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Record 1 2026-01-08

English

Subject field(s)
  • National Bodies and Committees (Canadian)
  • Sociology of persons with a disability
OBS

The Canadian Hard of Hearing Association(CHHA) is a consumer-based organization formed by and for hard of hearing Canadians. CHHA works cooperatively with professionals, service providers and government bodies, and provides information about hard of hearing issues and solutions. CHHA is Canada's only nation-wide non-profit consumer organization run by and for hard of hearing people.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Organismes et comités nationaux canadiens
  • Sociologie des personnes handicapées
OBS

L'Association des malentendants canadiens (AMEC) est un organisme national d'entraide sans but lucratif, constitué par et pour des personnes malentendantes. L'AMEC coopère avec des professionnels, des fournisseurs de services et des organismes gouvernementaux, tout en communiquant à ses membres l'information sur les questions et les solutions concernant les personnes malentendantes et devenues sourdes.

Spanish

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Record 2 2025-01-27

English

Subject field(s)
  • Government Contracts
CONT

... PSPC [Public Services and Procurement Canada] was heavily reliant on a array of obsolescent systems and manual processes to conduct procurement activities and safeguard key information related to procurement activities(emails, CD, fax, e-post, hard copies and so on). The new e-procurement solution centralizes tendering, award and contract management functions at PSPC and provides enhanced and automated information management and auditing functions.

Key term(s)
  • electronic-procurement solution
  • e procurement solution
  • eprocurement solution

French

Domaine(s)
  • Marchés publics
CONT

[...] SPAC [Services publics et Approvisionnement Canada] était fortement tributaire d'un ensemble de systèmes obsolètes et de processus manuels pour mener à bien les activités d'approvisionnement et sauvegarder les informations clés liées aux activités d'approvisionnement (courriels, CD, fax, e-post, copies papier et ainsi de suite). La nouvelle solution d'approvisionnement en ligne centralise les fonctions d'appel d'offres, d'attribution et de gestion des contrats au sein du SPAC et fournit des fonctions améliorées et automatisées de gestion de l'information et d'audit.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Contratos gubernamentales
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Record 3 2023-01-27

English

Subject field(s)
  • Archaeology
DEF

A system that tracks the place of origin of an archaeological object, of a cluster of archaeological objects, of a feature or features or of a sample of soil, mortar, charcoal or other material.

OBS

The recorded description of a provenience includes location data(such as geographic and plan coordinates, elevations, maps, and plans to scale) and a varying amount of written information such as hard data and the archaeologist's interpretations, inferences and conclusions.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Archéologie
DEF

Système permettant de retracer le lieu d'origine d'un objet archéologique, d'un groupe d’objets archéologiques, d'un ou de plusieurs aménagements ou d'un échantillon de sol, de mortier, de charbon de bois ou d'autre matière.

OBS

La description enregistrée d'une provenance comprend des données relatives à la situation (coordonnées géographiques ou celles d'un plan quadrillé, altitudes, cartes et plans à l'échelle) ainsi qu'une quantité variable d'information écrite, entre autres, des données de référence et des interprétations, déductions et conclusions de l'archéologue.

Spanish

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Record 4 2022-11-23

English

Subject field(s)
  • Occupation Names (General)
  • Education (General)
CONT

Educational interpreters provide communication access to students who are deaf or hard of hearing by faithfully and accurately representing the classroom instruction, teacher/student dialogue, and relevant sound information in the mode of communication used by the student.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Désignations des emplois (Généralités)
  • Pédagogie (Généralités)
CONT

[…] le terme « interprète scolaire » désigne […] un professionnel qui accompagne un enfant sourd intégré seul dans une classe ordinaire et au sein d'une école ordinaire, et qui lui offre divers types de soutiens linguistiques et scolaires.

Spanish

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Record 5 2022-01-21

English

Subject field(s)
  • IT Security
CONT

... a wave of packets were rushing into my system, trying to pick up any information that might be useful for further attacks. More dangerously, another group of packets tried to implant a virus, which would replicate itself on the hard disk.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Sécurité des TI
CONT

Il suffit d'utiliser un port de communication ouvert pour implanter un virus dans votre ordinateur.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Seguridad de IT
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Record 6 - external organization data 2021-12-07

English

Subject field(s)
  • Compartment - Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP)
DEF

Data about data.

