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ROMS [8 records]

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Alphabetical list of terms

Record 1 2015-10-22

English

Subject field(s)
  • Storage Media (Data Processing)
DEF

A medium which can be used as secondary or extended memory for a computer but which can also be conveniently removed and used as a storage device.

OBS

Memory cards, DVDs, CD ROMs, diskettes, magnetic tapes, hard drives and memory sticks [are examples of removable media].

OBS

removable medium: term usually used in the plural.

Key term(s)
  • removable media

French

Domaine(s)
  • Supports d'information (Informatique)
DEF

[Support] qui [peut] servir de mémoire secondaire ou de prolongement à l'ordinateur, mais qui [peut] aussi être facilement retiré et utilisé comme dispositif de stockage.

OBS

Une carte mémoire, un DVD, un CD-ROM, une disquette, un ruban magnétique, un disque dur [et] une clé USB [sont des exemples de supports d'information amovibles].

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Medios de almacenamiento (Procesamiento de datos)
CONT

El responsable del área informática, con la asistencia del responsable de seguridad de la información, implementará procedimientos para la administración de medios informáticos removibles, como cintas, discos, pendrives [...]

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Record 2 2008-07-22

English

Subject field(s)
  • IT Security
CONT

While some portable memory devices have read-only memories(ROMs) therein which cannot be altered by data from the stations, some of the devices have memory which can store data received from outside the device.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Sécurité des TI
CONT

L'invention porte sur un module d'accès à un téléphone logiciel (VSAM) de voix sur IP (VoIP), comprenant un client de téléphone logiciel installé sur un dispositif de mémoire portable (PMD).

Spanish

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Record 3 2004-08-24

English

Subject field(s)
  • Computer Programs and Programming
DEF

Term referring to any computer whose instruction set is not fixed but which can be tailored to individual needs by the programming of ROMs or other memory devices.

French

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

Une logique microprogrammée, une allocation dynamique des ressources, une autorégulation, un autodiagnostic...qui...tendent à faire de l'ordinateur une machine souple, docile(...)

Spanish

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

Se aplica a una computadora (ordenador) en que la unidad de control en la UCP (unidad central de procesamiento) activa varios circuitos mediante microinstrucciones almacenadas en una memoria de control, antes bien que a través de circuitos cableados permanentemente.

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Record 4 2004-02-09

English

Subject field(s)
  • Adaptive Automated Systems
DEF

A method of integrating peripheral devices into a computer system that includes mechanisms for configuring devices during system startup and requires that vendors include expansion ROMs on plug-in cards.

Key term(s)
  • auto-configuration

French

Domaine(s)
  • Systèmes automatiques adaptatifs
CONT

[[L'autoconfiguration] est une des caractéristiques de l'informatique autonome. Les systèmes à autoconfiguration peuvent s'adapter à des environnements changeant de manière dynamique avec un minimum d'intervention humaine.

Key term(s)
  • auto-configuration

Spanish

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Record 5 2000-04-04

English

Subject field(s)
  • Computer Graphics
DEF

An information service that delivers multimedia information either through broadcast or telecommunication networks, or through local delivery such as CD. ROMs/ISO/IEC JTC1/SC29/N972 Rev. 2).

CONT

Major players in multimedia services: Information Providers (Content Providers) that provide the multimedia material also, Service Operators that provide services to the end user, Network Operators that provide the network support for service delivery, Platform Manufacturers that build terminals and servers for multimedia services, End Users that finally "consume" the services.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Infographie
Key term(s)
  • services multimédias

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Gráficos de computadora
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Record 6 1998-12-16

English

Subject field(s)
  • Computer Programs and Programming
DEF

A loader program implemented in some ROMs that allows the loading of binary tapes or of the first record or sector of a mass storage device; a type of bootstrap loader plus a binary loader.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Programmes et programmation (Informatique)

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Programas y programación (Informática)
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Record 7 1997-08-01

English

Subject field(s)
  • Informatics
OBS

The program design, the single most important part of the software development, bridges the gap between hardware and software-or firmware when the program is put into ROMs.

Key term(s)
  • programme design logic

French

Domaine(s)
  • Informatique

Spanish

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Record 8 1993-12-20

English

Subject field(s)
  • Computer Memories
CONT

There are two documented Stealth methods for managing ROMs. Stealth M [M for mapping] takes advantage of the memory-mapping features of the 386/486 processor to map the ROM into extended memory. Stealth F [F for frame] uses part of the existing EMS page frame to do similar ROM swapping.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Mémoires (Informatique)

Spanish

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