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IMPOSSIBLE PLACE [8 records]

Record 1 2018-05-04

English

Subject field(s)
  • IT Security
  • Computer Hardware
DEF

A type of virus that can only be placed in a computer by modifying the hardware.

OBS

This type of virus is very difficult to install, but once in place, it is almost impossible to locate : it keeps reappearing even with a new operating system.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Sécurité des TI
  • Matériel informatique
DEF

Type de virus qu'on ne peut installer dans un système qu'en modifiant le matériel.

OBS

Ce genre de virus n'est pas facile à installer mais une fois en place, il est pratiquement indélogeable : il résiste même au remplacement du système d'exploitation.

Spanish

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Record 2 2002-05-27

English

Subject field(s)
  • Sociology of persons with a disability
OBS

Ambulatory Disability means a disability because of which a person : 1. Is so severely physically and permanently disabled as to be unable to move from place to place without the aid of a wheelchair. 2. Is not able to cross curbs because of paralysis or loss of function of the person's legs. 3. Is missing one or both legs. 4. Has permanently impaired or unsteady gait that makes it impossible or impractical to walk as a means of transportation.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Sociologie des personnes handicapées

Spanish

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Record 3 2002-01-22

English

Subject field(s)
  • Petroleum Deposits
CONT

During the period of primary migration or during the subsequent period of retention in the reservoir rock, the change to petroleum occurs. This is followed by a period of collection into a continuous phase, in turn followed by a period of secondary migration, again under the influence of water, through a carrier bed or reservoir rock to a place where further movement is impossible(a trap) and where the petroleum collects into pools or fields.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Gisements pétrolifères
DEF

Déplacement des hydrocarbures, qui aboutit à leur empiègement et à la formation des gisements.

CONT

La migration secondaire est le cheminement du pétrole dans le drain et la roche magasin jusqu'à un piège où il s'accumule. Régie par la force de gravité due aux différences de densité du pétrole et de l'eau, la migration s'effectue uniquement vers le haut.

Spanish

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Record 4 1999-10-26

English

Subject field(s)
  • Railroad Safety
  • Signalling (Rail Transport)
  • Electrical Circuits and Circuit Breakers
OBS

Interlocking : Interdependent liaison between the control levers or the electrical control circuits of different apparatus which makes it impossible to place them in positions which are unsafe.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Sécurité (Transport par rail)
  • Signalisation (Transport par rail)
  • Circuits électriques et coupe-circuits
CONT

Au moment de la mise en service de la signalisation en cabine, en mai 2000, les installations de voies seront également simplifiées, les postes d'enclenchement remplacés et équipés pour la télécommande. Toutes les stations intermédiaires auront des accès dénivelés.

Spanish

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Record 5 1999-10-26

English

Subject field(s)
  • Railroad Safety
  • Signalling (Rail Transport)
  • Electrical Circuits and Circuit Breakers
OBS

Interlocking : Interdependent liaison between the control levers or the electrical control circuits of different apparatus which makes it impossible to place them in positions which are unsafe.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Sécurité (Transport par rail)
  • Signalisation (Transport par rail)
  • Circuits électriques et coupe-circuits
OBS

Équivalent adopté par l'Union internationale des chemins de fer.

Spanish

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Record 6 1992-06-10

English

Subject field(s)
  • General Vocabulary
CONT

This distinction marked the beginning of a revolution in marketing and technology that has had a profound impact on the shape of the values debate... Market segmentation targets those qualities that distinguish people from each other rather than emphasizing the things we have in common. It is the developed world's equivalent of the retribalization taking place in Eastern Europe, Africa and Asia. And it has serious consequences : it becomes far more difficult to sustain a sense of national community, to build a sense of common values. As the slivering of America has proceeded, the received wisdom has become that common values are impossible in so diverse a country, and perhaps not a very good idea, in any case.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Vocabulaire général
OBS

tribal : de la tribu. Tribalisme : organisation sociale par tribus.

OBS

rétribalisation : du verbe potentiel "rétribaliser" dérivé de "tribaliser" au sens de "rendre qqchose tribal (à nouveau)".

Spanish

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Record 7 1985-11-25

English

Subject field(s)
  • Translation
  • Language Problems

French

Domaine(s)
  • Traduction
  • Problèmes de langue
OBS

Parlons Mieux 22 avril 1966

Spanish

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Record 8 1976-06-19

English

Subject field(s)
  • Translation
  • Language Problems
OBS

impossible place : endroit inhabitable impossible candidate candidat inacceptable

French

Domaine(s)
  • Traduction
  • Problèmes de langue
OBS

Parlons Mieux 22 avril/66

Spanish

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