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HARDWARE MAINTENANCE [24 records]

Record 1 2025-02-04

English

Subject field(s)
  • Astronautics
  • Applications of Automation
  • Collaboration with WIPO
CONT

Technological progress in space operations autonomy and robotics will disrupt the traditional paradigm of spacecraft design, acquisition, launch, operations, and maintenance. Within the next 5 to 10 years, routine spacecraft refueling could become a reality, and spacecraft low on propellant could avoid decommissioning and enjoy extended lifetimes. A new generation of cooperative spacecraft designed specifically for on-orbit servicing(OOS) could upgrade their own hardware every few years.... OOS refers to on-orbit activities conducted by a space vehicle that performs up-close inspection of, or results in intentional and beneficial changes to, another resident space object(RSO).

Key term(s)
  • SearchOnlyKey1

French

Domaine(s)
  • Astronautique
  • Automatisation et applications
  • Collaboration avec l'OMPI
CONT

Le terme d'entretien en orbite fait référence à la maintenance des systèmes spatiaux en orbite, y compris la réparation, l'assemblage, le ravitaillement et la mise à niveau des engins spatiaux, après leur déploiement. Il est à noter que de telles missions spatiales complexes ont motivé le développement de nouvelles technologies de robotique spatiale et de plusieurs missions de démonstration expérimentales, y compris des missions avec ou sans pilote […]

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Astronáutica
  • Automatización y aplicaciones
  • Colaboración con la OMPI
CONT

[...] el robot espacial amarrado (TSR) […] compuesto por una plataforma espacial, un cable espacial y un agarre/manipulador supone, por su flexibilidad y gran espacio de trabajo, una solución prometedora para el servicio en órbita, como el mantenimiento y reparación en órbita, el repostaje en órbita, las maniobras orbitales y la eliminación de desechos espaciales [...]

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Record 2 2024-06-14

English

Subject field(s)
  • Information Technology (Informatics)
CONT

Studies have shown that information technology(IT) services outside [of] software development and maintenance(for example, hardware costs, help desk, upgrade installation, training) can make up a majority of total ownership costs.

OBS

information technology service; IT service: designations usually used in the plural.

Key term(s)
  • IT services
  • information technology services

French

Domaine(s)
  • Technologie de l'information (Informatique)
CONT

Le [...] document vise à énoncer cinq orientations du Dirigeant principal de l'information permettant de tirer pleinement profit de l'émergence de l'infonuagique en tant que nouveau modèle de livraison de services de technologies de l'information (TI).

OBS

service de technologies de l'information; service de TI : désignations habituellement utilisées au pluriel.

Key term(s)
  • services de TI
  • services de technologies de l'information

Spanish

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Record 3 2022-07-07

English

Subject field(s)
  • Occupation Names (General)
  • Information Technology (Informatics)
CONT

WAN technicians are experts who resolve problems relating to an organization's wide area network(WAN), whether it be onsite or in the field. They further evaluate existing network systems. Technicians also supervise the maintenance, installation, and operation of a wide area network as well as related computer hardware and software.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Désignations des emplois (Généralités)
  • Technologie de l'information (Informatique)

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Nombramiento de cargos (Generalidades)
  • Tecnología de la información (Informática)
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Record 4 2022-06-29

English

Subject field(s)
  • Occupation Names (General)
  • Internet and Telematics
CONT

A network support technician is an IT [information technology] professional who helps with the maintenance and troubleshooting of computer network hardware. [Network support technicians] specialize in areas such as information systems, data recovery, network management, or system administration.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Désignations des emplois (Généralités)
  • Internet et télématique
CONT

Les techniciennes et les techniciens en soutien de réseau travaillent généralement dans un service responsable du système d'information de gestion (SIG), un service d'aide ou un centre de soutien technique.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Nombramiento de cargos (Generalidades)
  • Internet y telemática
CONT

Técnico en mantenimiento de redes y contenidos web. Se encargará de la administración de red, sistemas de seguridad, y mantenimiento de los contenidos de nuestra página web.

