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ACF [54 records]

Record 1 2019-11-07

English

Subject field(s)
  • Computer Programs and Programming
  • Internet and Telematics
DEF

A set of programs ... used in distributed processing.

OBS

[These programs] are based on [System Network Architecture (SNA)] and allow resource sharing and the distribution of network control functions through a distributed resource network.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Programmes et programmation (Informatique)
  • Internet et télématique

Spanish

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Record 2 2019-06-27

English

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

The Atkinson Foundation promotes social and economic justice. Inspired by the Atkinson Principles, [the foundation consists of] grant makers, advocates and investors who have been working to make Ontario more equitable, inclusive and prosperous since 1942.

OBS

Atkinson Charitable Foundation: designation confirmed by the organization.

French

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

Atkinson Charitable Foundation : désignation confirmée par l'organisme.

Spanish

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Record 3 2016-12-06

English

Subject field(s)
  • Position and Functional Titles (Armed Forces)
  • Operations (Air Forces)
OBS

Analysis, Correlation and Fusion Chief; ACF Chief : designations to be used by the Department of National Defence and the Canadian Forces(Air Command, Winnipeg).

French

Domaine(s)
  • Postes et fonctions (Forces armées)
  • Opérations (Forces aériennes)
OBS

Chef – Analyse, corrélation et fusion; Chef ACF : désignations d'usage obligatoire au ministère de la Défense nationale et dans les Forces canadiennes (Commandement aérien, Winnipeg).

Spanish

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Record 4 2016-06-07

English

Subject field(s)
  • Non-Gov. Provincial Bodies and Committees (Canadian)
  • Singing
  • Music (General)
OBS

Choir Alberta is a non-profit association of choral directors, teachers, choristers, and others with an interest in choral music. It was founded in 1972 to encourage and promote the understanding and appreciation of choral music by providing positive educational and artistic experiences.

OBS

Choir Alberta endeavors to foster the organization and development of choral groups of all types, promote significant research and composition in choral music and advocate for support of the arts by all levels of government, business and community.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Organismes et comités provinciaux non gouv. canadiens
  • Chant
  • Musique (Généralités)

Spanish

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Record 5 2013-07-25

English

Subject field(s)
  • Military Titles
  • Search and Rescue (Paramilitary)
  • Intelligence (Military)
OBS

Analysis, Correlation and Fusion; ACF : title and abbreviation to be used by the Department of National Defence and the Canadian Forces(Air Command, Winnipeg).

French

Domaine(s)
  • Appellations militaires
  • Recherche et sauvetage (Paramilitaire)
  • Renseignement (Militaire)
OBS

Analyse, corrélation et fusion; ACF : titre et abréviation d'usage obligatoire au ministère de la Défense nationale et dans les Forces canadiennes (Commandement aérien, Winnipeg).

Spanish

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Record 6 2013-04-05

English

Subject field(s)
  • Air Freight
DEF

An optional transaction to issue a hard copy of the fuel sheet through the CRT 40 Printer. If this transaction is not used the agent will have to issue an ACF 276.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Fret aérien
DEF

Transaction facultative qui produit sur papier la feuille d'avitaillement par l'intermédiaire de l'imprimante de terminal 40. Si on n'utilise pas cette transaction, l'agent devra émettre un ACF276.

Spanish

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Record 7 2010-11-02

English

Subject field(s)
  • Military Organization
  • Air Forces
  • Military Strategy
CONT

An ACF consists of air-deployable forces that are maintained in Marine Corps Forces, Pacific, and Marine Corps Forces, Atlantic. The size of the force can range from a reinforced rifle company to a regimental-sized force with an appropriately sized CSSE [combat service support element].

French

Domaine(s)
  • Organisation militaire
  • Forces aériennes
  • Stratégie militaire

Spanish

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Record 8 2010-06-25

English

Subject field(s)
  • IT Security
DEF

Facility for identification and authentication of potential users, for audit trails of violation attempts and for reports on such activities.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Sécurité des TI
DEF

Organe permettant de gérer les accès en provenance de différents dispositifs, soit pour un bloc mémoire, soit pour un ensemble de blocs mémoire.

Key term(s)
  • dispositif de contrôle d'accès

Spanish

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Record 9 2010-05-20

English

Subject field(s)
  • Position and Functional Titles (Armed Forces)
  • Intelligence (Military)
  • Air Forces
OBS

Position title and shortened form may be followed by a number.

