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CALLING TIME [22 records]

Record 1 2022-04-30

English

Subject field(s)
  • Layout of the Workplace
CONT

Within a new agile working environment there are likely to be many different zones, and the newest is the touchdown area. This is a space which is designed to be used for short bursts of time only, usually no more than around an hour. For that reason, the touchdown area is mostly used by remote and flexible workers who are calling into the office to catch up or hand in work. It can also be used for meeting debriefs or quick catch ups, as well as checking emails.

Key term(s)
  • touch down workspace
  • touch down work space
  • touch down space
  • touch down zone
  • touch down area
  • touchdown work space

French

Domaine(s)
  • Implantation des locaux de travail

Spanish

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Record 2 2022-04-13

English

Subject field(s)
  • Atmospheric Physics
CONT

Rex blocks consist of a high situated to the north of a low. Very often both the high and the low are closed, meaning that the isobars (or constant geopotential height lines) defining the high/low close to form a circle. Rex blocks [are] named after the meteorologist who first identified them.

OBS

A "Rex block" is a type of weather pattern where a large ridge of high pressure dominates the area and blocks any significant weather from intruding. They are calling it "dreaded" because these kind of blocks often bring cold temperatures and no new snow for a long time.

OBS

Rex block: designation officially approved by the Avalanche Bulletin Terminology Standardization Committee.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Physique de l'atmosphère
CONT

Un bloc Rex consiste en un [système] en altitude où on trouve un anticyclone au nord d'une dépression. En général, les deux systèmes auront des circulations fermées. Les systèmes de surface seront capturés par la dépression d'altitude ou devront suivre le [système] en S inversé autour de celle-ci[,] ce qui veut dire qu'il sera difficile de déloger le bloc Rex.

OBS

bloc Rex; bloc de Rex : désignations uniformisées par le Comité d'uniformisation de la terminologie des bulletins d'avalanche.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Física de la atmósfera
CONT

[…] patrón atmosférico con el que se alude a una pareja de altas presiones al norte y bajas presiones al sur.

OBS

bloqueo rex; bloqueo en rombo: La Fundación del Español Urgente (Fundéu BBVA), con el asesoramiento de la Real Academia Española, indica que la construcción "bloqueo rex" [...] se escribe con minúsculas y sin resalte. [...] la Ortografía de la lengua española [recomienda que] los nombres genéricos de fenómenos atmosféricos se escriben con minúsculas [...]

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Record 3 2019-12-19

English

Subject field(s)
  • Computer Programs and Programming
DEF

Programming that explores chains of alternative hypotheses in a depth-first fashion, by going down branches until it encounters failure, and then going back up to a previous mode and down another branch, and so on.

CONT

Backtrack programming is often realized by recursion. A choice is made by calling a recursive procedure. A backtrack is made by returning from the procedure. When a backtrack(return) is made, the programmer must take care that the program's variables are restored to their values at the time of choice(call).

Key term(s)
  • back-track programming
  • back-tracking programming

French

Domaine(s)
  • Programmes et programmation (Informatique)

Spanish

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Record 4 2014-01-03

English

Subject field(s)
  • Telephony and Microwave Technology
DEF

All information related to a telephone conversation or a text message, except the content.

CONT

Telephony metadata includes comprehensive communications routing information, including but not limited to session identifying information(e. g., originating and terminating telephone number, International Mobile Subscriber Identity(IMSI) number, International Mobile station Equipment Identity(IMEI) number, etc.), trunk identifier, telephone calling card numbers, and time and duration of call. Telephony metadata does not include the substantive content of any communication, as defined by 18 U. S. C. § 2510(8), or the name, address, or financial information of a subscriber or customer.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Téléphonie et techniques hyperfréquences
DEF

Tous les renseignements relatifs à une conversation téléphonique ou à un texto, sauf le contenu.

Spanish

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Record 5 2009-05-21

English

Subject field(s)
  • Mineralogy
  • Cartography
CONT

The transition from kyanite to andalusite is known as the andalusite isograd, while the transition from andalusite to sillimanite is called the sillimanite isograd.

