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GAME SYSTEM [25 records]

Record 1 2024-02-08

English

Subject field(s)
  • Games and Toys (General)
  • Telecommunications
  • Internet and Telematics
CONT

Cloud gaming is a technology that enables users to stream games from remote servers. With a cloud gaming system, you don’t have to download and set up games on your PC or gaming console. Instead, cloud game servers need a stable internet connection to send game data to an app or browser on a device running the game.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Jeux et jouets (Généralités)
  • Télécommunications
  • Internet et télématique
DEF

Technologie qui, grâce à l'informatique en nuage, permet de jouer à un jeu vidéo à distance sans téléchargement.

CONT

[...] le jeu à la demande [...] permet de jouer à un jeu sans posséder d'équipement dédié. Les calculs nécessaires à l'affichage sont effectués sur les serveurs d'un fournisseur de [services] («dans le [nuage]») et les images sont diffusées en [continu] jusqu'au terminal de l'utilisateur.

OBS

jeu vidéo en nuage : désignation et définition publiées au Journal officiel de la République française le 29 mai 2022.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Juegos y juguetes (Generalidades)
  • Telecomunicaciones
  • Internet y telemática
OBS

El juego al que se quiere jugar estará alojado en los servidores de una empresa y, por lo tanto, cuando se quiera jugar hay que conectarse a esos servidores desde algún lugar, tanto con el mando o consola como con la pantalla de su televisor o PC.

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Record 2 2024-01-31

English

Subject field(s)
  • Software
  • Games and Toys (General)
CONT

Matchmaking... gives players the ability to get into a game with less effort. Individuals or teams search for a game, and are matched by the system with other similar players. Once an appropriate number of players are found, the match is made and the game can begin.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Logiciels
  • Jeux et jouets (Généralités)
DEF

Processus algorithmique qui permet d'associer des joueurs, en fonction de critères tels que leur niveau, pour les faire s'affronter ou pour qu'ils collaborent en équipe dans un jeu vidéo en ligne multijoueur.

OBS

appariement de joueurs : désignation et définition publiées au Journal officiel de la République française le 29 mai 2022.

Spanish

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Record 3 2023-03-03

English

Subject field(s)
  • Computer Hardware
  • Games and Toys
DEF

A piece of electronic equipment for playing games on.

CONT

Video game consoles are typically powered by operating systems and CPUs [computer processing units] that differ from desktop computers. The consoles are under the control of their respective manufacturers, and the software is geared to the machine’s capabilities.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Matériel informatique
  • Jeux et jouets
DEF

Appareil électronique permettant de jouer à des jeux vidéo dédiés.

CONT

Les consoles de jeux doivent parfois être utilisées conjointement à un appareil de sortie distinct, comme une télévision ou un écran d'ordinateur. Le principal appareil d'entrée est un contrôleur de jeu, c'est-à-dire une manette ou un joystick.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Equipo físico de computadora (Hardware)
  • Juegos y juguetes
DEF

Dispositivo electrónico que, conectado a una pantalla, permite jugar con videojuegos mediante mandos apropiados.

OBS

videoconsola: La Fundación del Español Urgente (Fundéu BBVA), con el asesoramiento de la Real Academia Española, explica que el elemento compositivo "video-" forma términos como "videojuego", "videoclip" o "videoconsola", todos ellos sin guion ni espacio intermedios.

OBS

vídeoconsola: La Fundación del Español Urgente (Fundéu BBVA), con el asesoramiento de la Real Academia Española, desaconseja la grafía "vídeoconsola" porque, aunque "vídeo" como sustantivo lleva tilde en el español europeo, como elemento compositivo se escribe siempre sin acento ortográfico.

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Record 4 2021-10-05

English

Subject field(s)
  • Simulation (Cybernetic Systems)
  • Computer Display Technology
DEF

A button, keystroke or combination of keys that will replace windows unrelated to work with an image or window that looks like work.