OBS

A2 Analysis, Collation, Fusion and Production, Exploitation, Dissemination; A2 ACF & PED : title and shortened form to be used by the Department of National Defence and the Canadian Forces(Air Command, Winnipeg).

French

Domaine(s)
  • Postes et fonctions (Forces armées)
  • Renseignement (Militaire)
  • Forces aériennes
OBS

Le titre de poste et la forme abrégée peuvent être suivis d'un chiffre.

OBS

A2 Analyse, collecte, fusion et production, exploitation et diffusion; A2 ACF & PED : titre et forme abrégée d'usage obligatoire au ministère de la Défense nationale et dans les Forces canadiennes (Commandement aérien, Winnipeg).

Spanish

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Record 10 2008-07-28

English

Subject field(s)
  • Surgical Instruments
DEF

A retractor that maintains exposure by spring tension or by adjustment screws attached to the blades.

OBS

Self-retaining retractors (ones which are held open by their own action) are used wherever possible to maintain the surgical opening and hand retractors are used with them to hold internal organs away from the operative field.

OBS

There are many varieties of self-retaining retractors, often bearing the name of their inventor : Adson cerebellar self-retaining retractor; Alm self-retaining retractor; Anterior Cervical Fusion(ACF) self-retaining retractor; Balfour self-retaining abdominal retractor; Beckmann-Adson self-retaining abdominal retractor; Gelpi self-retaining retractor; Hemi-Lami self-retaining retractor; Jansen mastoid self-retaining retractor; Jansen scalp & snitman self-retaining retractor; Weitlaner self-retaining retractor; etc.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Instruments chirurgicaux
OBS

Certains écarteurs [...] munis d'un système coulissant à vis ou à crémaillères, tiennent par eux-mêmes et sont dits autostatiques [...]

OBS

Il existe plusieurs variétés d'écarteur autostatiques, portant fréquemment le nom de leur inventeur : écarteur autostatique de Balfour; écarteur autostatique type Beckmann; écarteur autostatique de Colbell; écarteur autostatique type Cloward; écarteur autostatique de Dartigue; écarteur autostatique de Gosset; écarteur autostatique type Norfolk; écarteur autostatique type Parks; écarteur autostatique type Ricard; écarteur autostatique Weitlaner; autostatique de Yasargil; etc.

PHR

écarteur autostatique annulaire; de table; universel de table; en cadre; orientable; flexible; mousse.

Spanish

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Record 11 2008-02-07

English

Subject field(s)
  • International Bodies and Committees
OBS

Action Against Hunger(known internationally as Action Contre la Faim, or ACF) is an international relief and development organization committed to saving the lives of malnourished children and families while seeking long-term, sustainable solutions to hunger. Recognized as a world leader in the fight against hunger and malnutrition, Action Against Hunger specializes in responding to emergency situations of war, conflict, and natural disaster.

Key term(s)
  • International Action Against Hunger

French

Domaine(s)
  • Organismes et comités internationaux
OBS

Action Contre la Faim (ACF) est une organisation non gouvernementale internationale, créée en 1979 sous le nom d'Action Internationale Contre la Faim (AICF). Elle a pour mission de lutter contre la faim dans le monde. Son action s'étend des problèmes de nutrition et de sécurité alimentaire jusqu'aux domaines de la santé et de l'accès à l'eau potable.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Organismos y comités internacionales
OBS

Acción contra el Hambre (ACH) es una organización internacional no gubernamental, privada, apolítica, aconfesional y no lucrativa, creada en 1979 para intervenir en todo el mundo.

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Record 12 2007-11-05

English

Subject field(s)
  • Informatics
DEF

In ACF/VTAM [advanced communications function for the telecommunications access method] for MVS [multiple virtual storage], a facility that enables an application program to specify that a data transfer or related operation is to be carried out in a privileged and more efficient manner.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Informatique

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Informática
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Record 13 2007-09-13

English

Subject field(s)
  • Telecommunications Transmission
DEF

In ACF/TCAM [advanced communications function for the telecommunications access method], a part of a basic transmission unit between the host access method and the network control program [that] specifies a request for action by some device in the network.