OBS

It is the structured information about the characteristics of hard copy or electronic information resources of business value(IRBV), which helps identify and manage that resource. Metadata describes how and when and by whom a particular set of data was collected, and how the data is formatted.

Key term(s)
  • meta data

French

Domaine(s)
  • Tiroir - Gendarmerie royale du Canada (GRC)
DEF

Données relatives à des données.

OBS

Information structurée sur les caractéristiques de ressources documentaires à valeur opérationnelle (RDVO) électroniques ou papier qui en facilite l'identification et la gestion. Les métadonnées décrivent comment, quand et par qui un ensemble de données particulières a été recueilli, et comment sont formatées les données.

Key term(s)
  • méta données

Spanish

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Record 7 2020-03-09

English

Subject field(s)
  • Cognitive Psychology
CONT

Someone with SCT may not be able to process information as quickly as others and may have a hard time with schoolwork, decision-making, or social relationships.

CONT

Sluggish cognitive tempo (SCT), or concentration deficit disorder (CDD), comprises excessive daydreaming, staring, mental fogginess and confusion, drowsiness, lethargy, sluggishness, and hypoactivity, among other symptoms.

OBS

… the term "sluggish cognitive tempo" is far from ideal, and many are recommending it be changed to something less derogatory … [It has been] suggested that the name be changed to "concentration deficit disorder" (CDD) ...

French

Domaine(s)
  • Psychologie cognitive
CONT

Le rythme cognitif lent […] serait caractérisé par des symptômes de rêverie, de confusion mentale, de léthargie, de lenteur du processus mental et d'hypoactivité.

Spanish

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Record 8 2018-10-22

English

Subject field(s)
  • Criminology
  • IT Security
CONT

Computer forensics : The oldest branch [of digital forensics], this focuses on digital information from computers, including laptops or desktops, memory, hard drives, operating systems, and logs. Usually, a computer device is confiscated and a digital image of drive is created for analysis. One of the main aspects of computer forensics is recovering deleted files.

OBS

Computer forensics is customarily separated from network forensics. The former deals with data in a computer, whereas the latter deals with data that may be spread over numerous databases in one or more networks.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Criminologie
  • Sécurité des TI
DEF

Ensemble des techniques mises en œuvre par les auditeurs et experts en systèmes d'information pour établir la preuve du crime informatique et identifier les auteurs.

Spanish

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Record 9 2015-09-18

English

Subject field(s)
  • Information Processing (Informatics)
DEF

[Referring to] information stored in digital form that cannot be altered, but that can only be retrieved(read) by displaying it on a monitor, or by copying it to another storage device(such as a hard disk or floppy disk).

French

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

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Tratamiento de la información (Informática)
PHR

Disco de lectura solamente.

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Record 10 2013-12-11

English

Subject field(s)
  • Medical Imaging
CONT

Single Particle Analysis is a group of related computerized image processing techniques used to analyze images from transmission electron microscopy(TEM). These methods were developed to improve and extend the information obtainable from TEM images of particulate samples, typically proteins or other large biological entities such as viruses. Individual images of stained or unstained particles are very noisy, and so hard to interpret. Combining several digitized images of similar particles together gives an image with stronger and more easily interpretable features. An extension of this technique uses single particle methods to build up a three dimensional reconstruction of the particle.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Imagerie médicale
CONT

L'analyse de particules isolées est une méthode de microscopie électronique en transmission (MET) permettant l'étude de la structure d'assemblages macromoléculaires in vitro (p. ex. protéines, ribosomes, virus).

Spanish

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Record 11 2011-11-08

English

Subject field(s)
  • Titles of Periodicals
OBS

published by the Canadian Hard of Hearing Association. Information confirmed by the association.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Titres de périodiques
OBS

publié par l'Association des malentendants canadiens. Renseignement confirmé par l'organisme.

Spanish

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Record 12 2011-01-06

English

Subject field(s)
  • Correction and Proofreading (Printing)
CONT

Digital proofing is today's alternative to sending hard-copy proofs via mail(slow), fax(hard to read), or courier(pricey). DCP [company] sends digital proofs as computer files, usually as e-mail attachments. DCP clients can also choose to access their proofs online through Project Tracker, along with their project specs [specifications], schedules, team contacts and other information.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Correction d'épreuves (Imprimerie)
CONT

Le système Dicon offre en outre l'avantage de pouvoir imager du matériel d'épreuvage numérique, qui peut être alimenté dans l'unité de la même façon qu'une plaque d'imprimerie.