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Record 5 2022-06-29

English

Subject field(s)
  • Occupation Names (General)
  • Information Technology (Informatics)
CONT

A server administrator is responsible for the computer servers of an organization. This individual ensures on a daily basis that they are running efficiently by performing upgrading and maintenance tasks on hardware and software, resolving technical problems, overseeing their activity levels, ensuring server security, and developing new system structures when necessary.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Désignations des emplois (Généralités)
  • Technologie de l'information (Informatique)
CONT

Un administrateur de serveur […] a la responsabilité de gérer et de surveiller les performances des serveurs informatiques dans le centre de données d'une entreprise.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Nombramiento de cargos (Generalidades)
  • Tecnología de la información (Informática)
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Record 6 2022-06-29

English

Subject field(s)
  • Occupation Names (General)
  • Information Technology (Informatics)
CONT

A computer network technician is an IT [information technology] professional employed by a business entity to help with the creation, maintenance, and troubleshooting of present and future computer network hardware and software products, in support of business operations. A network technician is responsible for the setup, maintenance, and upgrading of networks and resources and prepares presentations for educating management about the need for upgrading network resources.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Désignations des emplois (Généralités)
  • Technologie de l'information (Informatique)
CONT

Un technicien de réseau informatique effectue généralement un certain nombre de tâches et de fonctions différentes liées à la mise en œuvre et à la maintenance de divers réseaux informatiques pour une entreprise. Cela peut inclure la mise en place de réseaux locaux (LAN) et de réseaux étendus (WAN), ainsi que l'établissement de connexions à Internet et l'organisation de la maintenance de ces différents réseaux.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Nombramiento de cargos (Generalidades)
  • Tecnología de la información (Informática)
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Record 7 2021-10-28

English

Subject field(s)
  • Military Organization
  • Military Materiel Management
DEF

[A National Defence Headquarters directorate or another organization] with designated responsibility for the design, engineering, maintenance and disposal functions for a system throughout the life cycle of the hardware, system software, applications software and communication facilities.

OBS

life cycle materiel manager; LCMM: designations officially approved by the Department of National Defence and the Canadian Forces.

Key term(s)
  • life cycle material manager

French

Domaine(s)
  • Organisation militaire
  • Gestion du matériel militaire
DEF

[Direction du Quartier général de la Défense nationale ou autre organisation responsable] de la conception, de l'ingénierie, de la maintenance et du déclassement d'un système, tout au long du cycle de vie du matériel, du logiciel de base, du logiciel d'application et des installations de transmission.

OBS

gestionnaire du cycle de vie du matériel; GCVM : désignations uniformisées par le ministère de la Défense nationale et les Forces canadiennes.

Spanish

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Record 8 2017-03-17

English

Subject field(s)
  • Various Proper Names
  • Telecommunications
  • Television (Radioelectricity)
Universal entry(ies)
7247
classification system code, see observation
OBS

Cable television service technicians install, maintain and repair cable and satellite television and Internet signal and associated equipment in homes and commercial buildings. Cable television maintenance technicians maintain and repair cable television transmission and distribution systems and associated hardware. They are employed by cable and satellite television companies.

OBS

7247: classification system code in the National Occupational Classification.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Appellations diverses
  • Télécommunications
  • Télévision (Radioélectricité)
Entrée(s) universelle(s)
7247
classification system code, see observation
OBS

Les techniciens en montage d'installations de câblodistribution installent, entretiennent et réparent du matériel porteur de signaux de câblodistribution, de satellite et Internet et des appareils connexes dans les domiciles privés et les immeubles commerciaux. Les techniciens en entretien d'installations de câblodistribution entretiennent et réparent des réseaux de télétransmission et de câblodistribution ainsi que des accessoires connexes. Ils travaillent pour des compagnies de câblodistribution et de télévision par satellite.

OBS

7247 : code du système de classification de la Classification nationale des professions.

