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TURN BUTTON [5 records]

Record 1 2017-10-27

English

Subject field(s)
  • Locks and Locksmithing
DEF

A shut out device consisting of the turn or push button in the lock knob.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Serrurerie
DEF

Dispositif permettant d'interdire à la demande le fonctionnement du demi-tour par immobilisation du pêne ou par débrayage de l'organe de manœuvre.

Spanish

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Record 2 2005-05-04

English

Subject field(s)
  • Telephones
  • Security Devices
  • National and International Security
CONT

The STU-III is a special telephone instrument that can be switched to a secure mode for discussion of classified information.... If you need to discuss classified information, you can use the STU-III in non-secure mode to place a call to another party who also has a STU-III. After the connection is made, you ask the party receiving the call to "go secure. "You and the other party then put your crypto-ignition keys(CIKs) into the phone terminal, turn them on and press the SECURE button. It may take about 15 seconds for the secure connection to be established. When the secure connection is activated, the display screen on the unit shows the highest classification level at which discussion is authorized. After hanging up, wait at least two seconds before removing the CIK.

CONT

The Secure Telephone Unit - Third Generation (STU-III) is a low-cost, user-friendly, secure telephone device. The terminals are designed to operate reliably, with high voice quality, as both ordinary telephones and secure instruments over the dial-up public switch telephone network. STU-III operates in full-duplex over a single telephone circuit using echo canceling modem technology.

Key term(s)
  • secure telephone unit third generation

French

Domaine(s)
  • Téléphones
  • Dispositifs de sécurité
  • Sécurité nationale et internationale
OBS

poste téléphonique protégé - 3e génération : la lettre «e» suivant le chiffre «3» s'écrit en exposant.

Key term(s)
  • poste cryptophonique - 3e génération
  • poste cryptophonique III
  • poste téléphonique protégé de troisième génération

Spanish

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Record 3 2004-09-09

English

Subject field(s)
  • Photography
DEF

Reading the light metering through the camera lens with the aperture set at the position that it’ll be at when the photo is taken.

CONT

Fortunately, you can still meter using the stopped-down metering approach on most cameras. By pressing a depth-of-field button, the camera is placed into stopped-down metering mode too. The lens is stopped down to the taking aperture automatically on some adapters. On T-mount and other purely mechanical mounts, you may have to turn the aperture ring to the desired taking aperture. In either case, the camera is now metering at the actual stopped down aperture. You can set the shutter speed and aperture as desired, based on your meter reading.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Photographie
OBS

[...] si, face à une source lumineuse, on applique à l'arrière de l'objectif un verre dépoli, il se forme sur ce dernier un cercle lumineux dont le diamètre est l'ouverture utile dite aussi ouverture mécanique.

Spanish

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Record 4 2003-12-03

English

Subject field(s)
  • Programming Languages
DEF

A button that alternates between two states.

DEF

For example, the user might click one toggle button in a toolbar to turn italics on and off. A single toggle button has checkbox behavior; a programmatically grouped set of toggle buttons can be given the mutually exclusive behavior of radio buttons.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Langages de programmation
CONT

Bouton à bascule (Toggle Button) quand on le clique, il reste enfoncé.

Spanish

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Record 5 2000-03-31

English

Subject field(s)
  • Locks and Locksmithing
OBS

A movable bar which when slid into a socket by a turn button fastens a door.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Serrurerie
OBS

Système de fermeture constituée par une pièce de métal allongée qui est actionnée par une barrette tournante et qui s'engage dans une gâchette pour immobiliser une porte.

Spanish

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