Spanish

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Record 13 - external organization data 2009-09-04

English

Subject field(s)
  • System Names
  • Compartment - Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada
  • Informatics
OBS

ACEIS will be expanded to include most of the Department's publications, provide secure access to internal databases, receive Ministerial correspondence and handle interactive business transactions with clients(e. g. on-line registration for programs). This is expected to improve communication with clients, increase access to information products and save costs associated with hard copy publishing and distribution.

OBS

Name and abbreviation used at Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Noms de systèmes
  • Tiroir - Agriculture et Agroalimentaire Canada
  • Informatique
OBS

Le SEIAC sera élargi; il s'occupera dorénavant de la majorité des publications du Ministère, assurera un accès sécuritaire aux bases de données internes, recevra la correspondance ministérielle et s'occupera du traitement des transactions d'affaires en mode interactif avec la clientèle (par exemple l'inscription en direct à des programmes). On prévoit ainsi améliorer les communications avec la clientèle, permettre un meilleur accès aux produits d'information et réaliser des économies en réduisant l'impression et la distribution de copies papier.

OBS

Nom et abréviation en usage à Agriculture et Agro-alimentaire Canada.

Spanish

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Record 14 2008-11-06

English

Subject field(s)
  • Titles of Monographs
  • Air Forces
OBS

The Canadian Forces Flight Supplement is a military publication which contains information on aerodromes that are : a) military; b) 4000 [feet] in length or greater hard surfaces and have an instrument approach procedure; c) North of 60 degrees North having an instrument approach procedure regardless of surface or length.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Titres de monographies
  • Forces aériennes
OBS

Pas de traduction.

Spanish

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Record 15 2008-03-17

English

Subject field(s)
  • International Bodies and Committees
  • Sociology of persons with a disability
  • The Ear
OBS

IFHOH was established in 1977 as a charitable organization, registered at Vereinsregister Amtsgericht Hamburg, Germany(Nr. 69 VR 10 527). As an International Non-Governmental Organization, IFHOH has special consultative status with the United Nations Economic and Social Council(ECOSOC). IFHOH currently has 47 general and associate members in 30 countries. IFHOH provides a platform for co-operation and information exchange among its members and interested parties. As an umbrella organization and through its individual organizations, IFHOH works to promote greater understanding of hearing loss issues and to improve access for hard of hearing people worldwide.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Organismes et comités internationaux
  • Sociologie des personnes handicapées
  • Oreille

Spanish

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Record 16 2006-03-28

English

Subject field(s)
  • Penal Law
  • Police
  • Special-Language Phraseology
OBS

... the gambit for which we get search warrants can be wide-ranging, all the way from hard entry warrants on premises where people have firearms to what we would call friendly warrants on, say, financial institutions and utilities... where we can obtain information.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Droit pénal
  • Police
  • Phraséologie des langues de spécialité

Spanish

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Record 17 2006-03-28

English

Subject field(s)
  • Penal Law
  • Police
  • Special-Language Phraseology
CONT

... the gambit for which we get search warrants can be wide-ranging, all the way from hard entry warrants on premises where people have firearms to what we would call friendly warrants on, say, financial institutions and utilities... where we can obtain information.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Droit pénal
  • Police
  • Phraséologie des langues de spécialité

Spanish

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Record 18 2006-03-16

English

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

A round magnetic plate that constitutes part of a hard disk.

CONT

Platters are typically made from aluminium or glass, plastics are rarely used. A thin layer of either iron oxide or another material that possesses similar magnetic properties coats each side of a hard disk platter in order to store the magnetic information.

French

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

Un disque dur est constitué non pas d'un seul disque, mais de plusieurs disques rigides [...] en métal, en verre ou en céramique, empilés à une très faible distance les uns des autres et appelés plateaux [...]

Spanish

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Record 19 2006-02-10

English

Subject field(s)
  • Computer Hardware
DEF

A storage method in which data, along with information used for error correction, such as parity buts or Hamming codes, is distributed among two or more hard disk drives in order to improve performance and reliability.

OBS

RAID stood originally for Redundant Array of Inexpensive Disks and was expressed as an alternative to the SLED - Single Large Expensive Disk. The concept was to use banks of PC Disks as an alternative with the addition of a level of redundancy. General interpretation in the Storage world of 1992 is to refer to it as Redundant Array of Independent Disks.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Matériel informatique
DEF

Une matrice de disques dans laquelle une partie de la capacité physique est utilisée pour y stocker de l'information redondante concernant les données d'utilisateurs.