CONT

Note that if were making a geologic map, we could draw a line on the map that separates the pelitic rocks containing only Pyrophyllite from those containing Kyanite + Quartz. Such a line(a surface in 3 dimensions) is called an isograd(iso-same, grad-grade). In this case, since it represents the first appearance of Kyanite, we call it the Kyanite Isograd... If we continue walking along the direction that T & P increased in these rocks during metamorphism, we would eventually come to another place where in the pelitic rocks the mineral assemblage changes. This time the change is from Kyanite + Quartz to Sillimanite + Quartz. Again, we can draw a line on the map that indicates this change in mineral assemblage, this time calling it the Sillimanite Isograd. Just like before, this represents the point on the phase diagram, above, where the geothermal gradient intersected the boundary for the reaction... Because the sandstone and the limestone do not contain Kyanite, the isograd does not appear in these rocks, but we can still extrapolate its position across the map or outcrop.

OBS

isograd: A line or surface (either imaginary or in a diagram) joining points where the rock originated under the same conditions of pressure and temperature, as indicated by similarity of facies or metamorphic grade.

OBS

sillimanite isograd: term used at Natural Resources Canada - Earth Sciences Sector.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Minéralogie
  • Cartographie
OBS

Un isograde représente une ligne sur une carte résultant de l'intersection d'une surface isograde avec la topographie. Elle représenterait une réaction métamorphique et serait implicitement diachrone à cause du temps requis pour mobiliser la chaleur, les fluides et les réactions dans les roches.

OBS

isograde de la sillimanite : terme en usage à Ressources naturelles Canada - Secteur des sciences de la Terre.

Spanish

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Record 6 2008-10-29

English

Subject field(s)
  • Practice and Procedural Law
  • Rules of Court
CONT

joinder of proceedings : The Court may at any time direct that the proceedings in two or more cases be joined. It may also direct that the written or oral proceedings, including the calling of witnesses, be in common...

OBS

consolidation of proceedings; joinder of proceedings: terms usually used in the plural.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Droit judiciaire
  • Règles de procédure
OBS

Le Comité d'uniformisation des règles de procédure civile dans le cadre du PAJLO recommande «fusion» comme équivalent de «consolidation» dans cette acception et «instance» pour «proceedings».

OBS

Le terme anglais «proceedings» se rend en français par un substantif comme «procédure», par exemple, qui a alors un sens collectif et, par conséquent, ne s'écrit pas au pluriel.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Derecho procesal
  • Reglamento procesal
OBS

Reproducido de Law Terminology con la autorización de la Oficina de las Naciones Unidas en Ginebra

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Record 7 2006-05-11

English

Subject field(s)
  • Telecommunications
  • Informatics
  • Electronic Circuits Technology
  • Air Transport
DEF

A virtual circuit service in which a logical connection is set up at the request of the calling data terminal equipment to an address make known to the network at the time the call is to be established.

OBS

Switched virtual circuit service as opposed to permanent virtual circuit service.

OBS

switched virtual circuit; SVC: term and abbreviation standardized by CSA.

OBS

switched virtual circuit; SVC: term and abbreviation officially approved by the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO).

French

Domaine(s)
  • Télécommunications
  • Informatique
  • Technologie des circuits électroniques
  • Transport aérien
DEF

Circuit virtuel établi et libéré à l'initiative d'un des correspondants.

OBS

circuit virtuel commuté; SVC : terme et abréviation normalisés par la CSA.

OBS

circuit virtuel commuté; CVC : terme et abréviation uniformisés par l'Organisation de l'aviation civile internationale (OACI).

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Telecomunicaciones
  • Informática
  • Tecnología de los circuitos electrónicos
  • Transporte aéreo
OBS

circuito virtual conmutado; SVC: término y abreviatura aceptados oficialmente por la Organización de Aviación Civil Internacional (OACI).

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Record 8 2006-02-14

English

Subject field(s)
  • Telephony and Microwave Technology
  • Internet and Telematics
CONT

Shoulder surfers spend their time in public areas that have lots of pay phones. Airports are excellent locations for observing calling card numbers or DISA [Direct Inward System Access] phone numbers and access codes.... Shoulder surfers with stolen DISA phone numbers and codes dial into a company's PBX system and are passed through to a DISA port to an outside line where they run up thousands of dollars in long-distance calls.