CONT

A few factors likely made boss keys within games more common in the 1980s and early 1990s than they are today. Back then, most MS-DOS PCs [Microsoft disk operating system for the personal computers] were single-tasking machines, so you couldn’t quickly Alt+Tab away from the game to another window like you can today. Also, The Encyclopedia of Video Games speculates that boss keys were more popular when PC clones were more expensive and more likely to be located at work than in the home.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Simulation (Systèmes cybernétiques)
  • Techniques d'affichage (Ordinateurs)
DEF

Bouton, touche ou combinaison de touches permettant de remplacer des fenêtres n'ayant aucun lien au travail avec une image ou une fenêtre qui a l'air du travail.

Spanish

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Record 5 2020-11-18

English

Subject field(s)
  • Games of Chance
  • Lotteries
CONT

... given the rigid game structure, the artificial winning caps and the minimal impact(if any) of sports-related knowledge, sports lottery parlay games offer overwhelming odds against a player's succeeding on a regular basis. Without some kind of system to "beat the house, "you could not reasonably expect to earn a profit. However, Professor Smith said that he knew of no system that could "beat the house" in sports lottery parlay games.

OBS

The Gage Canadian Dictionary defines the term "parlay" as follows: risk (an original bet and its winnings) on another bet.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Jeux de hasard
  • Loteries
OBS

Équivalents proposés par la Société des loteries et des jeux de l'Ontario (SLJO).

Spanish

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Record 6 2020-11-18

English

Subject field(s)
  • Games of Chance
  • Lotteries
  • Special-Language Phraseology
CONT

... given the rigid game structure, the artificial winning caps and the minimal impact(if any) of sports-related knowledge, sports lottery parlay games offer overwhelming odds against a player's succeeding on a regular basis. Without some kind of system to "beat the house, "you could not reasonably expect to earn a profit. However, Professor Smith said that he knew of no system that could "beat the house" in sports lottery parlay games.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Jeux de hasard
  • Loteries
  • Phraséologie des langues de spécialité
OBS

Dans le domaine des jeux de hasard et de la loterie, le terme «maison» signifie l'établissement qui supervise le jeu, que ce soit un casino, une société de loteries et de jeux, un livre de jeux, etc.

OBS

Équivalent proposé par la Société des loteries et des jeux de l'Ontario (SLJO).

Spanish

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Record 7 2020-11-18

English

Subject field(s)
  • Games of Chance
  • Lotteries
CONT

Sucker bet (Dewdney) - A gambling wager in which your expected return is significantly lower than the wager.

CONT

... given the rigid game structure, the artificial winning caps and the minimal impact(if any) of sports-related knowledge, sports lottery parlay games offer overwhelming odds against a player's succeeding on a regular basis. Without some kind of system to "beat the house, "you could not reasonably expect to earn a profit. However, Professor Smith said that he knew of no system that could "beat the house" in sports lottery parlay games. Because there is no such system, and the odds are so overwhelming, professional gamblers do not play parlay bets, which they call "sucker bets. "

French

Domaine(s)
  • Jeux de hasard
  • Loteries
DEF

Type de pari avec une très grande supériorité de la maison.

OBS

Équivalents proposés par la Société des loteries et des jeux de l'Ontario (SLJO).

Spanish

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Record 8 2018-04-04

English

Subject field(s)
  • Internet and Telematics
  • Games and Toys
CONT

[The Social Gaming Network] is taking another cue from Facebook and adding in its own updating feed system called the game feed. Game players will be kept up to date with the ongoing activity of other users.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Internet et télématique
  • Jeux et jouets

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Internet y telemática
  • Juegos y juguetes
OBS

El término utilizado en Facebook es "actividad en juegos".

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Record 9 2018-01-24

English

Subject field(s)
  • Computer Peripheral Equipment
  • Games and Toys
CONT

It's the ultimate dream of every gamemaker. If you create a more realistic experience, players can feel inside the game. That's the idea behind the new TMX Force Feedback Racing Wheel for Xbox One and PC. The combination wheel and pedal system gives you 900 degrees of force feedback.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Périphériques (Informatique)
  • Jeux et jouets

Spanish

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Record 10 2017-11-30

English

Subject field(s)
  • Information Processing (Informatics)
  • Software
  • Games and Toys (General)
DEF

[The] delay from the moment a display receives a signal from a game controller ... to the results manifesting on [the] screen.

CONT

Some people may notice video game lag due to input lag ...

