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SEARCH EXPRESSION [9 records]
Record 1 - internal organization data 2024-05-08
Record 1, English
Record 1, Subject field(s)
- Programming Languages
- Computer Display Technology
- Computer Programs and Programming
Record 1, Main entry term, English
- regular expression
1, record 1, English, regular%20expression
correct
Record 1, Abbreviations, English
- RE 2, record 1, English, RE
correct
Record 1, Synonyms, English
- regexp 3, record 1, English, regexp
correct
- regex 4, record 1, English, regex
correct
Record 1, Textual support, English
Record number: 1, Textual support number: 1 CONT
A regular expression is a sequence of characters that forms a search pattern. When you search for data in a text, you can use this search pattern to describe what you are searching for. A regular expression can be a single character, or a more complicated pattern. 5, record 1, English, - regular%20expression
Record 1, French
Record 1, Domaine(s)
- Langages de programmation
- Techniques d'affichage (Ordinateurs)
- Programmes et programmation (Informatique)
Record 1, Main entry term, French
- expression rationnelle
1, record 1, French, expression%20rationnelle
correct, feminine noun
Record 1, Abbreviations, French
- ER 2, record 1, French, ER
correct, feminine noun
Record 1, Synonyms, French
- expression régulière 3, record 1, French, expression%20r%C3%A9guli%C3%A8re
feminine noun
Record 1, Textual support, French
Record number: 1, Textual support number: 1 CONT
Par expression rationnelle, on entend un groupe de lettres, de chiffres et de caractères spéciaux utilisés pour correspondre à des données. 4, record 1, French, - expression%20rationnelle
Record 1, Spanish
Record 1, Textual support, Spanish
Record 2 - internal organization data 2017-03-30
Record 2, English
Record 2, Subject field(s)
- General Conduct of Military Operations
- Police
Record 2, Main entry term, English
- aid to the civil power
1, record 2, English, aid%20to%20the%20civil%20power
correct
Record 2, Abbreviations, English
- ACP 1, record 2, English, ACP
correct
Record 2, Synonyms, English
- aid of the civil power 2, record 2, English, aid%20of%20the%20civil%20power
correct, officially approved
- ACP 3, record 2, English, ACP
correct, officially approved
- ACP 3, record 2, English, ACP
- military aid to the civil power 4, record 2, English, military%20aid%20to%20the%20civil%20power
correct
- aid-to-civil power 5, record 2, English, aid%2Dto%2Dcivil%20power
Record 2, Textual support, English
Record number: 2, Textual support number: 1 DEF
The calling out of military troops by the civil authorities to help maintain or restore public order. 1, record 2, English, - aid%20to%20the%20civil%20power
Record number: 2, Textual support number: 1 CONT
[National Defence Act (NDA)] Section 275 states: "The Canadian Forces, any unit or other element thereof and any officer or non-commissioned member, with materiel, are liable to be called out for service in aid of the civil power in any case in which a riot or disturbance of the peace, beyond the powers of the civil authorities to suppress, prevent or deal with and requiring that service, occurs or is, in the opinion of an attorney general, considered as likely to occur." 6, record 2, English, - aid%20to%20the%20civil%20power
Record number: 2, Textual support number: 1 OBS
In Canada, there is a distinction made between "aid to the civil power" and "assistance to civil authorities. "The former expression refers to military aid provided to the provincial police forces to restore and maintain law and order. The latter encompasses all other forms of assistance the military gives to the civil community. Examples include search and rescue operations, counter-terrorism response, emergencies(natural and man-induced), fisheries and border protection, humanitarian assistance, counter-drug operations, arms smuggling, illegal immigrants, environmental surveillance and special events. 7, record 2, English, - aid%20to%20the%20civil%20power
Record number: 2, Textual support number: 2 OBS
