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ANALOG TECHNOLOGY [18 records]

Record 1 2015-01-07

English

Subject field(s)
  • Museums
CONT

Since these analog audio storage formats have a finite technology lifetime, the recorded cultural information they contain must be migrated to new technology to remain accessible.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Muséologie
CONT

Étant donné que ce type de support de stockage audio analogique a une durée de vie limitée, l'information culturelle qui y est enregistrée doit être transférée vers une nouvelle technologie pour demeurer accessible.

Spanish

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Record 2 2014-12-02

English

Subject field(s)
  • Missiles and Rockets
  • Weapon Systems
CONT

An example of the advanced technology employed in the Lance weapon system is its unique AN/GJM-24(XO-2) monitor/programmer, or MP. All the functions necessary to fire the missile are performed by the MP, which measures only 42X51X43 cm. This solid-state, combined analog and digital computer supplies pre-launch power to Lance from a 19-cell, 24v dc(direct current) Ni-Cad(Nickel-Cadmium) battery, it inserts range information into the missile guidance set before launch, controls the missile's safe, arming and firing mechanisms, and monitors the firing sequence.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Missiles et roquettes
  • Systèmes d'armes
CONT

Le caractère évolué de la technologie mise en œuvre dans le système d'arme Lance se manifeste par l'utilisation d'un contrôleur-séquenceur (MP) de tir AN/GJM-24 (XO-2) unique en son genre. Toutes les fonctions nécessaires à la mise à feu du missile sont assurées par ce MP (monitor/programmer), qui ne mesure que 42X51X43 cm. Ce calculateur (Solid-State) combiné analogique et numérique, fournit au Lance l'alimentation nécessaire avant le tir à partir d'une batterie 24v continu au Nickel-Cadmium à 19 éléments; il introduit l'information de distance dans le système de guidage, contrôle le fonctionnement des mécanismes de sécurité, d'armement et de mise à feu du missile, et surveille la séquence de mise à feu.

Spanish

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Record 3 2011-12-14

English

Subject field(s)
  • Performing Arts (General)
DEF

A diverse group of art practices that considers wide notions of sound, listening and hearing as its predominant focus.

CONT

Sound art often engages with the subjects of acoustics, psychoacoustics, electronics, noise music, audio media and technology(both analog and digital), found or environmental sound, explorations of the human body, sculpture, film or video and an ever-expanding set of subjects that are part of the current discourse of contemporary art.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Arts du spectacle (Généralités)
CONT

Comme de nombreux genres d'art contemporain, l'art sonore est par nature interdisciplinaire. Il peut utiliser l'acoustique, la psychoacoustique, l'électronique, la musique bruitiste, la technologie et les supports audio, des sons trouvés ou environnementaux, etc.

Spanish

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Record 4 2008-05-14

English

Subject field(s)
  • Audio Technology
  • Audiovisual Techniques and Equipment
CONT

Miglia Technology is now shipping an A/D video converter. Director's Cut ’Take 2’ converts analog video into the firewire codec so that VHS and Super-8 formats can now be downloaded to hard drives. The new device has improved hardware compression chips and components for reducing artifacts.

OBS

analog-to-digital converter (A/D) - A device which converts an analog voltage or current signal to a discrete series of digitally encoded numbers (signal) for computer processing.

Key term(s)
  • analog-to-digital video converter
  • A-D video converter
  • analogue to digital video converter

French

Domaine(s)
  • Électroacoustique
  • Audiovisuel (techniques et équipement)
OBS

Le signal vidéo contenu dans un DVD par exemple, est encodé et stocké en composantes vidéo (Y/Cr/Cb). Chacune de ces trois données est quantifiée en 8 bits. Le premier travail consiste à requantifier les données en 10 bits, [à] extraire le signal composite, Y/C (S-Vidéo) et RVB (suivant les modèles) et [à] le convertir en données analogiques exploitables par les matériels et ce en utilisant un convertisseur D/A 10 bits.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Electroacústica
  • Técnicas y equipo audiovisuales
DEF

Convertidor ultrarrápido que permite obtener velocidades de conversión de 5 MHz e incluso mayores.