OBS

In French, the term "décalage" designates any type of lag in a video game system.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Traitement de l'information (Informatique)
  • Logiciels
  • Jeux et jouets (Généralités)
OBS

En anglais, le terme «input lag» désigne un décalage lié au délai entre la touche d'un bouton sur le contrôleur de jeu vidéo et le moment que l'utilisateur voit l'action désirée sur l'écran.

Spanish

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Record 11 2016-03-15

English

Subject field(s)
  • Games and Toys (General)
  • Applications of Electronics
DEF

... a game that employs electronics to create an interactive system with which a player can play.

OBS

The most common form of electronic game today is the video game, and for this reason the terms are often mistakenly used synonymously. Other common forms of electronic game include such non-exclusively-visual products as handheld electronic games, stand-alone systems (e.g. pinball, slot machines, or electro-mechanical arcade games), and specifically non-visual products (e.g. audio games). There are electronic game sets for chess, draughts and battleships.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Jeux et jouets (Généralités)
  • Applications de l'électronique
DEF

[...] jeu qui utilise des composants électroniques (comme des circuits imprimés) pour fournir l'amusement.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Juegos y juguetes (Generalidades)
  • Aplicaciones de la electrónica
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Record 12 2016-01-08

English

Subject field(s)
  • Internet and Telematics
DEF

A computer software(such as an operating system, word processor, interactive game, or audio file) that is no longer marketed or distributed by the company that created it, but is obtainable from some other source.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Internet et télématique

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Internet y telemática
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Record 13 2012-09-27

English

Subject field(s)
  • Software
DEF

A set of development tools that allows for the creation of applications for a certain software package, software framework, hardware platform, computer system, video game console, operating system, or similar platform.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Logiciels
DEF

Ensemble d'outils permettant aux développeurs de créer des applications de type défini (par exemple pour iPhone, Android ou Bada).

Spanish

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Record 14 2011-08-29

English

Subject field(s)
  • Racquet Sports
DEF

A scoring system in which a maximum of 7 points(sum of the scores of both players) constitutes a game. In such a system the traditional way of keeping score, i. e. 15-30-40 may be replaced with 1-2-3, or the traditional way may be retained until the score reaches 3-3(=40-all or "deuce"), in which case the next point is to be the game point for both sides, with the receiver to elect which side(s) he will return the serve. The purpose of using this system is to limit the number of deuces that can occur in the game, hence speeding up the match overall.

OBS

James H. Van Alen developed two systems to speed up play, one for tennis, often called the "no-ad game", amd a similar one for table tennis, each of which are referred to as a "Van Alen Simplified Scoring System(VASS) ".

Key term(s)
  • Van Alen Simplified Scoring System
  • VASS

French

Domaine(s)
  • Sports de raquette
CONT

Il existe une méthode de comptabiliser la marque appelée : sans avantage. Les jeux ne comptent pas plus de sept points. Quand les joueurs en viennent à égalité, celui qui réussit le point suivant gagne le jeu. Le relanceur a droit de choisir de quel côté il désire recevoir le service au septième point.

OBS

Ces sept points seraient, dans le cas d'une partie où le serveur marque d'abord : 15-0, 15-A, 30-15, 30-A, 40-30, égalité, partie, cette dernière étant gagnée par la méthode du «jeu sans avantage» sans passer par les étapes «avantage POUR» ou «avantage CONTRE» et l'obligation de gagner deux points successifs pour l'emporter.

Key term(s)
  • jeux sans avantage
  • sans avantage

Spanish

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Record 15 2010-10-04

English

Subject field(s)
  • Golf
DEF

A short golf course designed primarily for approaching and putting.

CONT

[Illustration :] The "par 3" or pitch and putt course in Shibden Hall, England.

CONT

... miniature golf, pitch and putt and golf course facilities.

OBS

Pitch and putt is an amateur sport, similar to golf. The maximum hole length for international competitions is 90 metres(100 yd) with a maximum total course length of 1, 200 metres(1, 310 yd). Players may... use [a maximum of three clubs, one of which must be] a putter. The game is played from raised artificial teeing surfaces using a tee and it has its own handicap system. The game was developed mainly in Ireland... but is today a growing sport all over the world. It is organized internationally by the European Pitch and Putt Association since 1999, by the International Pitch and Putt Federation since 2006 and by the International Pitch and Putt Associations since 2009. In all cases pitch and putt has its own handicap system and applies the rules of FIPPA with the exceptions that are specifically approved in each country.

