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A person born or brought up before the widespread use of digital technology.  2, record 1, English, - digital%20immigrant

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In contrast to the term digital native, there are the terms digital settler and digital immigrant. While settlers grew up in an analog-only world, they... can be quite sophisticated in their use of [networked digital] technologies, but also rely on traditional forms of analog interaction. Digital immigrants are much less familiar with the digital environment. They may have learned how to write e-mails or use social networks late in life but they are rather insecure and foreign [in that environment].  3, record 1, English, - digital%20immigrant

Record 1,  Textual support,  French

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Prensky parle aussi d'immigrant numérique, qu'il définit par opposition comme une personne née et élevée avant l'essor des nouvelles technologies. Si celle-ci a appris à les maîtriser à l'âge adulte, elle conserve toutefois des traces de cette culture «d'avant» [...]  2, record 1, French, - immigrant%20num%C3%A9rique

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Record 2,  Textual support,  English

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... it is common – especially when experimenting with new techniques – to write knitting programs parametrically, visualizing/debugging/testing at a small scale, and scaling up once the design is finalized and small tests have [resulted in successful knitting. ]  1, record 2, English, - knitting%20program

Record 2,  Textual support,  French

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La limite aujourd'hui relève de deux mécanismes très différents, l'un provenant des propriétés mécaniques des objets obtenus qui ne correspondent pas forcément à toutes les applications et l'autre relève de la difficulté de générer le programme de tricotage à partir de la forme 3D [tridimensionnelle] désirée.  1, record 2, French, - programme%20de%20tricotage

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The robot journalist is... able to collect and gather information from as many sources as you can imagine on a specific topic and come up with an article about that very topic. As such, they can very efficiently write as many articles as you want on as many topics as you want.  5, record 3, English, - robot%20journalist

Record 3,  Textual support,  French

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Le terme de robot rédacteur est une alternative à celui de robot journaliste qui a notamment le mérite de mettre en évidence l'absence d'analyse et de réflexion liée à la production de contenus rédactionnels par le biais d'un algorithme.  4, record 3, French, - robot%20journaliste

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Record 4,  Textual support,  English

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write up debts : term extracted from the “Glossaire de l'économie” and reproduced with permission of the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development.  2, record 4, English, - write%20up%20debts

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accroître ses dettes : terme extrait du «Glossaire de l’économie» et reproduit avec l’autorisation de l’Organisation de coopération et de développement économiques.  2, record 4, French, - accro%C3%AEtre%20ses%20dettes

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Record 5,  Textual support,  English

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A RAID [redundant array of independent disks] method that distributes data across two or more ... disks.  3, record 5, English, - data%20striping

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Disk striping breaks up the data to be saved to disk into small portions and sequentially writes the portions to all disks simultaneously in small areas called "stripes. "These stripes maximize performance because all of the read/write heads are working constantly.  4, record 5, English, - data%20striping

Record 5,  Textual support,  French

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Méthode utilisant un réseau redondant de disques indépendants pour répartir les données entre au moins deux disques.  2, record 5, French, - chevauchement%20de%20donn%C3%A9es

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Record 6,  Textual support,  English

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The city editor often calls upon the general assignment reporter, without a moment's notice, to write about whatever comes up....  1, record 6, English, - general%20assignment%20reporter

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Many reporters begin their careers on general assignment....  1, record 6, English, - general%20assignment%20reporter

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A reward system to encourage someone to do something.  2, record 7, English, - incentive

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For example, if the government wants the public to save more, it can make interest on savings income-tax free;... if it wants industry to speed up investment plans, it can introduce an investment tax credit; if it wants industry to increase research and development, it can let industry write off the costs at a faster rate.... Direct grants can also be used as incentives. Likewise, companies can provide an incentive for employees through pay increases based on merit, rewards for sales, and profit sharing.  2, record 7, English, - incentive

Record 7,  Textual support,  French

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Moyen utilisé pour encourager une personne à agir dans un sens déterminé, par exemple les subventions publiques, les divers encouragements fiscaux et les primes de rendement versées au personnel en vue d'augmenter le dynamisme et la productivité de celui-ci.  3, record 7, French, - stimulant

Record 7,  Textual support,  Spanish

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Fórmula de retribución que de modo complementario se asigna a una persona, caracterizada fundamentalmente porque su importe depende directamente de que la actuación de aquélla resulte más o menos eficaz.  1, record 7, Spanish, - incentivo