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Record 5 2006-11-23

English

Subject field(s)
  • Television (Radioelectricity)
DEF

A television broadcasting technology based on continuous signals that fluctuate in color and brightness.

OBS

Analog technology has been in use for the [1950's] to transmit conventional TV signals to consumers. "Standard" television broadcasts in analog TV.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Télévision (Radioélectricité)
DEF

Technologie de télédiffusion qui se fonde sur la transmission d'un signal continu porteur de fluctuations en chrominance et en luminance.

OBS

La technologie analogique de télédiffusion qui est le standard NTSC remonte à la fin des années quarante et caractérise les téléviseurs conventionnels.

Spanish

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Record 6 2005-05-19

English

Subject field(s)
  • Industries - General
  • Informatics
  • Internet and Telematics
  • News and Journalism (General)
CONT

The content business is the formal, one-to-many communication of our culture for the enrichment and amusement of the consumer. As consumption of content requires consumer electronics delivery, and technology is evolving from analog to digital, live to packaged, and wired to wireless, content companies are challenged to create new programming to stimulate consumer spending on content and make wise investments in new delivery formats.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Industries - Généralités
  • Informatique
  • Internet et télématique
  • Information et journalisme (Généralités)
CONT

On entend désormais par industrie du contenu diverses activités commerciales et non commerciales relatives aux bases de données bibliographiques, textuelles et statistiques ainsi qu'aux ressources en matière d'information, d'éducation et de loisirs existant sous forme électronique, y compris sous forme audio, vidéo et multimédia.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Industrias - Generalidades
  • Informática
  • Internet y telemática
  • Noticias y periodismo (Generalidades)
CONT

La industria del contenido está formada por aquellas empresas que participan en la creación, desarrollo, configuración y distribución de los contenidos: datos, textos, sonidos, imágenes o combinaciones multimedia de ellos. La componen los diferentes segmentos de la edición impresa y de la edición electrónica (bases de datos electrónicas, servicios de videotex, audiotex, fax, CD y videojuegos).

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Record 7 2005-01-25

English

Subject field(s)
  • Television (Radioelectricity)
  • Computer Graphics
  • Applications of Automation
  • Video Technology
DEF

A standard of quality for the reproduction of video signals.

CONT

There is a further version of the CD-I known as full-motion video (FMV). In this format, audio and video are encoded using the MPEG standard ... This means that full-motion video with high-quality stereo can be output from a CD.

CONT

Although real motion video is the holy grail of multimedia, it still is impractical using today's technology. The current method for working with video is by capturing and converting the analog signal from a video source and either manipulating the image's data(which is written to video tape) or compressing the data using compression techniques(either software-only compression or a combination of hardware and software compression). To display or capture a single screen of an NTSC [National Television System Committee] signal, you must have a video frame grabber.... Real-time frame grabbers capture full-motion video at a rate between 15 and 30 frames-per-second using video compression...

OBS

In the NTSC format, it is achieved when the video signal is reproduced at 30 frames per second and in the PAL format, it occurs at 25 fps.

OBS

The Dictionary of New Media is available at: <a href="http://hepdigital.com/" title="http://hepdigital.com">http://hepdigital.com</a>.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Télévision (Radioélectricité)
  • Infographie
  • Automatisation et applications
  • Vidéotechnique
CONT

Le CD-I fait appel à des techniques très sophistiquées de compression d'images pour pouvoir stocker des images animées, très consommatrices d'espace. L'algorithme de compression est baptisé «Full Motion Video» (FMV). C'est la mise au point de cet algorithme qui a permis au CD-I de pouvoir afficher jusqu'à 72 minutes d'images animées plein écran. La qualité de l'image ainsi traitée est équivalente à celle d'un magnétoscope VHS mais inférieure à celle d'un LaserDisc.

Spanish

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Record 8 2003-02-06

English

Subject field(s)
  • Operating Systems (Software)
  • Computer Memories
CONT

FISO technology uses a patented technique of performing analog sampling using standard semiconductor technology. Samples are stored as electric charge in each of the 10, 000 on-chip cells.... Once the analog sampling has finished, a slow speed, very accurate 9-bit A/D converter is used to convert the stored analog values into digital code.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Systèmes d'exploitation (Logiciels)
  • Mémoires (Informatique)

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Sistemas operativos (Soporte lógico)
  • Memorias (Computadoras)
DEF

Proceso de computadora (ordenador) que selecciona, desde el procesador, señales de entrada híbridas e individuales convirtiéndolas en una forma binaria equivalente, y almacena los datos en la memoria.