Key term(s)
  • pitch-and-putt

French

Domaine(s)
  • Golf
DEF

Terrain permettant l'apprentissage des coups d'approche [et des coups roulés].

CONT

Le Pitch and Putt est un parcours de golf dimension réduite. Sa superficie varie entre 5 et 15 hectares. Il est destiné aux golfeurs de tous niveaux. Ce type de parcours fut créé en 1929 en Irlande pour permettre à toutes classes sociales d'y jouer. C'est le golf des "travailleurs". Moins cher à la construction et à l'entretien, il permet donc de jouer ou de découvrir le jeu à moindre coût. Le parcours se fait avec 3 clubs maximum dont le putteur (au lieu de 14) et la distance de chaque trou doit être comprise entre 40 et 90 mètres seulement (contre parfois près de 500 mètres pour les trous les plus longs au golf classique). Un parcours Pitch and Putt est composé de 9 ou 18 trous de par 3.

CONT

Après une série de leçons, il est recommandé de commencer sur les terrains d'entraînement et ensuite sur les parcours à normale trois. Une fois ces derniers maîtrisés, vous aurez plus de plaisir à jouer sur des terrains de grande dimension.

CONT

À 35 minutes du centre de Tromso se trouve Tromso Golfpark, le 18 trous le plus au nord du monde. Entouré d’admirables montagnes sauvages, il offre également un par 3 de 9 trous et un parcours de pratique.

CONT

[...] installations de golf miniature, de surfaces de coché et roulé et de terrain de golf.

Spanish

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Record 16 2010-09-21

English

Subject field(s)
  • Space Weapons
DEF

The component of the ground based interceptor that intercepts an incoming warhead and demolishes it by the force of impact in the midcourse (i.e., exoatmospheric) portion of its trajectory.

CONT

In addition to having an infrared seeker, the EKV has its own propulsion, communication link, discrimination algorithms, guidance and control system, and computers to support target selection and intercept decisions in the final seconds, or end game, of its flight.

Key term(s)
  • exo-atmospheric kill vehicle

French

Domaine(s)
  • Armes orbitales
CONT

À ce stade, l'intercepteur basé au sol (GBI) serait lancé. Il s'agit d'un missile fixe basé au sol conçu pour s'approcher d'une tête attaquante en dehors de l'atmosphère terrestre et de libérer sa charge, le véhicule tueur, qui se dirigera vers sa cible et la frappera. Le véhicule tueur devrait savoir discriminer les têtes, les leurres et les débris; les radars au sol et les capteurs des satellites continueront toutefois de lui envoyer des informations à mi-course pour accroître les chances d'une interception réussie.

Spanish

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Record 17 2004-04-13

English

Subject field(s)
  • Information Processing (Informatics)
  • Software
CONT

A Wave file is an audio file format, created by Microsoft, that has become a standard PC audio file format for everything from system and game sounds to CD-quality audio. A Wave file is identified by a file name extension of WAV(. wav).

French

Domaine(s)
  • Traitement de l'information (Informatique)
  • Logiciels
CONT

[Applications multimédias] [...] Des fichiers sonores peuvent être intégrés [...] sous Windows 3.1. Lorsque vous insérez une image vidéo numérisée dans Write par l'intermédiaire du presse-papiers et qu'en outre des sons sont enregistrés dans un fichier sonore, vous obtenez un petit «effet» multimédia en lançant ce fichier avec un double-clic.