OBS

A BDU consists of a command and its modifiers, functional flags, and a data count.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Transmission (Télécommunications)

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Transmisión (Telecomunicaciones)
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Record 14 2007-09-13

English

Subject field(s)
  • Computer Memories
DEF

In ACF/TCAM [advanced communications function for the telecommunications access method], a delay specified for a buffered station to allow the hardware buffer to be emptied before it receives another message block.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Mémoires (Informatique)

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Memorias (Computadoras)
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Record 15 2007-03-18

English

Subject field(s)
  • Building Insulation and Acoustical Design
  • Acoustics (Physics)
DEF

The time, expressed in decibels, that is required for lowering a specific portion of a signal amplitude from its initial value.

OBS

Running ACF measurement for designing a concert hall... The-60 dB delay time of the autocorrelation envelope corresponds roughly to the "reverberation time" contained in the source signal itself...

French

Domaine(s)
  • Isolation et acoustique architecturale
  • Acoustique (Physique)
DEF

Durée requise, exprimée en décibels, pour diminuer de sa valeur initiale une portion spécifique de l'amplitude d'un signal.

OBS

Par exemple, dans une salle de concert, le temps de décroissance consiste en la durée requise pour que le signal d'origine diminue de soixante décibels pour cette fréquence.

Spanish

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Record 16 2004-08-18

English

Subject field(s)
  • Internet and Telematics
  • Information Processing (Informatics)
DEF

In ACF/TCAM(Advanced Communications Function for the Telecommunications Access Method), a sequence of user specified macro instructions and basic assembler language instructions that invoke routines that examine and process control information in message headers and perform functions necessary to prepare messages for forwarding to their destinations.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Internet et télématique
  • Traitement de l'information (Informatique)
DEF

Séquences programmées qui réceptionnent les messages reçus à partir des lignes de télécommunications (contrôle divers de forme, recherche de caractères de service, rangement des messages et constitution de files d'attente), et qui préparent les messages de réponse à envoyer sur les lignes (mise en forme, insertion de caractères de service, ventilations sur différentes voies).

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Internet y telemática
  • Tratamiento de la información (Informática)
DEF

Secuencia de macroinstrucciones especificadas por el usuario, e instrucciones del lenguaje ensamblador básico, que invocan las rutinas que examinan y procesan la información de control en los encabezamientos de los mensajes, y ejecutan las funciones necesarias para preparar los mensajes para ser enviados a su destino.

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Record 17 2004-01-22

English

Subject field(s)
  • Private-Sector Bodies and Committees
  • Cancers and Oncology
OBS

Established in 1984 under the Cancer Programs Act, the Alberta Cancer Foundation raises funds and accepts donations on behalf of the Alberta Cancer Board. The foundation provides support for province-wide research, prevention programs, a patient financial assistance program, and to enhance patient care at all ACF cancer centres.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Organismes et comités du secteur privé
  • Cancers et oncologie

Spanish

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Record 18 2003-10-21

English

Subject field(s)
  • Private-Sector Bodies and Committees

French

Domaine(s)
  • Organismes et comités du secteur privé
OBS

Fondée à Duck Lake en 1912, l'Association catholique franco-canadienne de la Saskatchewan avait pour but de regrouper les Canadiens français afin de promouvoir intérêts, et, au besoin, de les protéger et de défendre leurs droits. En 1964, l'Association catholique devient l'Association culturelle franco-canadienne de la Saskatchewan pour subir une nouvelle transformation au mois de juin 1999, en Assemblée communautaire fransaskoise.

Spanish

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Record 19 2003-07-22

English

Subject field(s)
  • Petrography
DEF

A triangular diagram showing the simplified compositional character of metamorphic rocks and minerals by plotting the ... molecular quantities of the three components: A = A2O3 - (Na2O + K2O); C=CaO - 3.3 P2O5; and F = FeO + MgO + MnO.A+C+F (in mols) are recalculated to 100% ...

French

Domaine(s)
  • Pétrographie
CONT

Pour les roches magmatiques, les roches métamorphiques, et leurs minéraux, on utilise communément : le diagramme ACF [...] le diagramme A'KF [...] le diagramme AFM [...]

Spanish

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Record 20 1999-04-01

English

Subject field(s)
  • Programming Languages
  • Computers and Calculators

French

Domaine(s)
  • Langages de programmation
  • Ordinateurs et calculateurs

Spanish

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Record 21 1998-11-09

English

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

Information confirmed by the association.

French

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

Renseignement confirmé par l'association.

