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AMOUNT MEMORY [28 records]

Record 1 2023-11-16

English

Subject field(s)
  • Information Processing (Informatics)
  • Computer Memories
CONT

... dynamic caching [allows the processing chip to allocate] the precise amount of local memory required for a specific task.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Traitement de l'information (Informatique)
  • Mémoires (Informatique)
CONT

[...] avec la mise en cache dynamique, seule la quantité exacte de mémoire nécessaire est utilisée pour chaque tâche.

Spanish

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Record 2 2023-07-21

English

Subject field(s)
  • Informatics
  • Electronics
CONT

With the evolution of digital technologies over the years, solutions to record, store, and organize a lifetime of information and knowledge have become possible... However, the amount of information available to be stored and processed today is difficult to analyze and retrieve. To overcome this problem, a wide range of research fields can be explored, such as image and information retrieval, knowledge extraction, image understanding, sentiment analysis, and data mining just to name a few, which provide solutions to organize, process, and retrieve personal data. These personal data are also named as lifelogs and can be used as surrogate memory within a lifelogging system capable of organizing and managing these lifelogs... Therefore, the extraction of relevant information from personal lifelogs can be used to improve the quality of everyday life for people with memory problems or even used as a digital diary.

Key term(s)
  • life log

French

Domaine(s)
  • Informatique
  • Électronique

Spanish

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Record 3 2022-05-17

English

Subject field(s)
  • Information Processing (Informatics)
CONT

Our [mainframe computer] was installed with the maximum amount of solid-state RAM [random access memory] that could be addressed by the IOM [input/output module] and CPM [central processor module], and that was a massive 8 megabytes. This was a hard limitation as memory addresses were included in fixed length bit fields in the instructions and this limitation was architected into the machine design.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Traitement de l'information (Informatique)

Spanish

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Record 4 2020-09-30

English

Subject field(s)
  • Computer Peripheral Equipment
DEF

A device that is installed in computers to enable the use of smart cards for enhanced security features.

CONT

The smart card reader has a guide and a connector that engages contacts on the card. When the machine senses that the card is in place and the related code has been keyed in, the memory device embedded in the card can be read. Some types can also modify the data on the card, e. g. debiting the amount of credit available.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Périphériques (Informatique)

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Equipo periférico (Computadoras)
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Record 5 2020-02-25

English

Subject field(s)
  • Computers and Calculators
  • Storage Media (Data Processing)
CONT

... the medium capacity computer, the midicomputer, has proved to be a cost-effective installation for serving a small set of cooperative users who are prepared to share equipment. These machines, which may have as much as 64, 000 16-bit words of memory plus a modest amount of peripheral storage and input/output gear, can be made very flexible for use by a given community of users.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Ordinateurs et calculateurs
  • Supports d'information (Informatique)

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Computadoras y calculadoras
  • Medios de almacenamiento (Procesamiento de datos)
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Record 6 2019-02-14

English

Subject field(s)
  • Computer Memories
DEF

The amount of random access memory needed by a computer system, program or task to run properly.

OBS

random access memory requirement; RAM requirement: terms usually used in the plural.

Key term(s)
  • random access memory requirements
  • RAM requirements

French

Domaine(s)
  • Mémoires (Informatique)
DEF

Quantité de mémoire vive nécessaire pour qu'un système, un programme ou une tâche informatique s'exécute correctement.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Memorias (Computadoras)
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Record 7 2019-01-22

English

Subject field(s)
  • Computer Memories
DEF

[Referring to] a situation in which the time to complete a given computational problem is decided primarily by the amount of memory required to hold data.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Mémoires (Informatique)
DEF

[Se dit de] l’état d'un ordinateur lorsque le temps nécessaire pour exécuter un programme est principalement déterminé par la vitesse ou la quantité de mémoire RAM [mémoire vive] disponible pour stocker les données.

Spanish

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Record 8 2019-01-11

English

Subject field(s)
  • Computer Memories
DEF

A calculated amount of the total physical memory minus hardware reserved memory.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Mémoires (Informatique)
DEF

Montant calculé de la mémoire physique totale, moins un matériel réservé.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Memorias (Computadoras)
DEF

Cantidad de memoria física total menos memoria reservada por el hardware.