The expression "aid of the civil power" is used in some texts because it appears in the National Defence Act. Even after the 1985 revision of the Act, the use of the preposition "of" continues to be used, even though the more appropriate expression is "aid to the civil power." 7, record 2, English, - aid%20to%20the%20civil%20power
Record number: 2, Textual support number: 3 OBS
aid of the civil power; ACP: designations officially approved by the Department of National Defence and the Canadian Forces. 8, record 2, English, - aid%20to%20the%20civil%20power
Record 2, French
Record 2, Domaine(s)
- Conduite générale des opérations militaires
- Police
Record 2, Main entry term, French
- aide au pouvoir civil
1, record 2, French, aide%20au%20pouvoir%20civil
correct, feminine noun, officially approved
Record 2, Abbreviations, French
- ACP 2, record 2, French, ACP
correct, feminine noun, officially approved
Record 2, Synonyms, French
- aide aux pouvoirs civils 3, record 2, French, aide%20aux%20pouvoirs%20civils
correct, feminine noun
- assistance au pouvoir civil 4, record 2, French, assistance%20au%20pouvoir%20civil
correct, feminine noun
Record 2, Textual support, French
Record number: 2, Textual support number: 1 DEF
Recours des autorités civiles aux militaires pour maintenir ou restaurer l'ordre public. 5, record 2, French, - aide%20au%20pouvoir%20civil
Record number: 2, Textual support number: 1 OBS
L'article 275 tiré de la [Loi sur la défense nationale (LDN)] dit : «Les Forces canadiennes, une unité ou un autre élément de celles-ci et tout officier ou militaire du rang, avec leur matériel, sont susceptibles d'être requis pour prêter main-forte au pouvoir civil en cas d'émeutes ou de troubles réels ou jugés imminents par un procureur général et nécessitant une telle intervention du fait de l'impuissance même des autorités civiles à les prévenir, réprimer ou maîtriser». 6, record 2, French, - aide%20au%20pouvoir%20civil
Record number: 2, Textual support number: 2 OBS
Au Canada, on fait la distinction entre «aide au pouvoir civil» et «assistance aux autorités civiles». La première expression signifie l'aide militaire donnée aux autorités policières provinciales pour maintenir ou rétablir l'ordre public. La deuxième fait référence à toute autre forme d'assistance militaire donnée à la communauté civile. Par exemple, les opérations de recherche et sauvetage, les interventions en cas d'actes terroristes, les urgences, l'aide humanitaire, la protection des pèches, de l'environnement et des frontières, la lutte contre le trafic des stupéfiants, les événements spéciaux, etc. 7, record 2, French, - aide%20au%20pouvoir%20civil
Record number: 2, Textual support number: 3 OBS
aide au pouvoir civil; ACP : désignations uniformisées par le ministère de la Défense nationale et les Forces canadiennes. 8, record 2, French, - aide%20au%20pouvoir%20civil
Record 2, Spanish
Record 2, Textual support, Spanish
Record 3 - internal organization data 2014-03-26
Record 3, English
Record 3, Subject field(s)
- National Bodies and Committees (Non-Canadian)
- Electoral Systems and Political Parties
Record 3, Main entry term, English
- Islamic Revival Movement of Tajikistan
1, record 3, English, Islamic%20Revival%20Movement%20of%20Tajikistan
correct
Record 3, Abbreviations, English
- IRMT 2, record 3, English, IRMT
correct
Record 3, Synonyms, English
Record 3, Textual support, English
Record number: 3, Textual support number: 1 OBS
The Council welcomed the strong expression of support by the special session of the Tajik Parliament for efforts to achieve national reconciliation and the search for compromise at the inter-Tajik talks held under the auspices of the United Nations. It regretted the decision of the leaders of the Islamic Revival Movement of Tajikistan(IRMT) not to participate in the session and reiterated the importance of direct political dialogue between the President of Tajikistan and the leader of the IRMT. 3, record 3, English, - Islamic%20Revival%20Movement%20of%20Tajikistan
Record 3, French
