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CODED SIGNAL [17 records]

Record 1 2011-07-25

English

Subject field(s)
  • Corporate Security
  • Security Devices
  • Security
DEF

A system in which a common coded alarm signal is transmitted for not less than four rounds, before the annunciator may be silenced.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Sécurité générale de l'entreprise
  • Dispositifs de sécurité
  • Sécurité

Spanish

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Record 2 2011-06-07

English

Subject field(s)
  • Flight Instruments and Equipment (Aeroindustry)
DEF

A light signal generally coloured and coded used for broadcasting identity from air to air.

OBS

identification light: term officially approved by the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO).

French

Domaine(s)
  • Instruments et équipement de bord (Constructions aéronautiques)
DEF

Feu de signalisation air-air servant à l'identification de l'aéronef et généralement coloré et codé.

OBS

feu d'identification : terme uniformisé par l'Organisation de l'aviation civile internationale (OACI).

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Instrumentos y equipo de vuelo (Industria aeronáutica)
OBS

luz de identificación: término aceptado oficialmente por la Organización de Aviación Civil Internacional (OACI).

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Record 3 - external organization data 2009-07-30

English

Subject field(s)
  • Compartment - ISO/IEC JTC 1 Information Technology Vocabulary
Universal entry(ies)
06.01.67 (19762)
ISO/IEC standard entry number
DEF

technique that breaks each transmission into packets and assigns a unique code to each

OBS

All coded packets are then combined mathematically into one signal and each intended receiver extracts only its data packets depending on the assigned code.

OBS

code division multiple access; CDMA: term, abbreviation and definition standardized by ISO/IEC [ISO/IEC 19762-4:2008].

French

Spanish

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Record 4 2008-06-19

English

Subject field(s)
  • Video Technology
DEF

A coded signal that indicates an audio mode is mono, stereo or dual.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Vidéotechnique
DEF

Signal codé qui indique la qualité monophonique, stéréophonique ou double du mode audio.

Spanish

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Record 5 2008-06-19

English

Subject field(s)
  • Video Technology
DEF

For LV system, a coded signal which indicates a CLV format disc.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Vidéotechnique
DEF

Dans le système Laser Vision, signal codé révélant qu'un disque est du format CLV.

Spanish

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Record 6 2008-06-19

English

Subject field(s)
  • Video Technology
DEF

A coded signal on a disc player that automatically sets still picture mode.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Vidéotechnique
DEF

Signal codé qui commande l'arrêt sur l'image d'un lecteur de disques.

Spanish

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Record 7 2008-05-08

English

Subject field(s)
  • Computer Graphics
  • Telecommunications Transmission
  • Audiovisual Techniques and Equipment
  • Video Technology
DEF

A coded representation of an audio signal.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Infographie
  • Transmission (Télécommunications)
  • Audiovisuel (techniques et équipement)
  • Vidéotechnique
DEF

Représentation codée d'un signal audio, telle que spécifié dans la présente Norme internationale.

OBS

audio.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Gráficos de computadora
  • Transmisión (Telecomunicaciones)
  • Técnicas y equipo audiovisuales
  • Técnicas de video
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Record 8 2002-07-19

English

Subject field(s)
  • Air Navigation Aids
DEF

An aeronautical beacon emitting a coded signal by means of which a particular point of reference can be identified. [Definition officially approved by ICAO. ]

OBS

identification beacon; IBN: term and abbreviation officially approved by the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO).

French

Domaine(s)
  • Aides à la navigation aérienne
DEF

Phare aéronautique émettant un indicatif permettant de reconnaître un point de référence déterminé. [Définition uniformisée par l'OACI.]

OBS

phare d'identification; IBN : terme et abréviation uniformisés par l'Organisation de l'aviation civile internationale (OACI).

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Ayuda para la navegación aérea
DEF

Faro aeronáutico que emite una señal en clave, por medio de la cual puede identificarse un punto determinado que sirve de referencia. [Definición aceptada oficialmente por la OACI.]