Spanish

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Record 18 2002-10-03

English

Subject field(s)
  • Titles of International Programs
  • Atmospheric Physics
OBS

The GEWEX(Global Energy and Water Cycle Experiment) Asian Monsoon Experiment(GAME) is proposed to investigate the role of the Asian monsoon as a major part of the energy and water cycles in the global climate system, and to understand the feedback processes involved in the monsoon system, particularly in radiation, clouds and land surface hydrology, associated with its intraseasonal, seasonal and interannual variability. To determine the impact of the planetary-scale Asian monsoon variability on regional or basin-scale hydrological cycle and water management is another essential part of this program. That is also compatible with the main objectives of GEWEX.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Titres de programmes internationaux
  • Physique de l'atmosphère

Spanish

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Record 19 2000-03-16

English

Subject field(s)
  • Volleyball

French

Domaine(s)
  • Volleyball

Spanish

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Record 20 1999-05-04

English

Subject field(s)
  • Sewers and Drainage
  • Foundation Engineering
CONT

Renovation... an intensive program of deep drilling was initiated to reach the gravel blanket located 18 to 20 inches beneath the surface. As the drills slowly permeated the turf profile, excavated soil was deposited on the surface. Each of the holes was then backfilled with clean sand to establish stable drainage channels between the surface and the gravel blanket. Excess sand and excavated soil were removed and the area brushed clean of all debris. An aggressive program of sand topdressing has augmented the sand blanket initially placed at the surface when sand-based sod was planted immediately following the Rutgers game in late September, 1993. The current system thus includes : 1. a porous sand blanket at the surface; 2. a highly porous gravel blanket located 18 to 20 inches below the surface; 3. multiple porous sand channels connecting the sand and gravel blankets.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Égouts et drainage
  • Technique des fondations
OBS

Voir la fiche «tapis drainant / drainage blanket».

Key term(s)
  • tapis filtrant de gravier

Spanish

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Record 21 1999-04-28

English

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

The succeeding in counteracting an alarm system in such a way that it fails to detect an intruder and to signal the alarm.

OBS

The basic plot will provide an overall setting for the game... Many locations in the setting will offer natural puzzles : if you have a bank, you’ll probably have a safe, for which you’ll need to find the combination; maybe you’ll need to figure out how to defeat the alarm system, or perhaps you’ll need something to distract the teller, maybe you’ll need to find the key to the safety deposit box.

French

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

Spanish

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Record 22 1994-01-11

English

Subject field(s)
  • Titles of Documents and Works
OBS

Authors! MacIntosh, Donald, Whitson, David, 1990

French

Domaine(s)
  • Titres de documents et d'œuvres
OBS

Renseignement retrouvé dans DOBIS

Spanish

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Record 23 1992-09-09

English

Subject field(s)
  • Advanced Technology Weapons
CONT

... with our thermal observation gunnery system, we were engaging targets that were hot spots and it's almost like a video game.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Armes de haute technicité

Spanish

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Record 24 1989-05-30

English

Subject field(s)
  • Artificial Intelligence
CONT

The BLOCKS tutor(Brown and Burton, 1978b) is based on a game in manipulatory mathematics that uses the concept of(attribute blocks)(Greenes et al., 1972) to exercise the student's deductive abilities of the type necessary for(troubleshooting.) In the game as implemented, a block is defined by three attributes : its size(large or small), its color(red, yellow, green, or blue), and its shape(triangle, square, circle, or diamond). In the card A and card B each state one attribute value(e. g., large) or the negation of a value(e. g., not blue). Thus they each define a set of blocks. These two sets, with their union and their intersection, define four areas as shown in the diagram. The contents of the two cards are not shown to the student, who must deduce them by a sequence of queries. For each query, he chooses one block and asks the system in which of the four areas the block should be placed according to the cards’ contents. If each new block is chosen judiciously, knowing where it belongs narrows the range of possible values for the cards until these values are uniquely determined. The skill of the game is then to select blocks whose placement is expected to provide a maximum of information about the cards. This is analogous to selecting optimal measurements in(troubleshooting.)

French

Domaine(s)
  • Intelligence artificielle
OBS

Voir entrée d'attributs, génération d'attributs.

Spanish

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Record 25 1987-02-05

English

Subject field(s)
  • Artificial Intelligence
CONT

A formal system is like a game in which tokens are manipulated according to rules, in order to see what configurations can be obtained.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Intelligence artificielle
CONT

Le système formel de l'expert est la façon qu'il a de se représenter et d'utiliser les connaissances de son domaine en situation d'expertise et non pas d'enseignement ou d'exposé.

Spanish

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