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DISK LIBRARY [10 records]

Record 1 2018-11-29

English

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

A container, usually made of plastic, for storing and protecting floppy disks.

French

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

Emballage rigide servant à ranger et à protéger les disquettes.

Spanish

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Record 2 2004-07-13

English

Subject field(s)
  • Storage Media (Data Processing)
  • Computer Programs and Programming
DEF

A collection of disk packs kept together at the same place.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Supports d'information (Informatique)
  • Programmes et programmation (Informatique)
DEF

Ensemble des chargeurs que l'on garde dans un endroit contrôlé au point de vue de l'environnement (chaleur, humidité, etc.)

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Medios de almacenamiento (Procesamiento de datos)
  • Programas y programación (Informática)
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Record 3 2004-07-13

English

Subject field(s)
  • Storage Media (Data Processing)
  • Computer Programs and Programming
DEF

The place where the disk packs are kept.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Supports d'information (Informatique)
  • Programmes et programmation (Informatique)
DEF

Endroit où les chargeurs sont gardés.

OBS

En général, cet endroit est contrôlé au point de vue de l'environnement (chaleur, humidité, etc.).

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Medios de almacenamiento (Procesamiento de datos)
  • Programas y programación (Informática)
DEF

Habitación especial donde se archivan los paquetes de discos en un lugar seguro y en condiciones ambientales controladas.

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Record 4 2004-03-17

English

Subject field(s)
  • Storage Media (Data Processing)
  • Photoelectricity and Electron Optics
DEF

A functional unit that holds optical disks and is equipped with a mechanism for selecting and mounting them for read and write operations upon command from a computer.

OBS

Jukeboxes can handle hundreds of disks, but the jukebox may have anywhere from only one to eight optical drives.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Supports d'information (Informatique)
  • Photo-électricité et optique électronique
DEF

Unité fonctionnelle qui contient des disques optiques et est équipée d'un mécanisme destiné à les sélectionner et à les monter pour des opérations de lecture et d'écriture sous la commande d'un ordinateur.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Medios de almacenamiento (Procesamiento de datos)
  • Fotoelectricidad y óptica electrónica
DEF

Dispositivo periférico, en donde se almacenan muchos discos ópticos (por lo general contenidos en cartucho), en las ranuras de un entrepaño de almacenamiento.

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Record 5 1998-12-02

English

Subject field(s)
  • Storage Media (Data Processing)
  • Computer Programs and Programming
OBS

A library is a collection of programs kept together within a computer system.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Supports d'information (Informatique)
  • Programmes et programmation (Informatique)
DEF

Disque ou pile de disques sur lesquels sont conservés tous les programmes écrits par l'utilisateur.

Spanish

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Record 6 1994-12-05

English

Subject field(s)
  • IT Security
DEF

A feature designed primarily to reduce the amount of space required to hold individual files on a disk through the use of special compacting algorithms, but which can also provide one or more levels of security.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Sécurité des TI
DEF

Dispositif conçu principalement pour réduire la quantité d'espace requis pour contenir des fichiers individuels sur une disquette grâce à l'utilisation d'algorithmes spéciaux de compactage, mais qui assure également un ou plusieurs niveaux de sécurité.

Spanish

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Record 7 1992-06-21

English

Subject field(s)
  • Computer Memories
CONT

There is also educational CD-ROM software for adults.

OBS

Microsoft will soon release a CD-ROM disk that combines Microsoft Word, its popular word-processing program, with Bookshelf for Windows, an on-line library that includes an encyclopedia, an atlas, and five other reference books. The disk will be priced at $595, just $100 more than the basic Word software alone. Users will be able to electronically cut and paste quotations and definitions into their own documents. The disk will include some neat sound bites : It will pronounce every word in the American Heritage Dictionary and play the national anthem of every country in the world. And it will have writers, public speakers and poets reciting their own works.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Mémoires (Informatique)
OBS

On trouve déjà des didacticiels multimédia sur disque optique, ou des didacticiels sur disque optique multimédia.

Spanish

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Record 8 1992-01-30

English

Subject field(s)
  • Computer Peripheral Equipment
CONT

The autochanger mechanism(jukebox) allows fast convenient access to a library of rewritable optical disk.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Périphériques (Informatique)

Spanish

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Record 9 1983-11-29

English

Subject field(s)
  • Computer Hardware
OBS

All current TRS DOS library commands are available, plus enhanced features designed for the Hard Disk.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Matériel informatique
OBS

Commandes de bibliothèque TRS DOS disponibles avec caractéristiques améliorées pour le disque dur.

Spanish

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Record 10 1982-11-25

English

Subject field(s)
  • Occupation Names (General)
  • Informatics
DEF

[The person who] controls, stores and issues data files and procedures required for computer job processing. Maintains records of data files stored on removable media and kept in library for historical purposes or subsequent processing cycles. Performs procedures necessary to transfer backup files to, and retrieve them from, alternate storage sites. Operates files purging system and controls periodic cleaning and conditioning of magnetic tapes and, as required, disk packs. HANDA p. 98

French

Domaine(s)
  • Désignations des emplois (Généralités)
  • Informatique

Spanish

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