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Record 9 2019-01-11

English

Subject field(s)
  • Computer Memories
DEF

The amount of physical memory that is available to the operating system, device drivers, and processes.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Mémoires (Informatique)
OBS

Comprend la mémoire globale plus la mémoire principale.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Memorias (Computadoras)
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Record 10 2018-01-03

English

Subject field(s)
  • International Honorary Distinctions
  • Prizes and Awards (Arts and Culture)
CONT

The Nobel Prize is an international award administered by the Nobel Foundation in Stockholm, Sweden. In 1968, Sveriges Riksbank instituted The Sveriges Riksbank Prize in Economic Sciences in Memory of Alfred Nobel, founder of the Nobel Prize. Each prize consists of a medal, personal diploma, and prize amount.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Titres honorifiques et décorations internationaux
  • Prix et récompenses (Arts et Culture)
CONT

Les prix Nobel sont attribués depuis 1901. Le prix Nobel est une récompense remise annuellement aux personnes qui ont fait progresser la recherche ou la société, suivant des modalités instituées d'après les derniers vœux d'Alfred Nobel, inventeur de la dynamite.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Títulos honoríficos y condecoraciones internacionales
  • Premios y recompensas (Artes y Cultura)
OBS

Otorgado cada año por el gobierno de Suecia a personas que hayan hecho investigaciones sobresalientes, inventado técnicas o equipamiento revolucionario o contribuciones notables a la sociedad, este lauro honorífico fue instituido por voluntad de Alfred Nobel.

OBS

La Fundación del Español Urgente (Fundéu BBVA), con el asesoramiento de la Real Academia Española, explica que "Premio Nobel" se escribe con mayúscula cuando hace referencia al galardón, pero con minúscula cuando designa a la persona que lo ha recibido.

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Record 11 2015-11-16

English

Subject field(s)
  • Funeral Services
  • Jewellery
CONT

Wearing a remembrance or cremation jewelry piece is a way to keep the memory of [a] loved one... Cremation jewelry features a small compartment designed to hold a small amount of ashes, a lock of hair, crushed petals or nothing at all. These pieces can simply be a thoughtful remembrance of a loved one.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Pompes funèbres
  • Joaillerie et bijouterie
CONT

[...] un bijou commémoratif ou un bijou cinéraire, c'est une façon de garder la mémoire d'un être cher [...] Les bijoux cinéraires comportent un petit compartiment dans lesquels on peut conserver une petite quantité des cendres, une mèche de cheveux du défunt, des pétales séchées, ou rien du tout. Ces bijoux peuvent simplement représenter un souvenir tangible de l'être cher.

Spanish

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Record 12 2013-09-13

English

Subject field(s)
  • Software
DEF

Software that uses an excessive amount of computing power and therefore wastes memory or disk space that could be used for other purposes.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Logiciels

Spanish

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Record 13 2012-03-06

English

Subject field(s)
  • Computers and Calculators
CONT

Besides a microprocessor, these single-chip microcomputers generally include a small amount of read/write and read-only memory, several input and output ports, and some of the other basic subsystem functions.

Key term(s)
  • single-chip computer

French

Domaine(s)
  • Ordinateurs et calculateurs
CONT

Ainsi, successivement, ont été conditionnés en un seul boîtier: quelques fonctions logiques élémentaires, une fonction de calcul évoluée, une unité centrale de traitement complète, ou microprocesseur, des mémoires de quelques centaines, puis quelques milliers, puis quelques dizaines de milliers d'éléments binaires, et même un ensemble unité centrale avec mémoire et système d'entrée/sortie, appelé micro-ordinateur monobloc.

OBS

monopuce (single-chip).

Spanish

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Record 14 2011-07-11

English

Subject field(s)
  • Trade Names
  • Computer Memories
  • Photography
  • Audiovisual Techniques and Equipment
OBS

A trademark of IBM

CONT

... a miniature hard-disk drive developed by IBM and available in 1999, the microdrives are extremely small-sized hard disks that can fit in a Compact Card memory slot. Two drive capacities will be available, 170 MB(megabyte) and 340 MB, enabling digital cameras designed to use Compact Flash memory cards to gain large storage capabilities. This is particularly useful for camera models that are able to store uncompressed images, since these images require a large amount of storage.

