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WRITE PROTECTION [8 records]

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Record 1 2021-01-26

English

Subject field(s)
  • Storage Media (Data Processing)
  • IT Security
CONT

Write protection is regarded as a data protection mechanism that disallows your storage device with saved data to be modified or erased.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Supports d'information (Informatique)
  • Sécurité des TI
CONT

Lorsque la protection est activée sur un lecteur de disque, son contenu ne peut en aucun cas être modifié ou dupliqué. C’est ce qui fait de la protection en écriture une fonctionnalité si pratique.

Spanish

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Record 2 2018-02-07

English

Subject field(s)
  • IT Security
  • Computer Hardware
DEF

A label, the presence or absence of which on a floppy disk prevents writing on that floppy disk.

OBS

write protection label : designation and definition standardized by ISO.

OBS

write-protection label : designation standardized by CSA.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Sécurité des TI
  • Matériel informatique
DEF

Étiquette dont soit la présence, soit l'absence, interdit l'écriture sur un disque souple.

OBS

étiquette de protection d'écriture : désignation et définition normalisées par l'ISO.

OBS

étiquette de protection d'écriture : désignation normalisée par la CSA.

Spanish

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Record 3 - external organization data 2011-06-21

English

Subject field(s)
  • Compartment - ISO/IEC JTC 1 Information Technology Vocabulary
Universal entry(ies)
12.05.20 (2382)
ISO/IEC standard entry number
DEF

label, the presence or absence of which on a floppy disk prevents writing on that floppy disk

OBS

write protection label : term and definition standardized by ISO/IEC [ISO 2382-12 : 1988].

French

Domaine(s)
  • Tiroir - ISO/CEI JTC 1 Vocabulaire des technologies de l'information
Entrée(s) universelle(s)
12.05.20 (2382)
ISO/IEC standard entry number
DEF

étiquette dont soit la présence, soit l'absence, interdit l'écriture sur un disque souple

OBS

étiquette de protection d'écriture : terme et définition normalisés par l'ISO/CEI [ISO 2382-12:1988].

Spanish

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Record 4 - external organization data 2011-06-14

English

Subject field(s)
  • Compartment - ISO/IEC JTC 1 Information Technology Vocabulary
Universal entry(ies)
01.02.40 (19762)
ISO/IEC standard entry number
DEF

<automatic identification and data capture techniques> means to prevent writing or deletion of data on a data medium

OBS

A write-enable ring for a magnetic tape, a write-protect notch on a diskette, and an entry in the file access table to indicate that a file cannot be deleted are examples of write protection.

OBS

write protection : term and definition standardized by ISO/IEC [ISO/IEC 19762-1 : 2008].

French

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Record 5 - external organization data 2011-06-14

English

Subject field(s)
  • Compartment - ISO/IEC JTC 1 Information Technology Vocabulary
Universal entry(ies)
05.02.32 (19762)
ISO/IEC standard entry number
DEF

<radio frequency identification> capability provided in the tag design which permits all or part of the memory to be shielded from modification, superimposition or erasure

OBS

write protection : term and definition standardized by ISO/IEC [ISO/IEC 19762-3 : 2008].

French

Spanish

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Record 6 2009-02-12

English

Subject field(s)
  • Radio Transmission and Reception
  • Remote Sensing
  • Security
DEF

The capability provided in the tag design which permits all or part of the memory to be shielded from modification, superimposition, or erasure.

OBS

write protection : term and definition standardized by ISO/IEC [International Electrotechnical Commission].

French

Domaine(s)
  • Émission et réception radio
  • Télédétection
  • Sécurité
DEF

Capacité intégrée à la conception d'une étiquette qui permet à la mémoire d'être partiellement ou entièrement protégée contre toute modification, superposition ou effacement.

Spanish

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Record 7 2003-02-27

English

Subject field(s)
  • Storage Media (Data Processing)
DEF

A cut-out in either the top or bottom edge of the microform (microfiche, jacket), used for indexing, coding or retrieval.

OBS

write protection.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Supports d'information (Informatique)
CONT

[...] située sur le bord inférieur de l'enveloppe protectrice de la disquette, l'encoche empêche l'écriture; si elle est recouverte par une petite étiquette autocollante, il est possible d'écrire sur la disquette.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Medios de almacenamiento (Procesamiento de datos)
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Record 8 1994-07-13

English

Subject field(s)
  • Bankruptcy
  • Economics
  • Phraseology
CONT

The Kloeckner group's steel units, with debts of $US 1. 7 billion, filed for protection form its creditors in December and began negotiations to write off 60 per cent of its debts.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Faillites
  • Économique
  • Phraséologie
CONT

Les unités de production d'acier du groupe Kloeckner, avec des dettes totalisant 1,7 milliard de dollars US, ont dû se résoudre à demander la protection de leurs créanciers en décembre et ont commencé à négocier la radiation de 60 pour cent de leurs dettes.

Spanish

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