memoria, mientras que la llamada de reinicio (RST) sólo puede usar un byte.

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Record 4 2002-09-19

English

Subject field(s)
  • Orthoses
  • Visual Disorders
CONT

Any person, firm or corporation that dispenses contact lenses on the prescription of a practitioner licensed under Articles 1 or 6 of this Chapter shall, at the time of delivery of the lenses, inform the recipient both orally and in writing that he return to the prescriber for insertion of the lens, instruction on lens insertion and care, and to ascertain the accuracy and suitability of the prescribed lens.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Orthèses
  • Troubles de la vision
CONT

Les lentilles prescrites peuvent être de formes lenticulaire asphérique ou plein champ asphérique.

Spanish

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Record 5 2000-10-03

English

Subject field(s)
  • Computer Programs and Programming
OBS

Contrast with return instruction.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Programmes et programmation (Informatique)
DEF

Instruction qui sauvegarde le contenu du registre d'instruction avant le branchement à un sous-programme ou procédure.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Programas y programación (Informática)
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Record 6 1987-03-11

English

Subject field(s)
  • Medical and Surgical Equipment
CONT

Foreign bodies lodged in cornea :... Apply eye patch and reinforce instruction to return to ophthalmologist the following day to determine if healing is underway.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Équipement médico-chirurgical
OBS

Il ne nous paraît cependant pas utile d'imposer un pansement binoculaire, qui force certes le patient à une immobilité totale, mais provoque aussi parfois un surcroît d'agitation (...)

Spanish

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