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Record 1 2017-03-22

English

Subject field(s)
  • Merchandising Techniques
  • Advertising
  • Internet and Telematics
CONT

Retargeting converts window-shoppers into buyers. Generally 2% of shoppers convert on the first visit to an online store. Retargeting brings back the other 98%. Retargeting works by keeping track of people who visit your site and displaying your retargeting ads to them as they visit other sites online.

Key term(s)
  • retargetting
  • search retargetting

French

Domaine(s)
  • Techniques marchandes
  • Publicité
  • Internet et télématique
DEF

Pratique consistant à repérer un internaute qui a visité un site marchand afin de lui adresser des messages publicitaires liés à ses centres d’intérêt présumés.

OBS

ciblage publicitaire : terme et définition publiés au Journal officiel de la République française le 5 août 2016.

Spanish

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Record 2 2012-06-07

English

Subject field(s)
  • Tunnels, Overpasses and Bridges
DEF

A movable bridge in which the deck can be rolled back longitudinally from across the gap.

CONT

The retractable bridge opens by sliding back horizontally from the channel. It is mounted on wheels, which roll on tracks. It is little used because it requires considerable space to store the movable section when the channel is open.

OBS

retractable bridge; traversing bridge: terms and definition proposed by the World Road Association.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Tunnels, viaducs et ponts
DEF

Pont mobile dont le tablier se déplace par translation longitudinale.

OBS

pont roulant; pont coulissant; pont-brouette : termes et définition proposés par l'Association mondiale de la route.

Spanish

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Record 3 2012-03-19

English

Subject field(s)
  • Offences and crimes
  • Criminology
CONT

Police in Irvine are hoping new surveillance video will lead them to a man they call a "distraction" robber. There could be other suspects.

OBS

One Ottawa convenience store owner is warning others about "distraction" robberies where people preoccupy a store clerk while others steal goods... The video shows one group distracting the store clerk, security guards and customers while three women can be seen sneaking into the back and cutting open locks on the store's safe.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Infractions et crimes
  • Criminologie
DEF

Individu ayant cherché à distraire un commis d'un magasin avec l'aide de son complice pour voler ses biens, en utilisant des manœuvres visant à détourner l'attention du commis ou du propriétaire des biens dépouillés pendant la perpétration de cette infraction criminelle.

Spanish

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Record 4 2009-11-09

English

Subject field(s)
  • Computer Memories
CONT

The modified IACW is then stored back in memory at the address from which it was read.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Mémoires (Informatique)

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Memorias (Computadoras)
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Record 5 2005-06-10

English

Subject field(s)
  • Printing Machines and Equipment
  • Flexography (Printing)
CONT

[A] video web inspection system [has] three components: A camera, electronic assembly and monitor. [It is a system] designed to help press operators monitor their print quality on-line at full press speed [taking] a snapshot of the live running image and [presenting] it on the screen so that it can be closely examined in real-time.

CONT

PC Industries of Glenview, Ill., demonstrated Graphic-Vision GV-300. This video web inspection system allows workers to store lateral and linear web positions for future reference, zoom in on potential trouble spots and view registration from front to back.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Équipement (Imprimerie et arts graphiques)
  • Flexographie (Imprimerie)
DEF

Système d'examen de la bande imprimée en défilement recourant à une caméra vidéo qui explore la bande au moyen d'un flash stroboscopique et de capteurs.

OBS

L'image immobilisée est affichée à l'écran d'un moniteur couleur.

OBS

Terme, définition et observation tirés du Vocabulaire de la flexographie de France Brodeur. Reproduction autorisée par l'Institut des communications graphiques du Québec.

Spanish

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Record 6 2000-10-25

English

Subject field(s)
  • General Mechanics (Physics)
  • Acoustics (Physics)
CONT

... rubber-like materials store and release energy back into the component, and can actually worsen overall results with a new source of secondary vibration!

French

Domaine(s)
  • Mécanique générale (Physique)
  • Acoustique (Physique)

Spanish

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Record 7 2000-09-29

English

Subject field(s)
  • Commercial Establishments

French

Domaine(s)
  • Établissements commerciaux

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Establecimientos comerciales
OBS

trastienda: término extraído del CAPITAL Business Dictionary con la autorización de LID Editorial Empresarial.

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Record 8 2000-09-05

English

Subject field(s)
  • Banking
DEF

A credit card with a specific retail brand attached to it, such as a gasoline station, a grocery store, a phone company, a car company, etc. These cards offer special incentives to Cardholders to shop with the retailer involved. One example is the Ford Citibank card, which offers money back to the Cardholder toward the purchase of a new Ford vehicle whenever the card is used.

OBS

Compare with affinity card.

Key term(s)
  • cobranded card

French

Domaine(s)
  • Banque
DEF

Carte de crédit qui procure des avantages à son porteur (primes, rabais, etc.) et affiche deux logos, celui de l'institution financière émettrice et celui d'une société, commerciale le plus souvent; elle permet de valoriser le système de fidélisation d'une marque (fabricant d'automobiles, fournisseur de services, etc.) en l'ouvrant à tout un réseau d'affiliation.

OBS

Comparer à «carte affinité».

Spanish

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Record 9 1995-11-01

English

Subject field(s)
  • Kitchen Utensils
CONT

A nutmeg grater has a fine-rasp, slightly curved surface. The grating is accomplished by rubbing the nutmeg across the grater's surface. Many graters store the whole nutmegs in containers attached to the bottom or back of the unit.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Batterie de cuisine
CONT

Il est un modèle de râpe qui restera toujours manuel et de petite taille, [...] la râpe à muscade que l'on réserve à la noix de muscade. [...] Généralement de forme conique et allongée, la râpe à muscade présente une surface de travail dotée de petits trous à bord coupant, longue de 8 cm environ. L'ustensile possède en outre une petite cavité hermétique dans laquelle on peut loger une, deux ou trois noix en réserve.

Spanish

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Record 10 1995-02-21

English

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

A video storage and display system that requires more devices and processing to compress and store than to play back an image.

OBS

DVI and CD-I platforms are examples of asymmetric systems.

French

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

Spanish

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Record 11 1992-03-17

English

Subject field(s)
  • Merchandising Techniques
  • Commercial Establishments
DEF

A shelf stock one unit wide extending to the top and back of a shelf in a display. Used to determine space allocation for packaged items in a retail store. Example : a facing for canned asparagus might be two cans high and five cans deep for a total of ten cans.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Techniques marchandes
  • Établissements commerciaux
DEF

Surface visible, face au client, utilisée sur un rayonnage pour la présentation d'un produit.

OBS

L'usage de frontal (ou frontale) pour remplacer l'anglicisme "facing" a été rendu obligatoire par l'arrêté ministériel du 30 sept. 1991 relatif à la terminologie économique et financière (France).

Spanish

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Record 12 1980-11-04

English

Subject field(s)
  • Management Operations (General)
CONT

When you’re in the chain store business, people kind of assume that you have a weak mind and a strong back.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Opérations de la gestion (Généralités)
CONT

(...) lorsque vous annonciez que vous travailliez dans une chaîne de distribution au détail, les gens vous faisaient gentiment sentir que vous étiez un individu certes compétent, mais de second ordre.

Spanish

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