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Data dredging bias: when data are reviewed for all possible associations without prior hypothesis, the results are suitable for hypothesis-generating activities only.  2, record 8, English, - data%20dredging%20bias

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I know there's an association in here somewhere. You’ve got a river of data and nothing's making a ripple. What do you do when you’re looking for something lost in a river of data : Data dredge! All you need is a computer and a good statistical analysis program that can go through your data and look at every possible association. All you have to do is pick the association you think makes your case and write it up.  3, record 8, English, - data%20dredging%20bias

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Record 9,  Textual support,  English

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Initial Design Timeline. This is a straightforward project management step. We will have already boxed out how much overall time we expect to spend on interaction design. However, we won’t have split that time up into specific activities. At this point, we simply take the effort to write out our plan for how we are dividing the design into clusters of activities and how much time we expect to spend cycling through each step of the process.  1, record 9, English, - initial%20design%20timeline

Record 9,  Textual support,  French

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initial design = conception initiale.  1, record 9, French, - calendrier%20initial%20de%20conception

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Record 10,  Textual support,  English

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The amount deducted from income equal to the amount by which a bank adjusts its loan balances to reflect anticipated losses on them.  2, record 10, English, - provision%20for%20credit%20losses

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When a bank has a bad debt or anticipates that a loan might become a bad debt in the future, it can write up the loss as a current expense in its income statement under the "provision for credit losses" heading.  3, record 10, English, - provision%20for%20credit%20losses

Record 10,  Textual support,  French

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Montant déduit du produit d'exploitation et qui correspond au montant fixé par la banque pour rajuster les soldes de ses prêts, pour refléter les pertes prévues sur ces prêts.  2, record 10, French, - provision%20pour%20pertes%20sur%20cr%C3%A9ances

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Les provisions pour pertes sur créances reflètent la meilleure estimation de la direction quant à l'existence, en date du bilan, de pertes probables de crédit liées aux instruments financiers figurant ou non au bilan consolidé, notamment les prêts, les dépôts auprès d'autres banques [...]  3, record 10, French, - provision%20pour%20pertes%20sur%20cr%C3%A9ances

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Record 11,  Textual support,  English

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For the ability to speak, listen, read or write with basic proficiency in either official language, 1 point for each of those abilities, up to a maximum of 2 points, if the skilled worker's proficiency corresponds to a benchmark of 4 or 5.  1, record 11, English, - basic%20proficiency

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Term found in the Immigration and Refugee Protection Regulations, 2002.  2, record 11, English, - basic%20proficiency

Record 11,  Textual support,  French

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Pour l'aptitude à parler, à écouter, à lire ou à écrire chacune des langues officielles à un niveau de compétence de base faible, 1 point par aptitude, à concurrence de 2 points, si les compétences du travailleur qualifié correspondent aux niveaux 4 ou 5.  1, record 11, French, - comp%C3%A9tence%20de%20base%20faible

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Terme tiré du Règlement sur l'immigration et la protection des réfugiés, 2002.  2, record 11, French, - comp%C3%A9tence%20de%20base%20faible

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Record 12,  Textual support,  English

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An artificial language composed only of the machine instructions of a specific computer or class of computers.  5, record 12, English, - machine%20language

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Many kinds of programming languages have been developed over the years. Initially programmers had to write instructions in machine language. This coded language, which can be understood and executed directly by the computer without conversion or translation, consists of binary digits representing operation codes and memory addresses. Because it is made up of strings of 1s and 0s, machine language is difficult for humans to use.  6, record 12, English, - machine%20language

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machine language; computer language: terms standardized by ISO/IEC [International Electrotechnical Commission] and CSA International.  2, record 12, English, - machine%20language

Record 12,  Textual support,  French

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Langage orienté machine qui contient uniquement des instructions-machine d'un ordinateur particulier ou d'une classe d'ordinateurs.  4, record 12, French, - langage%20machine

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La question qui se pose est de savoir si c'est le pédagogue lui-même qui écrit le programme ou s'il confie cette tâche à un spécialiste d'un langage informatique ou d'un langage auteur adapté.  5, record 12, French, - langage%20machine