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Record 9 2002-04-12

English

Subject field(s)
  • Telecommunications
CONT

In response to an ever-accelerating worldwide demand for mobile and personal portable communications, spread spectrum digital technology has achieved much higher bandwidth efficiency for a given wireless spectrum allocation, and hence serves a far larger population of multiple access users, than analog or digital technologies.

OBS

Record created as part of a collaborative pilot project between the Université du Québec à Hull and the Terminology and Standardization Directorate of the Translation Bureau.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Télécommunications
OBS

Fiche réalisée dans le cadre d'un projet pilote de collaboration entre l'Université du Québec à Hull et la Direction de la terminologie et de la normalisation du Bureau de la traduction.

Spanish

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Record 10 2002-03-08

English

Subject field(s)
  • Biotechnology
CONT

From biology to silicon : An analog bio-inspired retina for an adaptive vision smart sensor. An image processing systems, the vision sensor is a phototransduction component. Its aim is to convert incident light into an electrical signal. Today, the development in microelectronic technology allows to integrate few transistors around the photosensitive element. This is the basic structure of the smart vision sensor which includes phototransduction and image processing in the focal plane array.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Biotechnologie
DEF

Se dit d'un dispositif informatique calqué sur l'architecture neuronale du vivant.

CONT

Les dispositifs bio-inspirés - d'autres diraient neuromimétiques - sont d'une application industrielle particulièrement dans les applications non calculatives, de perception et d'action.

Spanish

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Record 11 2001-01-30

English

Subject field(s)
  • Radiotelephony
  • Telephones
DEF

A wireless phone that is capable of using both digital and analog wireless technology. The phone uses digital service if available and switches to analog service when digital is unavailable.

Key term(s)
  • dual mode phone
  • dual mode telephone
  • bi-mode phone
  • bimode telephone
  • bimode phone

French

Domaine(s)
  • Radiotéléphonie
  • Téléphones
DEF

Téléphone cellulaire pouvant utiliser la technologie sans fil numérique et analogique. Le téléphone utilise le service numérique lorsque disponible. Sinon, l'appareil passe au service analogique.

Key term(s)
  • téléphone hybride
  • appareil téléphonique double mode
  • téléphone bi-mode

Spanish

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Record 12 1995-05-16

English

Subject field(s)
  • Computer Graphics
  • Video Technology
OBS

Although real motion video is the holy grail of multimedia, it still is impractical using today's technology. The current method for working with video is by capturing and converting the analog signal from a video source and either manipulating the image's data(which is written to video tape) or compressing the data using compression techniques(either software-only compression or a combination of hardware and software compression).

French

Domaine(s)
  • Infographie
  • Vidéotechnique
CONT

Grâce à une carte d'acquisition vidéo, il devient possible de capturer des séquences issues d'un magnétoscope ou d'un caméscope [...] Les cartes d'acquisition ont pour fonction de numériser les images analogiques. Cette numérisation doit se faire en temps réel. L'objectif est donc d'acquérir, de numériser, de compresser et de stocker sur disque 25 images à la seconde. Bien sûr, toutes les cartes n'offrent pas ces performances.

Spanish

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Record 13 1995-03-30

English

Subject field(s)
  • Storage Media (Data Processing)
  • Computer Display Technology
  • Computer Graphics
CONT

Although real motion video is the holy grail of multimedia, it still is impractical using today's technology. The current method for working with video is by capturing and converting the analog signal from a video source and either manipulating the image's data(which is written to video tape) or compressing the data using compression techniques(either software-only compression or a combination of hardware and software compression). To display or capture a single screen of an NTSC signal, you must have a video frame grabber. These are lowest on the rungs of the video ladder, in that they have less capability than boards that capture streaming video. These cards enable you to grab a single frame of video from a Laser Disk or a VCR. Video frame grabbers come in two varieties : single-frame capture and real-time capture. Single-frame capture boards enable you to freeze a selected frame and record it to your hard disk. In this function, single-frame boards are similar to scanners-they provide a means of capturing an image and saving it for use in a multimedia title.... Real-time frame grabbers capture full-motion video at a rate between 15 and 30 frames-per-second using video compression....

