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INDEX ENTRY [15 records]

Record 1 2014-10-20

English

Subject field(s)
  • Document Classification (Library Science)
DEF

A reference in a file, index or catalogue which directs the user from one heading or entry to another.

Key term(s)
  • cross reference

French

Domaine(s)
  • Classification des documents (Bibliothéconomie)
DEF

En gestion des documents, indication dans un catalogue, un index ou une liste de vedettes-matières guidant le lecteur d'un terme à un autre.

Spanish

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Record 2 2012-01-24

English

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

The act of adding an entry to an index or building an entire new index.

French

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

cataloguer : inclure dans le catalogue le nom et le volume d'un ensemble de données.

Spanish

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Record 3 2010-07-07

English

Subject field(s)
  • General Conduct of Military Operations
OBS

blue on blue engagement : This term is found in the entry for "tirs fratricides" in the Dictionary of Land Forces : French/English with English-French index.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Conduite générale des opérations militaires

Spanish

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Record 4 2004-07-08

English

Subject field(s)
  • Computer Memories
DEF

A fixed-length area of direct access storage in which VSAM [=virtual storage access memory] stores records and distributes free space. Also, in a key-sequenced data set or file, the set of records pointed to by an entry in the sequence-set index record.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Mémoires (Informatique)
DEF

Zone de longueur fixe dans laquelle la mémoire VSAM stocke des enregistrements et assigne de l'espace libre

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Memorias (Computadoras)
DEF

Área de longitud fija, del almacenamiento de acceso directo, en donde se almacenan los registros y se crea espacio libre distribuido.

OBS

También, en un conjunto de datos o archivo (fichero) secuenciado por claves, es el conjunto de registros indicado por una entrada en el registro de índice del conjunto de secuencias.

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Record 5 2004-06-21

English

Subject field(s)
  • Informatics

French

Domaine(s)
  • Informatique

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Informática
DEF

Término o frase, precedidos por un código de índice, que se va a incluir en un índice.

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Record 6 2004-05-06

English

Subject field(s)
  • Property Law (common law)
DEF

[To] list (as the contents of a book) in an index. (Webster, Third New International Dictionary, Unabridged, 1971, p. 1148).

CONT

If a document is registered, but not entered on the index for the proper unit, the document and the registration are as effective as if the proper entry has been made. A purchaser who does not discover a document that has been registered but improperly indexed can claim damages from the province or the Registrar for any loss from the claim asserted by the document.(Ontario Law Reform Commission, "Report on Land Registration", 1971, p. 14).

French

Domaine(s)
  • Droit des biens et de la propriété (common law)
OBS

inscrire au répertoire; répertorier : termes normalisés par le Comité de normalisation dans le cadre du Programme national de l'administration de la justice dans les deux langues officielles (PAJLO).

Spanish

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Record 7 2000-03-31

English

Subject field(s)
  • Legal Documents

French

Domaine(s)
  • Documents juridiques

Spanish

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Record 8 2000-03-30

English

Subject field(s)
  • Legal Documents

French

Domaine(s)
  • Documents juridiques

Spanish

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Record 9 1998-12-07

English

Subject field(s)
  • Library Science (General)
DEF

Entry in an index or other form of record of the same subject matter under two or more distinct aspects of it or under two headings.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Bibliothéconomie (Généralités)

Spanish

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Record 10 1998-04-22

English

Subject field(s)
  • Typography
OBS

The entry of a title in an index, list or catalog by its most important or most easily remembered word.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Typographie (Caractères)
Key term(s)
  • notice sous le mot typique

Spanish

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Record 11 1996-11-22

English

Subject field(s)
  • Computer Graphics
DEF

An index used to access an entry in a colour table.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Infographie

Spanish

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Record 12 1988-03-29

English

Subject field(s)
  • Programming Languages

French

Domaine(s)
  • Langages de programmation

Spanish

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Record 13 1986-07-07

English

Subject field(s)
  • Library Operations
DEF

An alphabetical index of words in a document, each word present in a text being an index entry.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Exploitation (Bibliothéconomie)
DEF

Index alphabétique des mots d'un texte, fabriqué automatiquement à partir d'un texte original en langage naturel, ou d'un texte indexé manuellement.

Spanish

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Record 14 1986-03-01

English

Subject field(s)
  • System Names
  • Customs and Excise

French

Domaine(s)
  • Noms de systèmes
  • Douanes et accise

Spanish

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Record 15 1976-06-19

English

Subject field(s)
  • Library Science

French

Domaine(s)
  • Bibliothéconomie

Spanish

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