Record 3, Domaine(s)
- Organismes et comités nationaux non canadiens
- Systèmes électoraux et partis politiques
Record 3, Main entry term, French
- Mouvement du renouveau islamique du Tadjikistan
1, record 3, French, Mouvement%20du%20renouveau%20islamique%20du%20Tadjikistan
masculine noun
Record 3, Abbreviations, French
Record 3, Synonyms, French
Record 3, Textual support, French
Record 3, Spanish
Record 3, Campo(s) temático(s)
- Organismos y comités nacionales no canadienses
- Sistemas electorales y partidos políticos
Record 3, Main entry term, Spanish
- Movimiento de Renacimiento Islámico de Tayikistán
1, record 3, Spanish, Movimiento%20de%20Renacimiento%20Isl%C3%A1mico%20de%20Tayikist%C3%A1n
masculine noun
Record 3, Abbreviations, Spanish
Record 3, Synonyms, Spanish
Record 3, Textual support, Spanish
Record 4 - internal organization data 2012-03-30
Record 4, English
Record 4, Subject field(s)
- Data Banks and Databases
- Lexicology, Lexicography, Terminology
Record 4, Main entry term, English
- no-hit request 1, record 4, English, no%2Dhit%20request
Record 4, Abbreviations, English
Record 4, Synonyms, English
- unsuccessful request 1, record 4, English, unsuccessful%20request
Record 4, Textual support, English
Record number: 4, Textual support number: 1 DEF
A query made for a term, proper name or expression resulting in an unsuccessful search of [a terminology and linguistic data bank]. 1, record 4, English, - no%2Dhit%20request
Record 4, French
Record 4, Domaine(s)
- Banques et bases de données
- Lexicologie, lexicographie et terminologie
Record 4, Main entry term, French
- demande infructueuse
1, record 4, French, demande%20infructueuse
feminine noun
Record 4, Abbreviations, French
Record 4, Synonyms, French
- recherche infructueuse 2, record 4, French, recherche%20infructueuse
feminine noun
Record 4, Textual support, French
Record number: 4, Textual support number: 1 DEF
Interrogation d'un terme, d'une appellation ou d'une expression qui aboutit à une absence de fiche dans [une banque de données terminologiques et linguistiques]. 1, record 4, French, - demande%20infructueuse
Record 4, Spanish
Record 4, Textual support, Spanish
Record 5 - internal organization data 2011-05-06
Record 5, English
Record 5, Subject field(s)
- Information Processing (Informatics)
- Special-Language Phraseology
Record 5, Main entry term, English
- search and retrieval
1, record 5, English, search%20and%20retrieval
correct
Record 5, Abbreviations, English
Record 5, Synonyms, English
Record 5, Textual support, English
Record number: 5, Textual support number: 1 OBS
search and retrieval :expression used at the Treasury Board Secretariat. 2, record 5, English, - search%20and%20retrieval
Record 5, French
Record 5, Domaine(s)
- Traitement de l'information (Informatique)
- Phraséologie des langues de spécialité
Record 5, Main entry term, French
- recherche et récupération
1, record 5, French, recherche%20et%20r%C3%A9cup%C3%A9ration
correct, feminine noun
Record 5, Abbreviations, French
Record 5, Synonyms, French
Record 5, Textual support, French
Record number: 5, Textual support number: 1 OBS
recherche et récupération : expression en usage au Secrétariat du Conseil du Trésor. 2, record 5, French, - recherche%20et%20r%C3%A9cup%C3%A9ration
Record 5, Spanish
Record 5, Textual support, Spanish
Record 6 - internal organization data 2007-08-06
Record 6, English
Record 6, Subject field(s)
- Computer Mathematics
Record 6, Main entry term, English
- analysis by rules
1, record 6, English, analysis%20by%20rules
correct
Record 6, Abbreviations, English
Record 6, Synonyms, English
Record 6, Textual support, English
Record number: 6, Textual support number: 1 CONT
Global analysis of gene expression by using DNA microarrays is employed increasingly to search for differences in biological properties between normal and diseased tissue.... We used GABRIEL(Genetic Analysis By Rules Incorporating Expert Logic), a platform of knowledge-based algorithms for the global analysis of gene expression, together with conventional statistical approaches, to examine the sensitivity of conclusions to threshold choice in recently published microarray-based studies. 2, record 6, English, - analysis%20by%20rules