OBS

See "Telecom 2000", an advertising and information supplement to the Sept. 13, 1993 edition of Maclean’s magazine.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Téléphonie et techniques hyperfréquences
  • Internet et télématique
CONT

Les épieurs passent leur temps près des téléphones publics, dans les aéroports, par exemple. Ils surveillent les voyageurs et lorgnent leur numéro de carte d'appel ou leur numéro de téléphone et code d'accès DISA [accès directe au système interne]. [...] Armés des numéros de téléphone et codes d'accès DISA volés, les épieurs (ou les "clients", qui leur achètent les numéros) se servent du système particulier d'une entreprise pour faire des milliers de dollars d'appels interurbains non autorisés.

OBS

Voir «Télécom 2000», supplément publicitaire de «L'Actualité» du 1 octobre 1993.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Telefonía y tecnología de microondas
  • Internet y telemática
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Record 9 - external organization data 2006-02-01

English

Subject field(s)
  • Compartment - ISO/IEC JTC 1 Information Technology Vocabulary
Universal entry(ies)
15.06.07 (2382)
ISO/IEC standard entry number
DEF

call in which the calling module provides to the called module the names of one or more parameters to be evaluated each time the associated parameter is used in the called module

OBS

call by name: term and definition standardized by ISO/IEC [ISO/IEC 2382-15:1999].

French

Domaine(s)
  • Tiroir - ISO/CEI JTC 1 Vocabulaire des technologies de l'information
Entrée(s) universelle(s)
15.06.07 (2382)
ISO/IEC standard entry number
DEF

appel dans lequel le module appelant fournit au module appelé les noms d'un ou plusieurs paramètres qui doivent être évalués chaque fois que le paramètre associé est utilisé dans le module appelé

OBS

appel par nom : terme et définition normalisés par l'ISO/CEI [ISO/IEC 2382-15:1999].

Spanish

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Record 10 2004-05-04

English

Subject field(s)
  • Occupation Names (General)
  • The Press (News and Journalism)
CONT

For a time, the chief executive for newsroom operations was often called "executive editor. "People in those positions of late have started calling themselves "editors" again.... The editor or executive editor... hands down policies from owners and publishers....

French

Domaine(s)
  • Désignations des emplois (Généralités)
  • Presse écrite
DEF

Responsable de l'ensemble des aspects rédactionnels d'une publication qui a alors sous ses ordres le rédacteur en chef.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Nombramiento de cargos (Generalidades)
  • La prensa (Noticias y periodismo)
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Record 11 2004-03-23

English

Subject field(s)
  • Types of Restaurants
CONT

Calling all fish and chips lovers! It's time for another serving of the fantastically popular Fish and Chip Shop of the Year Competition. Don’t miss your chance to vote for the most prestigious fish and chip shop of 2000 when the competition launches on 17th july.

CONT

High quality Fish & Chip shop situated just off city centre with 4 bedroom accommodation. Potential to develop business further.

OBS

Fish and chips is a traditional British dish.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Catégories de restaurants
DEF

Établissement populaire où l'on sert surtout du poisson et des frites.

Spanish

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Record 12 2002-10-15

English

Subject field(s)
  • Pricing Theory
  • Industry-Government Relations (Econ.)
  • Economic Fluctuations
DEF

A term for an order by the government, such as might be issued during a period of national emergency, calling on sellers to reduce prices or profit margins to a level below that which prevails at the time the order is issued. It refers especially to an order to reduce prices back to the level prevailing at some specified previous date.

PHR

Rollback of price increases.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Théorie des prix
  • Relations de l'industrie avec l'État (Écon.)
  • Fluctuations économiques

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Teoría de fijación de precios
  • Relaciones de la industria con el Estado (Economía)
  • Fluctuaciones económicas
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Record 13 2002-09-24

English

Subject field(s)
  • Computer Programs and Programming
  • Computer Memories
DEF

A library subroutine that is called by object programs at run time. The dump may return control to the calling program or to the monitor upon completion. This allows the programmer to take selective dumps, during program execution, for debugging purposes. The dump returns to the calling program upon completion if it is called with the name P dump. If it is called with the name dump, the dump is taken and control is returned to the monitor to process the next job.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Programmes et programmation (Informatique)
  • Mémoires (Informatique)

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Programas y programación (Informática)
  • Memorias (Computadoras)
DEF

Vuelco de la memoria producido en puntos específicos de un programa motivado por las instrucciones incorporadas en el mismo.