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langage machine; langage informatique : termes normalisés par l'ISO/CEI [Commission électrotechnique internationale] et la CSA International.  6, record 12, French, - langage%20machine

Record 12,  Textual support,  Spanish

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Lenguaje final, [...] que puede interpretarse directamente por los circuitos internos de la computadora (ordenador).  4, record 12, Spanish, - lenguaje%20de%20m%C3%A1quina

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Todos los demás lenguajes de programación deben ser compilados o traducidos, tarde o temprano, en el código binario antes de que se les introduzca en el procesador.  4, record 12, Spanish, - lenguaje%20de%20m%C3%A1quina

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Los más utilizados actualmente son el Basic, Cobol y Fortran.  3, record 12, Spanish, - lenguaje%20de%20m%C3%A1quina

Record 13,  Textual support,  English

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A development version of a shell that integrates text editors, program monitors, etc., intended to expedite the construction and testing of knowledge bases.  3, record 13, English, - shell%20program

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An expert system incorporates two integrated elements : a knowledge base and an inference engine. An inference engine and supporting software for entering and displaying information can also be packaged as a separate product and used as a framework, or shell, for creating expert systems. Such software saves customers the time and effort required to write their own rule-based programs, and thus facilitates the development of expert systems. Shell packages, in fact, make up most of the current market for personal computer AI products.  4, record 13, English, - shell%20program

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See also "shell" and "knowledge engineering environment".  5, record 13, English, - shell%20program

Record 13,  Textual support,  French

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Progiciel intelligent servant à la construction d'autres logiciels indépendamment du domaine d'expertise.  1, record 13, French, - g%C3%A9n%C3%A9rique%20de%20d%C3%A9veloppement

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His profits are limited to $2. 35 per share(stock price appreciation of $. 75 per share up to option exercise price plus premium of $1. 60) plus any dividends the stock may pay and he foregoes all incremental profits arising from a price increase in Noranda shares above $27. 50, as illustrated by the horizontal portion of the "covered write" line.  2, record 14, English, - incremental%20profit

Record 14,  Textual support,  French

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Il renonce ainsi à tous les profits additionnels que pourrait lui procurer une hausse du cours des actions Noranda au-dessus de 27,50$, comme l'illustre la portion horizontale de la courbe «vente couverte».  2, record 14, French, - profit%20additionnel

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Record 15,  Textual support,  English

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Once you have made the decision to buy a specific car, the salesman will write up a formal sales agreement that should list all the options you ordered, the sales price, and all additional taxes and fees. This agreement should state that your deposit will be returned if the deal fails to go through or if you refuse to accept delivery of a car that is not equipped according to the agreement.  1, record 15, English, - formal%20sales%20agreement

Record 15,  Textual support,  French

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Une fois votre décision prise, le vendeur établira un contrat de vente sur lequel seront énumérées toutes les options que vous avez commandées, le prix de vente, de même que toutes les taxes et droits.  1, record 15, French, - contrat%20de%20vente

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US accountants can no longer write solvency letters privately assuring lenders that a company loading up on debt is solvent and likely to remain so.  1, record 16, English, - solvency%20letter

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Record 17,  Textual support,  English

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Flipcharts do make effective small group presentations of simple lettered material, graphs, and charts. With the aid of colored felt-tip marking pens and large size flipchart pads, both available from art supply or business supply stores, information and colorful materials can be prepared.  1, record 17, English, - flipchart%20pad

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A chalk board or chart pad should be set up where all may read anything the leader may write.  1, record 17, English, - flipchart%20pad

Record 17,  Textual support,  French

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(...) le tableau de papier. Il s'agit d'un bloc de feuilles blanches placé sur un chevalet.  1, record 17, French, - bloc%20de%20feuilles

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Le tableau de papier. (...) Sur un tableau ordinaire à pieds, on agrafe une certaine quantité de feuilles blanches sur lesquelles on peut écrire (bloc-notes géant).  2, record 17, French, - bloc%20de%20feuilles

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Le bloc de papier géant sur chevalet remplace avantageusement le tableau mural. Les feuilles de papier (format 60 X 90 cm), une fois remplies, peuvent être rejetées en arrière par-dessus le chevalet ou déchirées du bloc pour être fixées au mur (...) Ces feuilles conservées servent à établir le mémento de la réunion.  3, record 17, French, - bloc%20de%20feuilles

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