Spanish

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Record 20 2005-01-13

English

Subject field(s)
  • Information Theory
  • Communication and Information Management
CONT

Generally, the great majority of information that is consciously and deliberately transferred from one system to another in this world is transmitted as alphasignal. This includes all signals, whether encoded digitally or analogically, that contain the "hard data, "the facts and figures-so to speak-of communication.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Théorie de l'information
  • Gestion des communications et de l'information
DEF

Information qui transmet le fait brut et qui est voulue par l'émetteur.

CONT

L'alphasignal est le mode de communiquer du signe qui transmet le «fait brut», par exemple l'heure. C'est ce signal qui se calcule si bien dans la théorie mathématique de la communication.

OBS

Il existe trois types de signes : alphasignal, parasignal et infrasignal.

Spanish

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Record 21 2003-08-13

English

Subject field(s)
  • Internet and Telematics
CONT

It is very hard to automate anything on the Web, and because of the volume of information the Web contains, it is not possible to manage it manually.

OBS

manage manually: term taken from a World Wide Web Consortium (W3C) document. The W3C’s role is to establish standards relating to Internet technology.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Internet et télématique
OBS

gérer manuellement : terme tiré d'un document traduit de l'anglais par le World Wide Web Consortium dont le rôle est d'établir des normes reliées aux technologies Internet.

Spanish

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Record 22 2003-03-22

English

Subject field(s)
  • Foreign Trade

French

Domaine(s)
  • Commerce extérieur

Spanish

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Record 23 2002-02-19

English

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

A term used to describe a particular diskette format, and way of recording on the diskette.

CONT

Soft sectored discs are pre-formatted, having data fields that are changed and updated. The first track of a soft sectored diskette identifies the disc, the next four tracks store basic information such as the track and sector location of stored material. Since soft sectored diskettes require a format, less storage capacity is available(250K bytes out of possible 400K) for text storage than is available with hard sectored diskettes.

French

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

Pour un disque sectorisé logiciel, la taille et la position des secteurs est déterminée par l'électronique et un logiciel de contrôle. Sur un disque sectorisé matériel, le début de chaque secteur est lié à un signal de secteur généré par l'unité de disque.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Tratamiento de la información (Informática)
  • Medios de almacenamiento (Procesamiento de datos)
DEF

Término utilizado para describir un formato de disquete en particular y una forma de efectuar la grabación o registro en dicho disquete.

CONT

Los discos sectorizados por programática ya vienen formateados, teniendo campos de datos que se cambian y actualizan.

CONT

Como los disquetes sectorizados por programática requieren un formato, tienen menos capacidad para el almacenamiento de texto (sólo 250K de unos 400K posibles), de la que existe en los disquetes de sectorización fija.

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Record 24 2001-09-04

English

Subject field(s)
  • Television (Radioelectricity)
DEF

A circuit used to prevent illegal conversion.

OBS

Some colors can exist in one color space but not in another. Right after the conversion from one color space to another, a color space converter might check for illegal colors. If any appear, the clipping logic is used to chop off, or clip, part of the information until a legal color can be represented. Since this circuit clips off some information and is built using logic, it's not too hard to see how the name "clipping logic" was developed.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Télévision (Radioélectricité)

Spanish

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Record 25 2000-11-30

English

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

A magnetic effect where room temperature thermal effects can affect magnetic storage when bits on the disk are stored too close together.

CONT

As hard drives become capable of storing more information and accessing it at faster speeds, their data becomes more susceptible to corruption. This data-density barrier is known as the superparamagnetic effect(or SPE).

French

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

Selon les ingénieurs de la Société TeraStor qui mettent au point de tels dispositifs, la limite qu'impose l'effet superparamagnétique peut alors être dépassée, et les capacités peuvent atteindre 30 milliards de bits par centimètre carré.

OBS

Cet effet apparaît quand l'énergie utilisée pour le stockage magnétique d'un chiffre binaire 0 ou 1 est comparable à l'énergie d'agitation thermique : les fluctuations perturbent le stockage.

Spanish

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Record 26 2000-06-22

English

Subject field(s)
  • Xylology (The Study of Wood)
  • Silviculture
DEF

A stain that is not accompanied by softening or other disintegration of the wood.