Spanish

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Record 22 1998-11-05

English

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

Information confirmed with the association.

Key term(s)
  • ACF
  • AFC
  • France-Canada Association
  • Canada-France Association

French

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

Renseignement confirmé par l'organisme.

Spanish

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Record 23 1998-04-14

English

Subject field(s)
  • Titles of Provincial Government Programs (Canadian)
  • Aeroindustry
OBS

... VFAX had no connection with the USAF’s Light Weight Fighter or Air Combat Fighter programs, which had spawned the General Dynamics YF-16 and Northrop YF-17.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Titres de programmes de gouvernements provinciaux canadiens
  • Constructions aéronautiques

Spanish

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Record 24 1998-03-23

English

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

French

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

Renseignement confirmé par l'organisme.

Spanish

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Record 25 1996-04-16

English

Subject field(s)
  • Titles of Federal Government Programs (Canadian)
OBS

Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada. The Agri-food Credit Facility(ACF) could provide government guarantees to support export sales of up to $700 million under the Credit Grain Sales Program(CGSP) for western wheat and barley and $200 million for other agri-food products and commodities.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Titres de programmes fédéraux (Gouvernement canadien)
OBS

Agriculture et Agroalimentaire Canada. Le Mécanisme de crédit agroalimentaire (MCA) pourrait permettre à l'État d'offrir des garanties pouvant atteindre 700 millions de dollars pour soutenir des ventes à l'exportation de blé et d'orge de l'Ouest effectuées dans le cadre du PVCC (Programme de vente de céréales à crédit) et 200 millions de dollars dans le cas d'autres produits agroalimentaires.

Spanish

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Record 26 1994-01-27

English

Subject field(s)
  • Information Processing (Informatics)
  • Internet and Telematics
DEF

An IBM program package to allow sharing computer resources through communications links. It supports SNA.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Traitement de l'information (Informatique)
  • Internet et télématique
DEF

Un programme IBM qui permet de partager les ressources d'un ordinateur, à partir de stations déportées. Supporte l'architecture SNA.

Spanish

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Record 27 1993-05-18

English

Subject field(s)
  • International Bodies and Committees

French

Domaine(s)
  • Organismes et comités internationaux

Spanish

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Record 28 1993-04-15

English

Subject field(s)
  • International Bodies and Committees

French

Domaine(s)
  • Organismes et comités internationaux

Spanish

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Record 29 1993-01-22

English

Subject field(s)
  • Various Proper Names
  • Informatics

French

Domaine(s)
  • Appellations diverses
  • Informatique

Spanish

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Record 30 1993-01-22

English

Subject field(s)
  • Various Proper Names
  • Informatics

French

Domaine(s)
  • Appellations diverses
  • Informatique

Spanish

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Record 31 1993-01-22

English

Subject field(s)
  • Various Proper Names
  • Informatics

French

Domaine(s)
  • Appellations diverses
  • Informatique

Spanish

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Record 32 1993-01-22

English

Subject field(s)
  • Various Proper Names
  • Informatics

French

Domaine(s)
  • Appellations diverses
  • Informatique

Spanish

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Record 33 1992-12-29

English

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

Persons interested in learning to protect themselves against crime. Urges direct action against attackers and household intruders; promotes the use of housesold objects such as shovel handles and table legs as weapons to be used for self-protection and the protection of young children.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Organismes, unités administratives et comités

Spanish

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Record 34 1992-12-29

English

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

Trains underprivileged poor women to enter the skilled construction trades

French

Domaine(s)
  • Organismes, unités administratives et comités

Spanish

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Record 35 1992-08-11

English

Subject field(s)
  • Statutes and Regulations (Air Transport)
OBS

ACF 959.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Réglementation et législation (Transp. aérien)

Spanish

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Record 36 1992-05-04

English

Subject field(s)
  • Pulp Preparation (papermaking)

French

Domaine(s)
  • Préparation de la pâte à papier
DEF

Procédé breveté de fabrication de pâte à papier blanchie sans chlore.

OBS

Le promoteur est le producteur finlandais Tako Board.

Spanish

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Record 37 1992-05-04

English

Subject field(s)
  • Pulp Preparation (papermaking)

French

Domaine(s)
  • Préparation de la pâte à papier
DEF

Pâte à papier brevetée blanchie sans chlore.