French

Domaine(s)
  • Supports d'information (Informatique)
  • Techniques d'affichage (Ordinateurs)
  • Infographie
OBS

[...] vidéo en temps réel [...] cette technique traite exclusivement les images individuelles et non les séquences.

Spanish

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Record 14 1995-03-30

English

Subject field(s)
  • Storage Media (Data Processing)
  • Video Technology
  • Computer Graphics
CONT

Although real motion video is the holy grail of multimedia, it still is impractical using today's technology. The current method for working with video is by capturing and converting the analog signal from a video source and either manipulating the image's data(which is written to video tape) or compressing the data using compression techniques(either software-only compression or a combination of hardware and software compression). To display or capture a single screen of an NTSC signal, you must have a video frame grabber. These are lowest on the rungs of the video ladder, in that they have less capability than boards that capture streaming video. These cards enable you to grab a single frame of video from a Laser Disk or a VCR. Video frame grabbers come in two varieties : single-frame capture and real-time capture. Single-frame capture boards enable you to freeze a selected frame and record it to your hard disk. In this function, single-frame boards are similar to scanners-they provide a means of capturing an image and saving it for use in a multimedia title.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Supports d'information (Informatique)
  • Vidéotechnique
  • Infographie

Spanish

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Record 15 1993-04-20

English

Subject field(s)
  • Audio Technology
  • Telecommunications Transmission
DEF

An audio signal which is in digital format(as opposed to analog format). This technology is expected to provide sound quality comparable to compact discs or digital audio tape, on digital radios where they are used in homes, vehicles, or as portable units.

CONT

Digital audio signals will be transmitted both over-the-air and via cable distribution.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Électroacoustique
  • Transmission (Télécommunications)
DEF

Signal audio sous forme numérique (au lieu d'analogique). Cette technologie devrait amener une qualité de son comparable à celle des disques compacts, aux récepteurs de radios utilisés à la maison ou dans les véhicules, ainsi qu'aux récepteurs portatifs.

CONT

Les signaux audionumériques seront transmis soit en direct ou soit par câble.

Spanish

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Record 16 1988-04-27

English

Subject field(s)
  • Oscillators and Oscillating Circuits (Electronics)
CONT

Deriving essentially from computer technology, this method employs coded streams of on/off pulses instead of continuously varying analog waveforms.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Circuits oscillants et oscillateurs (Électronique)

Spanish

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Record 17 1987-11-25

English

Subject field(s)
  • Audio Technology
  • Lasers and Masers
DEF

A device the main purpose of which is to pickup the digital information encoded on a compact disc and convert it into analog form before feeding the appropriate input of a preamplifier.

CONT

A compact disc player that sounds like music... the Euphonic Technology ET650PX features : Philips’ latest Dual 16-bit 4-times oversampling technology with Maximum-Strategy error correction and improved Digital Filter[, ] Isolated High-slewing Analog section...

French

Domaine(s)
  • Électroacoustique
  • Masers et lasers
DEF

Platine tourne-disques munie d'un dispositif (tête de lecture au laser) destiné à effectuer la lecture optique des informations codées (numériquement) sur un disque compact. Cet appareil comporte également des circuits de correction d'erreur, un convertisseur numérique-analogique et divers autres circuits spéciaux (programmation, affichage, etc.).

OBS

«Lecteur CD» et «platine CD» sont malheureusement des termes peu recommandables; ce sont des exemples typiques des nombreux barbarismes et anglicismes qui, de plus en plus, pullulent dans les revues techniques publiées en France, surtout dans le domaine de l'audiophonie.

OBS

Le mot «platine» (deck) convient mieux à l'élément qu'on intègre à une chaîne stéréo et le mot «lecteur» (player) à un appareil de fonctionnement autonome.

Spanish

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Record 18 1986-11-14

English

Subject field(s)
  • Telecommunications

French

Domaine(s)
  • Télécommunications
OBS

TERMI GREEL 76 9

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