Key term(s)
  • Microdrive

French

Domaine(s)
  • Appellations commerciales
  • Mémoires (Informatique)
  • Photographie
  • Audiovisuel (techniques et équipement)
CONT

Si vous désirez plus de stockage, le petit Epson est compatible avec les Microdrives d'IBM, de petits disques durs de la même taille que les cartes Compact Flash avec des capacités de stockage de 340 Mo [...] ou de 1 Go [...]. Avec ça, oubliez la pellicule pour le reste de vos jours.

CONT

Plus petit qu'une boîte d'allumettes, le Microdrive 1Go d'IBM pèse moins de 30 g, peut contenir jusqu'à 1 000 photos haute résolution, 1 000 romans de 200 pages ou encore 18 heures de musique haute fidélité.

OBS

Marque de commerce d'IBM

Key term(s)
  • Microdrive

Spanish

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Record 15 2010-04-28

English

Subject field(s)
  • Computer Memories
DEF

Performance of a paged virtual memory computer system operating under working set (WS) and page fault frequency (PFF) paging algorithms is analyzed analytically.

CONT

A program will be divided into pages in order to minimize the total amount of main memory storage allocated to the program at any one time.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Mémoires (Informatique)
DEF

Diviser en pages une partie (généralement un segment) de la mémoire centrale d'un ordinateur.

Spanish

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Record 16 2006-04-04

English

Subject field(s)
  • Computer Memories
DEF

A small amount of memory set aside for the purpose of storing data read from, or soon be written to, a disk.

CONT

(Model 26) has cache memory, an optional large disk buffer allocated in store.

Key term(s)
  • disc buffer

French

Domaine(s)
  • Mémoires (Informatique)
DEF

Mémoire réservée au stockage des données lues sur un disque ou sur le point d'y être écrites.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Memorias (Computadoras)
DEF

Área de la memoria de la computadora (ordenador) separada para guardar la información que aún no se ha escrito en el disco.

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Record 17 2006-04-04

English

Subject field(s)
  • Computer Memories
DEF

The battery-backed memory... used to store parameter values needed to boot IBM Personal Computers and compatibles, such as the type of disks and the amount of memory, as well as the clock/calendar time.

OBS

CMOS: This term can also designate the type of technology used to build the memory chip.

OBS

CMOS: complementary metal oxide semiconductor.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Mémoires (Informatique)
DEF

Mémoire en circuit CMOS alimentée par une pile pour sauvegarder les paramètres de configuration d'un PC [...]

Spanish

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Record 18 2001-08-20

English

Subject field(s)
  • Military Training
DEF

A game of observation in which a tray or table of several objects are shown to the participant for a fixed amount of time, such as a minute, and then taken away. The participant must then recall as many objects as possible from memory. The skill was one required of Kim and other intelligence officers.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Instruction du personnel militaire
OBS

Exercice d'observation et de mémoire. Entraîner le stagiaire à observer et à se rappeler un certain nombre d'objets sans rapport entre eux.

OBS

Source : B-GL-309-005/FT-001.

Spanish

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Record 19 1999-01-20

English

Subject field(s)
  • Psychometry and Psychotechnology
OBS

short term memory(STM) : The correct recall or appropriate performance immediately or shortly after the presentation of the material. Its rapid decay and limited amount of material distinguishes it from long term memory.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Psychométrie et psychotechnique

Spanish

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Record 20 1998-07-06

English

Subject field(s)
  • Psychometry and Psychotechnology
OBS

long term memory(LTM) : The ability to respond to a stimulus, recite a list, remember an association, and so on, after a long period of time since the material was presented. Its slow rate of decay and great amount of remembered material distinguish it from short term memory.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Psychométrie et psychotechnique

Spanish

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Record 21 1998-06-22

English

Subject field(s)
  • Life Cycle (Informatics)
DEF

a chip that can store more than 1 million characters of information, i.e. four times the capacity of the largest chip now available.

CONT

... attention is focusing on the megabit RAM, the 1,000K chip. Industry experts describe its power as awesome. In a silicon wafer about 10 millimetres by 8 mm, the IBM megabit chip is capable of storing enough characters to fill about 100 pages of double-spaced typewritten text.

CONT

A typical personal computer can store 64, 000 bytes of data in its main memory, equal to about 250 typewritten pages. A computer using one-million-bit memory chips could store 4, 000 pages in the same amount of space.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Cycle de vie (Informatique)
DEF

Puce d'un mégabit.