Spanish

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Record 9 2013-03-25

English

Subject field(s)
  • Operating Systems (Software)
  • Computer Hardware

French

Domaine(s)
  • Systèmes d'exploitation (Logiciels)
  • Matériel informatique

Spanish

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Record 10 2010-05-04

English

Subject field(s)
  • Spacecraft
CONT

Although ATV [Automated Transfer Vehicle] will dock to the Russian Zvezda module, it will carry most of its dry payload for the US elements of the ISS [International Space Station]. At the launch site in Kourou, French Guiana, six weeks before flight, Jules Verne will be loaded with 1 300 kg of dry cargo out of the 5 500 kg maximum capacity. Most of the dry cargo provided by NASA will be clothes, food, towels and wipes for the crew, logistics items such as batteries and spare parts for maintenance of the Station. This cargo will also include ESA [European Space Agency] experiments such as ANITA, which will constantly monitor the cabin air, and some Russian hardware to be added to the panels of the Station's Russian Service Module.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Engins spatiaux
CONT

Au total, l'ATV [véhicule de transfert automatique] a livré 9,357 kg de charge dont 6,019 kg de cargo et 3,556 kg d'ergols. Dans le cargo, il y a 1,150 kg de charge sèche (vêtements, nourriture, équipements, etc.), 269 kg d'eau, 21 kg d'oxygène, 861 kg d'ergols pour la Station et 302 kg d'ergols pour la rehausse de la Station.

Spanish

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Record 11 2004-09-02

English

Subject field(s)
  • Occupation Names (General)
  • Computer Hardware
DEF

A professional who installs computer hardware on customers’ premises, performs routine maintenance, and repairs equipment when it is out of order.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Désignations des emplois (Généralités)
  • Matériel informatique

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Nombramiento de cargos (Generalidades)
  • Equipo físico de computadora (Hardware)
DEF

Individuo responsable del mantenimiento y reparación del equipo físico y de la programática, en los propios locales de los usuarios de dicho equipo físico y programática.

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Record 12 2003-06-17

English

Subject field(s)
  • Orbital Stations
  • Aerospace Medicine
CONT

To support the medical needs of crew members during ISS [International Space Station] assembly and operation, NASA has developed the Crew Health Care System(CHeCS). CHeCS consists of three primary elements : 1) the Health Maintenance System for providing medical care, 2) the Environment Health System for monitoring the internal environment of the ISS, and 3) the Counter-measures System, which provided hardware and procedures for crew member exercise to minimize the effects of spaceflight on the body.

OBS

crew health care system; CHeCS: term and abbreviation officially approved by the International Space Station official approval Group (ISSOAG).

French

Domaine(s)
  • Stations orbitales
  • Médecine aérospatiale
OBS

unité de soins de santé de l'équipage; CHeCS : terme et abréviation uniformisés par le Groupe de travail de la terminologie de la Station spatiale internationale (GTTSSI).

Spanish

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Record 13 2000-07-25

English

Subject field(s)
  • Federal Government Bodies and Committees (Canadian)
OBS

Public Works and Government Services Canada.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Organismes et comités fédéraux (Gouvernement canadien)
OBS

Travaux publics et Services gouvernementaux Canada.

Spanish

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Record 14 1999-05-25

English

Subject field(s)
  • Life Cycle (Informatics)
  • Safety Devices (Mechanical Components)
  • Radioelectricity
  • Industrial Techniques and Processes
DEF

The process of increasing the reliability of new or refurbished hardware by operating it in a prescribed environment and by performing corrective maintenance, if applicable, at every failure encountered, in order to eliminate as many faults as possible.

OBS

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

French

Domaine(s)
  • Cycle de vie (Informatique)
  • Organes de sécurité (Composants mécaniques)
  • Radioélectricité
  • Techniques industrielles
DEF

Opération consistant à faire fonctionner une série de composants, pendant un temps suffisant, pour éliminer ceux qui présentent des défaillances précoces.

OBS

rodage : terme normalisé par la CSA.

Spanish

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Record 15 1999-02-08

English

Subject field(s)
  • Informatics
DEF

An individual who provides field services for IBM products, for example, field maintenance of IBM hardware.