OBS

firm stain; hard stain : terms and definition reproduced with the permission of the copyright holder, CSA International, 178 Rexdale Blvd., Toronto, Ontario, Canada M9W 1R3. However, CSA International shall not be responsible for the manner in which the information is presented, nor for any interpretations thereof. This CSA International material may not have been updated to reflect amendments subsequently made to the original content. For further information, contact CSA International.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Xylologie (Étude des bois)
  • Sylviculture

Spanish

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Record 27 1999-12-21

English

Subject field(s)
  • Various Military Titles
  • Military Administration
OBS

The complete REMBASS system consists of three main subsystems-the sensors, repeaters and monitoring equipment. The REMBASS monitor is usually located in the Battlefield Information Coordination Center or the Tactical Operations Center. The monitor provides a hard copy of target information for combat surveillance and target development.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Appellations militaires diverses
  • Administration militaire

Spanish

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Record 28 1997-04-25

English

Subject field(s)
  • Titles of Monographs
  • Storage Media (Data Processing)
  • Data Banks and Databases
  • Records Management (Management)
OBS

SIGNET = Secure Integrated Global Network.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Titres de monographies
  • Supports d'information (Informatique)
  • Banques et bases de données
  • Gestion des documents (Gestion)
OBS

Politique du MAECI [ministère des Affaires étrangères et du Commerce international].

OBS

SIGNET = Réseau mondial intégré de communications.

Spanish

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Record 29 1994-04-21

English

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

Publ. by Roma Dehr et al. Vancouver: Earth Beat Press, 1989. Information found in DOBIS

French

Domaine(s)
  • Titres de documents et d'œuvres
Key term(s)
  • Les bonnes planètes sont dures à trouver

Spanish

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Record 30 1993-07-07

English

Subject field(s)
  • Management Control
CONT

Keeping to the spirit of an SMA may be hard in central agency branches accustomed to assessing functional performance in narrow vertical areas and where information is not as readily available, or functional expertise has been lost with the departure from control.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Contrôle de gestion
CONT

Il pourra s'avérer difficile d'entretenir l'esprit de gestion partagée dans les directions générales d'organismes centraux habituées à évaluer le rendement fonctionnel à partir uniquement de cases verticales étroites, ou dans des secteurs dans lesquels l'information n'est pas facilement accessible, ou encore dans les endroits où l'abandon des mesures de contrôle a entraîné une perte d'expertise fonctionnelle.

Spanish

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Record 31 1993-03-31

English

Subject field(s)
  • IT Security
CONT

Electronic storage material is to be marked in accordance with the security organization and administration standards.... Electronic material used for storing information includes magnetic tape, hard disk, of flexible diskette, or optical or compact disk.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Sécurité des TI
CONT

Le marquage du matériel de stockage électronique doit se faire conformément aux normes sur l'organisation et l'administration de la sécurité (...). Le matériel électronique pour le stockage des renseignements comprend les rubans magnétiques, les disques durs ou souples ainsi que les disques optiques ou compacts.

Spanish

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Record 32 1989-06-21

English

Subject field(s)
  • Computer Peripheral Equipment
CONT

If interfaced to a coax printer through a controller or attached to a local screen printer, the 1191 station can also provide a hard copy of the displayed information.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Périphériques (Informatique)

Spanish

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Record 33 1988-04-27

English

Subject field(s)
  • Artificial Intelligence
  • Applications of Automation
DEF

Unlike linguistic information, nonlinguistic information is hard to capture in the words of common language. This information is usually characterized by sensor phenomena. We have defined this type of knowledge as being related to craft skills needing manual dexterity as well as hand-eye coordination.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Intelligence artificielle
  • Automatisation et applications

Spanish

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Record 34 1983-08-30

English

Subject field(s)
  • Foreign Trade
  • Domestic Trade
OBS

Kind of store in Poland in which Poles can buy merchandise with dollars.

OBS

Name sometimes given to the "hard currency store" where visitors and foreigners can buy with hard currencies(thus including the dollar). Information from the Bureau of European Affairs, Eastern Europe Division, Department of External Affairs.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Commerce extérieur
  • Commerce intérieur
OBS

Genre de magasin situé surtout en Pologne et où les Polonais peuvent acheter des marchandises avec des dollars habituellement reçus de parents au Canada ou aux États-Unis.

Key term(s)
  • magasin d'achats au moyen de dollars
  • comptoir d'achats au moyen de dollars

Spanish

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