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TYPOGRAPHICAL ERROR [4 records]

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Alphabetical list of terms

Record 1 2012-05-02

English

Subject field(s)
  • Vocabulary of the Terminology Bank
  • Information Processing (Informatics)
DEF

A transaction in a terminology database which, contrary to a modification, involves only the appearance of a record.

OBS

The removal of a typographical error is an example of a correction.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Vocabulaire de la Banque de terminologie
  • Traitement de l'information (Informatique)
DEF

Transaction terminologique qui, à la différence de la modification, touche seulement à la forme d'une fiche.

OBS

L'élimination d'une erreur typographique est un exemple de correction.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Vocabulario del banco de terminología
  • Tratamiento de la información (Informática)
DEF

Operación realizada en una base de datos terminológicos que, a diferencia de la modificación, sólo afecta la forma de una ficha.

OBS

Ejemplo de correcciones son las erratas.

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Record 2 2004-06-15

English

Subject field(s)
  • Toponymy
  • Hydrology and Hydrography
  • Aquaculture
DEF

Water area in small indentation of the shoreline of seas, lakes, or rivers.

CONT

Peggys Cove, N.S.

CONT

Salty Pond, Newfoundland.

CONT

Boat Nook, B.C.

CONT

Peggys Bag, Newfoundland.

OBS

cove: widely used generic for a sheltered water feature smaller than a bay.

OBS

pond: generic used in Newfoundland and N.B.

OBS

nook: rare; generic used in Newfoundland and B.C.

OBS

bag : rare; generic used in Newfoundland. Perhaps originally a typographical error for "bay".

OBS

In fish culture, such an entrance is a natural protection for cage culture against the weather and the strong currents in the open waters.

OBS

cove; pond; nook; bag: terms and definition validated by the Geographical Names Board of Canada (GNBC) (formerly named the Canadian Permanent Committee on Geographical Names -- CPCGN) within the scope of its glossary (BT-176) which is the first authoritative publication on generics in use in Canada.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Toponymie
  • Hydrologie et hydrographie
  • Aquaculture
DEF

Rentrant du tracé d'un littoral ou d'une rive, de forme arrondie et de petite dimension.

CONT

Anse de Berthier, Québec.

OBS

anse : plus petite qu'une baie. Générique attesté au Québec surtout et sporadiquement dans les provinces de l'Atlantique et les T.N.-O.

OBS

anse : terme et définition uniformisés par la Commission de toponymie du Canada (CTC) (anciennement appelée le Comité permanent canadien des noms géographiques -- CPCNG) dans le cadre du glossaire (BT-176) faisant autorité sur la question des génériques en usage au Canada.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Toponimia
  • Hidrología e hidrografía
  • Acuicultura
DEF

Entrante en la costa, a modo de bahía algo cerrada.

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Record 3 2003-12-16

English

Subject field(s)
  • Organizations, Administrative Units and Committees
  • Rugby
OBS

All Blacks. New Zealand is notable for two things: sheep and having the best, most fearsome rugby team in the world. They won the inaugural world cup in 1987 and have been close in the three since rugby has been played in New Zealand since 1870 ...

OBS

... the All Blacks are still one of the top teams in the world of rugby, and are now gaining share of heart as well as share of mind.

OBS

There are two versions of how the name originated. The first is that after one of the team's big victories a certain newspaper had intended to have as its headline ALL BACKS; intimating that the forwards were playing like backs; but a typographical error actually gave the headline as ’ALL BLACKS’. The other, and the one to which I incline, is that the name originated with the London ’Daily Mail' Rugby writer, J A Buttery, who in a paper-back issued after the tour, ’Why the All Blacks Triumphed’; said that he began referring to the team as All Blacks because of the colour of their uniform.

OBS

Usually construed as a plural and preceded by the definite article.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Organismes, unités administratives et comités
  • Rugby
OBS

Pluriel d'usage.

OBS

Opposée samedi à la Nouvelle-Zélande, l'Afrique du Sud tentera de faire bonne figure face aux redoutables All-Blacks.

Spanish

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Record 4 1999-04-28

English

Subject field(s)
  • Training of Personnel
  • Examinations and Competitions (Education)
CONT

A short-answer question should require only a few words, phrases or sentences for a complete answer.

CONT

Short-answer questions require the student to type words or numbers... A single-word response is much easier for a computer program to judge than the multiple-word response... Such questions are common in computer-based math and science lessons. The length of expected responses in short-answer questions should be as short as possible, both to prevent typographical error and to facilitate judging.

CONT

The three major types of constructed-response questions are: completion, short-answer, and essay questions. However, only the first two are used in computer-based instruction.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Perfectionnement et formation du personnel
  • Docimologie
DEF

Question précise à laquelle on répond par un mot, un groupe de mots ou un nombre.

Spanish

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