Record number: 6, Textual support number: 2 CONT
Analysis by Rules. The password cracker combines user-specific information, like the username and full name, with a series of precompiled word lists to obtain a list of password candidates. To each word in this list, it applies a set of transformation rules to generate even more potential passwords. 3, record 6, English, - analysis%20by%20rules
Record number: 6, Textual support number: 1 PHR
Genetic, morphological, structural analysis by rules. 4, record 6, English, - analysis%20by%20rules
Record 6, French
Record 6, Domaine(s)
- Mathématiques informatiques
Record 6, Main entry term, French
- analyse par règles
1, record 6, French, analyse%20par%20r%C3%A8gles
correct, feminine noun
Record 6, Abbreviations, French
Record 6, Synonyms, French
Record 6, Textual support, French
Record number: 6, Textual support number: 1 CONT
Le nouveau moteur antispam de NETASQ consiste en une analyse de liste noire DNS (RBL) [...] et un moteur d'analyse heuristique [qui] réalise de nombreuses analyses (sur les entêtes de messages ainsi que sur le contenu), telle l'analyse par règles empiriques, l'analyse sémantique, la recherche de contre-mesures et même l'analyse du code HTML intégré. 2, record 6, French, - analyse%20par%20r%C3%A8gles
Record number: 6, Textual support number: 2 CONT
Stratégie d'analyse et organisation syntaxique et sémantique. L'oral spontané se caractérise par la souplesse des constructions syntaxiques et sémantiques : en particulier, les changements de parcours rendent difficile une analyse linéaire de l'énoncé. Tous les systèmes basés sur une analyse par règles (comme par exemple TINA) sont confrontés à ce problème. En revanche, les analyses sélectives semblent mieux armées pour y faire face. 3, record 6, French, - analyse%20par%20r%C3%A8gles
Record number: 6, Textual support number: 3 CONT
Analyse par règles pour l'extraction de connaissances. Cette approche consiste à utiliser une analyse du texte basée sur des règles décrivant des schémas de relations à rechercher dans le corpus. L'objectif est de repérer les contextes de ces relations dont les contraintes morphosyntaxiques sont décrites dans des règles déclaratives du type : (SI conditions ALORS conclusion). Cette démarche a été appliquée au système SEEK (Jouis, 1995) en se basant sur la grammaire applicative et cognitive de Desclés (1990). En appliquant des règles morphosyntaxiques préétablies, il est possible de repérer des relations à partir de textes connaissant des indices et des marqueurs linguistiques. 4, record 6, French, - analyse%20par%20r%C3%A8gles
Record number: 6, Textual support number: 4 CONT
Construction de la sémantique à partir de corpus de dialogue oral homme-machine : De la description catégorielle à la modélisation stochastique («Constructing semantics using corpora of oral human-machine dialogs: From a categorial description to stochastic modeling»). Cette thèse traite du problème de la compréhension automatique de la parole spontanée. L'objectif est de concevoir et d'étudier une méthode stochastique pour l'analyse sémantique et de la comparer avec une méthode conventionnelle d'analyse par règles. 5, record 6, French, - analyse%20par%20r%C3%A8gles
Record number: 6, Textual support number: 1 PHR
Analyse par règles empiriques, lexicales. 6, record 6, French, - analyse%20par%20r%C3%A8gles
Record 6, Spanish
Record 6, Textual support, Spanish
Record 7 - internal organization data 2005-05-12
Record 7, English
Record 7, Subject field(s)
- Computer Programs and Programming
Record 7, Main entry term, English
- grep command
1, record 7, English, grep%20command
correct
Record 7, Abbreviations, English
Record 7, Synonyms, English
- grep 2, record 7, English, grep
correct
- global regular expression print 3, record 7, English, global%20regular%20expression%20print
Record 7, Textual support, English
