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Record 1 2019-02-28

English

Subject field(s)
  • Software
DEF

A file that is not revealed by a normal directory search.

OBS

Such files are normally part of the operating system and will be reported by a check disk command.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Logiciels
DEF

Fichier absent du listing des fichiers contenus dans un dossier, afin de le protéger de l'effacement ou de la modification.

OBS

Ce type de fichier est souvent employé pour stocker du code ou des données critiques pour le système d'exploitation.

Spanish

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Record 2 2012-01-24

English

Subject field(s)
  • Information Processing (Informatics)
  • Software
CONT

The search in the cache for the next word is made using an associative search in the address tag directory.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Traitement de l'information (Informatique)
  • Logiciels
DEF

Recherche d'objet faite à partir du contenu de celui-ci.

Spanish

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Record 3 2008-04-18

English

Subject field(s)
  • Titles of Internet Pages
  • Plastic Arts (General)
OBS

A national directory of Canadian artists, art galleries, associations and art resources. Websites related to the visual arts in Canada are invited to add their link. Artists In Canada is dedicated to raising the profile of the visual arts in Canada by maintaining a national directory of internet links to artists and art resources. Artists In Canada maintains the directory of links as a free service to the arts community. The directory is stored in a database where site visitors can search the links using a simple search interface. Visitors are invited to add their visual arts-related links to the directory.

Key term(s)
  • Artists in Canada Directory

French

Domaine(s)
  • Titres de pages Internet
  • Arts plastiques (Généralités)

Spanish

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Record 4 2002-08-08

English

Subject field(s)
  • Titles of Documents and Works
  • Data Banks and Databases
  • Penal Law
  • Police
OBS

Washington, D.C.: U.S. Department of Justice.

OBS

The Directory of Automated Criminal Justice Information Systems... has been replaced with an online database, The Automated Index of Criminal Justice Information Systems, which is maintained at SEARCH, the National Consortium for Justice Information and Statistics".

OBS

SEARCH, The National Consortium for Justice Information and Statistics, operates the Automated Index under funding from the Bureau of Justice Statistics, U.S. Department of Justice.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Titres de documents et d'œuvres
  • Banques et bases de données
  • Droit pénal
  • Police

Spanish

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Record 5 2002-08-02

English

Subject field(s)
  • Internet and Telematics
  • Information Processing (Informatics)
DEF

A property of the relationship between words in a search engine(or directory) query. Search engines often allow users to specify that words should be next to one another or somewhere near one another in the web pages searched.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Internet et télématique
  • Traitement de l'information (Informatique)
OBS

La terminologie de cette fiche relève des moteurs de recherche Internet.

Spanish

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Record 6 1996-05-23

English

Subject field(s)
  • Federal Government Bodies and Committees (Canadian)
OBS

Clients need only a personal computer with a modem and communications software to browse through a bulletin board of news and announcements, search for questions and answers, and access Revenue Canada's directory of tax services offices.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Organismes et comités fédéraux (Gouvernement canadien)
OBS

Les clients n'ont besoin que d'un modem et d'un ordinateur personnel muni d'un logiciel de communication pour parcourir le babillard électronique contenant des nouvelles et des annonces, chercher une réponse à une question particulière, ou avoir accès à la liste des bureaux des services fiscaux de Revenu Canada.

Spanish

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Record 7 1994-08-31

English

Subject field(s)
  • Computer Programs and Programming
DEF

A variable that describes the operating environment of the process. Common environment variables describe the home directory, command search path, the terminal in use, and the current time zone [the HOME, PATH, TERM, and TZ variables, respectively].

French

Domaine(s)
  • Programmes et programmation (Informatique)

Spanish

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