OBS

"Customer engineer" is used specifically in IBM terminology.

Key term(s)
  • data-processing serviceman

French

Domaine(s)
  • Informatique

Spanish

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Record 16 1998-11-26

English

Subject field(s)
  • Titles of Laws and Regulations
  • Informatics

French

Domaine(s)
  • Titres de lois et de règlements
  • Informatique

Spanish

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Record 17 1995-09-21

English

Subject field(s)
  • Astronautics
DEF

activities... [that] may involve the assembly, check out, resupply, maintenance, or upgrade of hardware and consumables, as well as the recovery of materials for return to earth.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Astronautique
DEF

ensemble des services de transport (d'hommes ou de matériel) pouvant être assurés, de façon répétitive, entre la terre et une station en orbite, dite desservable.

Spanish

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Record 18 1994-10-27

English

Subject field(s)
  • IT Security
DEF

A center operated by an equipment supplier to reduce the number of on-site visits by maintenance engineers. These centers can pose security risks to computer systems.

CONT

One vulnerability associated with hardware maintenance is linking to a remote diagnostic support centre to determine computer fault characteristics. Institutions are therefore required to authorize and control access to or from remote support centres for maintenance.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Sécurité des TI
CONT

L'un des points faibles de la maintenance du matériel est le téléraccordement à un dispositif satellite de diagnostic pour déterminer les caractéristiques des défectuosités de l'ordinateur. Les institutions doivent en conséquence autoriser et contrôler l'accès aux centres d'assistance satellites aux fins de la maintenance.

Spanish

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Record 19 1993-03-31

English

Subject field(s)
  • IT Security
CONT

One vulnerability associated with hardware maintenance is linking to a remote diagnostic support centre to determine computer fault characteristics. Institutions are therefore required to authorize and control access to or from remote support centres for maintenance.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Sécurité des TI
CONT

L'un des points faibles de la maintenance du matériel est le téléraccordement à un dispositif satellite de diagnostic pour déterminer les caractéristiques des défectuosités de l'ordinateur. Les institutions doivent en conséquence autoriser et contrôler l'accès aux centres d'assistance satellites aux fins de la maintenance.

Spanish

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Record 20 1993-03-31

English

Subject field(s)
  • IT Security
CONT

One vulnerability associated with hardware maintenance is linking to a remote diagnostic support centre to determine computer fault characteristics. Institutions are therefore required to authorize and control access to or from remote support centres for maintenance.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Sécurité des TI
CONT

L'un des points faibles de la maintenance du matériel est le téléraccordement à un dispositif satellite de diagnostic pour déterminer les caractéristiques des défectuosités de l'ordinateur. Les institutions doivent en conséquence autoriser et contrôler l'accès aux centres d'assistance satellites aux fins de la maintenance.

Spanish

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Record 21 1993-03-31

English

Subject field(s)
  • IT Security
CONT

Hardware security.... It is essential to perform routine maintenance on EDP(electronic data processing) equipment in order to ensure the integrity of the security controls.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Sécurité des TI
CONT

Dans le but de préserver l'intégrité des contrôles de sécurité, il est essentiel de procéder à l'entretien régulier du matériel informatique.

Spanish

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Record 22 1988-04-15

English

Subject field(s)
  • Computer Hardware
  • Telecommunications

French

Domaine(s)
  • Matériel informatique
  • Télécommunications

Spanish

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Record 23 1985-06-25

English

Subject field(s)
  • Operating Systems (Software)
DEF

Any type of maintenance performed on a computer system. Either hardware or software maintenance may be implied by the term.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Systèmes d'exploitation (Logiciels)

Spanish

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Record 24 1982-11-25

English

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

[The person who] directs the design, programming and maintenance of specialized computer software used in support of applications and control systems. Directs the analysis of vendor-supplied software and determines of optimum configuration for interfaces between hardware and applications systems. Controls modifications or enhancements of software to ensure minimum impact on current production and systems under development. Establishes and enforces standards relating to the use of software. HANDA p. 104

French

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

Spanish

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