CONT

Une unité centrale classique nécessite quelques 4000 chips (puces) alors qu'avec la technologie WSi il n'en faut plus que quarante. Compte tenu de la dissipation de ces "puces géantes", le refroidissement par eau est rendu nécessaire.

OBS

Il existe déjà des projets de production de puces d'une capacité de 4 mégabits et de 10 mégabits. Toutes ces puces s'appellent "mégapuces" dès que leur capacité de mémoire se mesure en mégabits.

Spanish

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Record 22 1997-11-27

English

Subject field(s)
  • IT Security
CONT

The obvious method of attack is brute-force exhaustive search of the key space [which is time consuming] Later it was suggested that a rich and powerful enemy could build a special-purpose computer capable of breaking DES [Data Encryption Standards] by exhaustive search in a reasonable amount of time. Later, Hellman showed a time-memory trade-off that allows improvement over exhaustive search if memory space is plentiful, after an exhaustive precomputation. These ideas fostered doubts about the security of DES.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Sécurité des TI

Spanish

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Record 23 1996-03-29

English

Subject field(s)
  • Artificial Intelligence
DEF

Memory in which each weight continually decays towards zero by an amount proportional to its magnitude. [ISO/IEC 2nd WD 2382-34 : 1994(E/F) ].

OBS

When the learning has stabilized, the magnitude of a weight is equal to its error derivative because this error derivative balances the weight decay. [ISO/IEC 2nd WD 2382-34: 1994 (E/F)].

OBS

With "weight decay" - each weight continually decays towards zero by an amount proportional to its magnitude. When the learning has equilibrated, the magnitude of a weight is equal to its error derivative because this error derivative balances the weight decay.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Intelligence artificielle
CONT

Oubli catastrophique. Ce problème a été étudié en détail, et un modèle d'apprentissage permettant de réaliser des palimpsestes (mémoires à oubli progressif) a été proposé.

OBS

Le nom palimpseste provient des parchemins du Moyen Âge sur lesquels on effaçait les motifs déjà appris pour écrire de nouveaux motifs.

Spanish

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Record 24 1994-08-26

English

Subject field(s)
  • Computer Memories

French

Domaine(s)
  • Mémoires (Informatique)

Spanish

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Record 25 1993-12-20

English

Subject field(s)
  • Computer Memories
CONT

VIDRAM accomplishes [the increase of the amount of conventional memory accessible by DOS with an EGA or VGA video adaptor card] by reallocating the memory normally used to control graphics on an EGA or VGA monitor.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Mémoires (Informatique)

Spanish

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Record 26 1993-02-18

English

Subject field(s)
  • IT Security
CONT

... the infectiousness of [non-memory-resident viruses] is just as high, if not higher than that of the memory-resident viruses. They are also more difficult to spot, since they do not change the interrupt table or the amount of available memory, and their infectious behaviour can be more unpredictable.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Sécurité des TI
CONT

(...) la nocivité [des virus ne résidant pas en mémoire] se révèle en réalité aussi élevée, sinon plus, que celle des virus résidant en mémoire. Ils sont également plus difficiles à repérer, car ne modifiant ni la table des interruptions ni le volume de mémoire disponible, leur comportement nocif est d'autant plus imprévisible.

Spanish

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Record 27 1992-10-16

English

Subject field(s)
  • Computers and Calculators
  • Artificial Intelligence
OBS

Parallel computer produced by Thinking Machines (US).

DEF

A family of parallel computing machines characterized by an unusually large number of very simple processing elements, each of which is associated with a small amount of local memory but has access to the full memory of the machine through a high-band routine network.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Ordinateurs et calculateurs
  • Intelligence artificielle
CONT

At THINKING MACHINES, D. Hillis étudie une "connection machine" qui comporterait un million de processeurs identiques (VLSI) chacun ayant un minimum de mémoire.

CONT

Cette Connection Machine est une machine très particulière composée de 65 536 processeurs, à deux niveaux de parallélisme. Les processeurs sont minimaux : ils possèdent un registre de 1 bit.

OBS

Marque déposée d'ordinateur parallèle. Ne pas traduire. L'accord se fait au féminin : la Connection Machine.

Spanish

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Record 28 1985-10-16

English

Subject field(s)
  • Computer Programs and Programming
DEF

A temporary file created by a sort program to hold intermediate results when the amount of data to be sorted is larger than the available memory workspace.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Programmes et programmation (Informatique)

Spanish

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