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RUN AMOK [4 records]

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Record 1 2002-11-22

English

Subject field(s)
  • Human Behaviour
DEF

A culture specific syndrome from Malay involving acute indiscriminate homicidal mania.

CONT

... massacres in other cultures, including the murder/suicide known as Amok, which was first described in the Malaysian archipelago. The mass murderer in this situation is typically young, male and isolated, and usually has experienced some loss of face or humiliation... And when they decide that life is not worth living, they don’t just kill themselves, partly because in the Malay culture suicide is taboo. Instead, they take a sword or hatchet and run down the street, killing apparently at random until they themselves are struck down and killed.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Comportement humain
DEF

Suicide par l'intermédiaire d'autrui.

Key term(s)
  • syndrome d'Amok

Spanish

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Record 2 2001-01-23

English

Subject field(s)
  • Software
  • Computer Programs and Programming
  • Artificial Intelligence
DEF

A record of the execution of all or part of a program, showing the sequence of instructions or statements executed, the operands involved and their names, and the results.

CONT

This idea of a computer program giving a "trace" of its own performance is not quite as straightforward as it may seem. On most computer systems there is a way of running any program under a "trace option, "which typically gives a list of the procedures entered, in order, and of the values of variables. This trace is supposed to help the programmer understand why his program has run amok, assuming it has.

CONT

... an extremely detailed trace of the problem-solving process.

OBS

Term and definition standardized by IEEE and ISO.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Logiciels
  • Programmes et programmation (Informatique)
  • Intelligence artificielle
DEF

Enregistrement de l'exécution de tout ou partie d'un programme, montrant la succession des instructions exécutées, les opérandes concernés et leurs noms, et les résultats.

CONT

La trace est tout ce qui peut contribuer à retracer le cheminement de l'élève à travers le didacticiel. Une trace du travail de l'élève est donc un outil essentiel pour établir un diagnostic lors d'une évaluation formative. Cette trace peut être affichée à l'écran, sauvegardée ou imprimée sur papier. Il est possible et parfois souhaitable que l'enseignant puisse modifier la qualité et la quantité ainsi que le format des traces à conserver. [...] la description du contenu des traces disponibles devraient faire l'objet d'un texte.

CONT

Est-ce que le logiciel garde une trace des erreurs de l'élève? [...] L'élève est-il averti formellement que le logiciel garde une trace de ses erreurs?

OBS

Terme et définition normalisés par l'ISO.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Soporte lógico (Software)
  • Programas y programación (Informática)
  • Inteligencia artificial
DEF

Informe y análisis de las operaciones ejecutadas y de los resultados obtenidos después de la ejecución de cada instrucción, con el propósito de lograr un diagnóstico de funcionamiento directo.

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Record 3 1997-04-16

English

Subject field(s)
  • Mental Disorders
DEF

Run about is a murderous frenzy.

CONT

Science is compared to the Golem, a creature from Jewish mythology, powerful yet potentially dangerous, a gentle, helpful creature who may run amok at any moment.

OBS

"amok" is now more usual than "amuck" in "run amok" or "amuck", but both spellings are acceptable. The Malay word "amok" means ’rushing in a frenzy’(COD).

French

Domaine(s)
  • Troubles mentaux

Spanish

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Record 4 1995-05-30

English

Subject field(s)
  • Computer Programs and Programming
CONT

This idea of a computer program giving a "trace" of its own performance is not quite as straightforward as it may seem.... This trace is supposed to help the programmer understand why his program has run amok, assuming it has.

Key term(s)
  • run amuck

French

Domaine(s)
  • Programmes et programmation (Informatique)

Spanish

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