OBS

faro de identificación; IBN: término y abreviatura aceptados oficialmente por la Organización de Aviación Civil Internacional (OACI).

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Record 9 1997-01-20

English

Subject field(s)
  • Titles of Monographs
OBS

Pamphlet published by National Search and Rescue Secretariat, 1995. A 406 MHz PLB is a battery-powered emergency transmitter which, when activated, sends a coded signal. A signal received by the COSPAS-SARSAT Satellite System from a PLB is considered to be an indication of serious distress and search and rescue authorities in Canada will react to the alert in the appropriate manner.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Titres de monographies
OBS

Publié par le Secrétariat national Recherche et sauvetage, 1995. La BLP de 406 MHz est un transmetteur d'urgence fonctionnant à piles. Dès qu'on l'active, la BLP émet un signal codé. Le système satellite COSPAS-SARSAT considère chaque signal reçu d'une BLP comme une indication sans équivoque de détresse. Au Canada, les autorités canadiennes de recherche et de sauvetage réagissent à cette alerte de la façon appropriée.

Spanish

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Record 10 1993-11-22

English

Subject field(s)
  • Corporate Security
  • Fire Warning Devices
  • Security Devices
DEF

a system that sounds a coded alarm signal for a fixed number of rounds at selected locations, and at the same time a constant and continuous alarm signal at all other locations until the system is restored to normal. The coded signal identifies the particular alarm initiating device in operation.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Sécurité générale de l'entreprise
  • Alarme-incendie
  • Dispositifs de sécurité

Spanish

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Record 11 1987-12-11

English

Subject field(s)
  • Audio Technology
DEF

Any source(as a laser pickup in a CD player) delivering a signal consisting of coded changes between discrete steps of voltage.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Électroacoustique
DEF

Tout appareil ou dispositif (tête de lecture au laser, par exemple) délivrant un signal électrique constitué par un train d'impulsions codées, chaque impulsion étant proportionnelle à la valeur instantanée (tension) du signal analogique de départ.

Spanish

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Record 12 1987-10-19

English

Subject field(s)
  • Telephony and Microwave Technology

French

Domaine(s)
  • Téléphonie et techniques hyperfréquences

Spanish

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Record 13 1985-10-29

English

Subject field(s)
  • Telecommunications Transmission
  • Data Transmission
DEF

A pseudo-binary coded signal in which a 0 bit is represented by a zero-level electric current or voltage; a 1 bit is represented by a positive-level current(voltage), if the quantity of 0 bits since the last 1 bit is even, and by a negative-level current(voltage), if the quantity of 0 bits since the last 1 bit is odd.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Transmission (Télécommunications)
  • Transmission de données

Spanish

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Record 14 1985-10-23

English

Subject field(s)
  • General Scientific and Technical Vocabulary

French

Domaine(s)
  • Vocabulaire technique et scientifique général

Spanish

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Record 15 1985-04-18

English

Subject field(s)
  • Codes (Software)
  • Telecommunications Transmission

French

Domaine(s)
  • Codes (Logiciels)
  • Transmission (Télécommunications)
OBS

renseignement DNOA Communications 127mfd/9.75

Spanish

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Record 16 1983-10-26

English

Subject field(s)
  • Radio Waves
  • Telecommunications Transmission
DEF

In multi-frequency signalling, a signal consisting of a multi-frequency pulse in which the particular combination of frequencies represents the digit to be transmitted in accordance with a signalling code.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Ondes radioélectriques
  • Transmission (Télécommunications)

Spanish

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Record 17 1980-01-29

English

Subject field(s)
  • Telecommunications Transmission
OBS

In the transmission mode(...) a cryptographic stage encyphers the data stream(...) On receipt of the coded speech, the modem feeds the demodulated signal to the cryptographic stage for decoding.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Transmission (Télécommunications)
OBS

Dans le mode transmission, (...) un étage cryptographique code le train de données. (...) A la réception des sons vocaux codés, le modem transmet le signal démodulé à l'étage cryptographique aux fins de décodage.

Spanish

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