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Record 14 2001-12-08

English

Subject field(s)
  • Telephone Exchanges
DEF

A feature that provides a record of the calling station or attendant number, starting time, call duration, all digits of the called number and the specific trunk or trunk group used for outgoing calls.

OBS

Facility available with Northern Telecom’s Dm-100 switch.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Centraux téléphoniques
OBS

Fonction de l'autocommutateur DM5-100 (Northern Telecom Limitée).

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Centrales telefónicas
DEF

Facilidad que proporciona una grabación de la estación llamante o número de operadora, tiempo de arranque, duración de la llamada, todos los dígitos del número llamado y el enlace específico o grupo de enlaces utilizado para las llamadas salientes.

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Record 15 2001-11-21

English

Subject field(s)
  • Commercial Utilization (Oil and Natural Gas)
DEF

Unrealizable scheme concerning oil policy.

CONT

Any scenario calling for complete U. S. freedom from foreign oil supplies is probably a petro-pipedream.(Time, 15 Dec. 1980, p. 46.).

French

Domaine(s)
  • Exploitation commerciale (Pétrole et gaz naturel)

Spanish

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Record 16 2001-03-27

English

Subject field(s)
  • Advertising Techniques
OBS

staggered mailing : when multiple individuals are found in the same company at the same location, the marketer can choose to mail or call those individuals over a time as an alternative to calling or mailing all the names/addresses at the same time.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Techniques publicitaires

Spanish

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Record 17 1997-04-22

English

Subject field(s)
  • Collective Agreements and Bargaining
DEF

A provision calling for reopening a collective agreement at a specified time prior to its expiration for bargaining on stated subjects such as a wage increase, pension, health and welfare, etc.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Conventions collectives et négociations

Spanish

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Record 18 1993-04-01

English

Subject field(s)
  • Telecommunications

French

Domaine(s)
  • Télécommunications
OBS

Source(s) : Ancien fichier de la DSTM [Direction des services de traduction ministériels] Communications

Spanish

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Record 19 1986-07-16

English

Subject field(s)
  • International Public Law
CONT

The Court may at any time direct the proceedings in two or more cases be joined. It may also direct that the written or oral proceedings including the calling of witnesses, be in common; or the Court may, without effecting any formal joinder, direct common action in any of these respects.

OBS

Context taken from Art. 47, Rules of the International Court of Justice.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Droit international public
CONT

La Cour peut à tout moment ordonner que les instances dans deux ou plusieurs affaires soient jointes. Elle peut ordonner aussi que les procédures écrites ou orales, y compris la présentation de témoins, aient un caractère commun; ou elle peut, sans opérer de jonction formelle, ordonner une action commune au regard d'un ou plusieurs éléments de ces procédures.

OBS

Contexte tiré de l'art. 47 du Règlement de la Cour internationale de Justice.

Spanish

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Record 20 1982-09-21

English

Subject field(s)
  • Air Transport
OBS

Preliminary call. Each station, prior to commencing a scheduled broadcast, shall run a preliminary call tape consisting of the general call "to all stations", transmitted three times, the procedure signal DE, the identification of the calling station, transmitted three times, followed by the letters RY repeated without separation for one time.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Transport aérien
OBS

Appel préliminaire. Chaque station, avant de commencer une émission à heure fixe, passera une bande préliminaire d'appel comprenant l'appel général à toutes les stations, transmis trois fois, le signal conventionnel DE, l'identification de la station appelante, transmise trois fois, suivie d'une ligne ininterrompue de RY.

Spanish

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Record 21 1976-06-19

English

Subject field(s)
  • Telephone Services

French

Domaine(s)
  • Services téléphoniques

Spanish

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Record 22 1976-06-19

English

Subject field(s)
  • Sports - General

French

Domaine(s)
  • Sports - Généralités

Spanish

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