Record number: 7, Textual support number: 1 DEF
A command line utility originally written for use with the Unix operating system. 2, record 7, English, - grep%20command
Record number: 7, Textual support number: 1 OBS
The name comes from a command in the Unix text editor ed that takes the form g/re/p meaning "search globally for matches to the regular expression re, and print lines where they are found". This describes the default behavior of the grep command. Grep takes a regular expression on the command line, reads standard input or a list of files, and outputs the lines containing matches for the regular expression. There are various command line switches available when using grep that modify that default behavior. 2, record 7, English, - grep%20command
Record 7, French
Record 7, Domaine(s)
- Programmes et programmation (Informatique)
Record 7, Main entry term, French
- commande grep
1, record 7, French, commande%20grep
correct, feminine noun
Record 7, Abbreviations, French
Record 7, Synonyms, French
Record 7, Textual support, French
Record 7, Spanish
Record 7, Textual support, Spanish
Record 8 - internal organization data 2001-02-22
Record 8, English
Record 8, Subject field(s)
- Practice and Procedural Law
Record 8, Main entry term, English
- search without warrant
1, record 8, English, search%20without%20warrant
correct, noun
Record 8, Abbreviations, English
Record 8, Synonyms, English
Record 8, Textual support, English
Record number: 8, Textual support number: 1 OBS
search without warrant :Expression reproduced from Law Terminology with the permission of the United Nations Office at Geneva. 2, record 8, English, - search%20without%20warrant
Record 8, French
Record 8, Domaine(s)
- Droit judiciaire
Record 8, Main entry term, French
- perquisition sans mandat
1, record 8, French, perquisition%20sans%20mandat
correct, feminine noun
Record 8, Abbreviations, French
Record 8, Synonyms, French
Record 8, Textual support, French
Record number: 8, Textual support number: 1 OBS
perquisition sans mandat : Expression reproduite de Law Terminology avec l'autorisation du Bureau des Nations Unies à Genève. 2, record 8, French, - perquisition%20sans%20mandat
Record 8, Spanish
Record 8, Campo(s) temático(s)
- Derecho procesal
Record 8, Main entry term, Spanish
- allanamiento de domicilio sin orden legal
1, record 8, Spanish, allanamiento%20de%20domicilio%20sin%20orden%20legal
masculine noun
Record 8, Abbreviations, Spanish
Record 8, Synonyms, Spanish
Record 8, Textual support, Spanish
Record number: 8, Textual support number: 1 OBS
allanamiento de domicilio sin orden legal: Expresión reproducida de Law Terminology con la autorización de la Oficina de las Naciones Unidas en Ginebra. 2, record 8, Spanish, - allanamiento%20de%20domicilio%20sin%20orden%20legal
Record 9 - internal organization data 1988-04-20
Record 9, English
Record 9, Subject field(s)
- Artificial Intelligence
Record 9, Main entry term, English
- object-level search
1, record 9, English, object%2Dlevel%20search
correct
Record 9, Abbreviations, English
Record 9, Synonyms, English
Record 9, Textual support, English
Record number: 9, Textual support number: 1 CONT
the Press System will be implicitly applying a rewrite rule to an expression, the result being the binding of RHS. This constitutes a step in the object-level search. As the meta-level inference continues(top-down) continues, it experiments with different object-level steps(bottom-up) and if successful finds a proof or solution at the object-level. By this technique each object-level decision can be based on an arbitrary amount of inference at the meta-level. 1, record 9, English, - object%2Dlevel%20search
Record 9, French
Record 9, Domaine(s)
- Intelligence artificielle
Record 9, Main entry term, French
- recherche à niveau-objets
1, record 9, French, recherche%20%C3%A0%20niveau%2Dobjets
proposal, feminine noun
Record 9, Abbreviations, French
Record 9, Synonyms, French
Record 9, Textual support, French
Record 9, Spanish
Record 9, Textual support, Spanish
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