OBS

Le promoteur en est le producteur finlandais Tako Board.

Spanish

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Record 38 1989-04-21

English

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

EAEC-Switzerland

French

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

CEEA-Suisse

Spanish

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Record 39 1986-09-22

English

Subject field(s)
  • Rolling Stock (Railroads)
OBS

non cushioned, tractor operated.

OBS

Part of the all-purpose flat car (wagon plat polyvalent); see illustrations in CPAC-3.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Matériel roulant (Chemins de fer)
OBS

rigide, actionné par tracteur.

Spanish

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Record 40 1986-09-22

English

Subject field(s)
  • Rolling Stock (Railroads)
OBS

Part of the all-purpose flat car (wagon plat polyvalent); see illustrations in CPAC-3.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Matériel roulant (Chemins de fer)

Spanish

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Record 41 1985-11-04

English

Subject field(s)
  • Surveillance and Formalities (Air Transport)
  • Flights (Air Transport)
DEF

TA; form ACF 380.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Contrôles et formalités (Transport aérien)
  • Vols (Transport aérien)
DEF

TA; formules AC; gd1, 7707--.

Spanish

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Record 42 1985-01-14

English

Subject field(s)
  • Internet and Telematics

French

Domaine(s)
  • Internet et télématique

Spanish

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Record 43 1984-02-06

English

Subject field(s)
  • Telecommunications Transmission
DEF

in ACF/TCAM, message routing in which a temporary relationship, or routing affinity, is established between a source and a destination; all messages from the source station are routed to the destination for the duration of the relationship.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Transmission (Télécommunications)

Spanish

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Record 44 1983-10-20

English

Subject field(s)
  • Restaurant Industry (General)
  • Air Transport Personnel and Services
OBS

Form(ACF 653) solely used to order supplemental bar stock.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Restauration (Généralités)
  • Personnel et services (Transport aérien)
OBS

Imprimé (AFC 653) utilisé aux seules fins de réapprovisionnement du bar.

Spanish

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Record 45 1983-10-20

English

Subject field(s)
  • Air Transport Personnel and Services
OBS

Form ACF 656G.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Personnel et services (Transport aérien)
OBS

Imprimé ACF 656G.

Spanish

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Record 46 1983-10-20

English

Subject field(s)
  • Air Transport Personnel and Services
OBS

Form ACF 656B.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Personnel et services (Transport aérien)
OBS

Imprimé ACF 656B.

Spanish

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Record 47 1983-10-20

English

Subject field(s)
  • Air Transport Personnel and Services
OBS

Form ACF 656C.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Personnel et services (Transport aérien)
OBS

Imprimé ACF 656C.

Spanish

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Record 48 1983-10-18

English

Subject field(s)
  • Air Transport Personnel and Services
OBS

Form ACF 619D used to record and total the number of complimentary drinks served by type to Connaisseur passengers.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Personnel et services (Transport aérien)
OBS

Imprimé ACF 619D servant à consigner et à totaliser, par types, les consommations gratuites servies aux passagers du service Connaisseur.

Spanish

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Record 49 1980-05-15

English

Subject field(s)
  • Forms Design
OBS

form ACF 178; gd1, 7707--.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Imprimés et formules

Spanish

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Record 50 1980-05-15

English

Subject field(s)
  • Forms Design
OBS

(imprimé AC) ;(formule ACF 178) ;-intitulé de l'imprimé; mai 1974.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Imprimés et formules

Spanish

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Record 51 1980-05-15

English

Subject field(s)
  • Pricing (Air Transport)
OBS

(billetterie) ;(ACF, T162).

French

Domaine(s)
  • Tarification (Transport aérien)

Spanish

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Record 52 1980-05-09

English

Subject field(s)
  • Forms Design
OBS

(imprimé AC) ;(formule ACF 151) ;-intitulé de l'imprimé; mai 1974.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Imprimés et formules

Spanish

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Record 53 1980-05-09

English

Subject field(s)
  • Personnel Management (General)
OBS

(personnel) ;(formule ACF 759) ;-intitulé de l'imprimé; avril 1974.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Gestion du personnel (Généralités)

Spanish

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Record 54 1980-03-04

English

Subject field(s)
  • Forms Design
OBS

(imprimé AC) ;(formules-ACF 157) ;-intitulé de l'imprimé; mai 1974.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Imprimés et formules

Spanish

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