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Record 1 2026-01-30

English

Subject field(s)
  • Communication and Information Management
  • Records Management (Management)
  • Public Administration (General)
OBS

A personal information bank index contains a list of personal information banks.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Gestion des communications et de l'information
  • Gestion des documents (Gestion)
  • Administration publique (Généralités)
OBS

Un répertoire de fichiers de renseignements personnels contient une liste de fichiers de renseignements personnels.

Spanish

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Record 2 2024-05-09

English

Subject field(s)
  • Computer Mathematics
  • Computer Programs and Programming
CONT

The basic algorithm... makes two comparisons per iteration : one to check if Li equals t, and the other to check if i still points to a valid index of the list.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Mathématiques informatiques
  • Programmes et programmation (Informatique)
CONT

La complexité des algorithmes de base comme l'insertion, la suppression ou encore la recherche est en particulier plus favorable dans le cas des arbres.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Matemáticas para computación
  • Programas y programación (Informática)
CONT

El algoritmo básico que se utiliza para la firma digital (servicios del tipo de autenticación e integridad) es el RSA que utiliza un par "clave pública"/"clave secreta".

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Record 3 2021-12-22

English

Subject field(s)
  • Programming Languages
  • Codes (Software)
CONT

A recursive list... is an abstract data type composed of a first element and the rest of the list. The rest of a recursive list is itself a recursive list. The empty list is treated as a special case that has no first element or rest. A recursive list is a sequence : it has a finite length and supports element selection by index.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Langages de programmation
  • Codes (Logiciels)

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Lenguaje de programación
  • Códigos (Soporte lógico)
DEF

Lista contenida en sí misma como un elemento de sublista, o que es un elemento de sublista de una de sus sublistas.

Key term(s)
  • lista de auto referencias
  • lista de auto-referencias
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Record 4 2017-02-21

English

Subject field(s)
  • Environmental Studies and Analyses
  • Air Pollution
DEF

A measure of the soiling properties of suspended particles in air determined by drawing a measured volume of air through a known area of Whatman number four filter paper for a measured period of time, expressed as a Coefficient of Haze (COH)/1000 linear feet, or equivalent.

OBS

soiling: The visible damage to materials by deposition of air pollutants. Soiling may be used as an index for collector efficiency by relating the quantities of gas before and after passage through a separator which are necessary to produce equal soiling of a standard filter paper.

OBS

soiling index : term adopted by Environment Canada; used in the list of pollutants measured in the National Air Pollution Surveillance Network(NAPS).

French

Domaine(s)
  • Études et analyses environnementales
  • Pollution de l'air
CONT

Le programme de surveillance de la qualité générale de l'air en région urbaine, [qui] relève du Réseau national de surveillance de la pollution atmosphérique (RNSPA) mis en œuvre par les gouvernements fédéral et provincial, a permis [...] d'évaluer l'indice de souillure (coefficient de transmission), la quantité totale de particules en suspension dans l'air et la quantité de particules pouvant être inhalées.

OBS

salissure : Apport indésirable adhérant aux surfaces et altérant certaines caractéristiques d'aspect ou de toucher des surfaces propres (synonyme «souillure»).

OBS

indice de souillure : terme retenu par Environment Canada; utilisé dans la liste des polluants mesurés par le Réseau national de surveillance de la pollution atmosphérique (RNSPA).

Spanish

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Record 5 2014-01-27

English

Subject field(s)
  • Form Titles (Armed Forces)
  • Office Equipment and Supplies
  • Military Materiel Management
Universal entry(ies)
DND 1836
form code, see observation
OBS

DND 1836: form code used by the Department of National Defence and the Canadian Forces.

Key term(s)
  • DND1836

French

Domaine(s)
  • Titres de formulaires (Forces armées)
  • Équipement et fournitures de bureau
  • Gestion du matériel militaire
Entrée(s) universelle(s)
DND 1836
form code, see observation
OBS

DND 1836 : code de formulaire utilisé par le ministère de la Défense nationale et les Forces canadiennes.

Key term(s)
  • DND1836

Spanish

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Record 6 2013-12-04

English

Subject field(s)
  • Form Titles (Armed Forces)
  • Military Materiel Management
Universal entry(ies)
DND 1226
form code, see observation
OBS

Available in English only.

OBS

CF: Canadian Forces.

OBS

DND 1226: form code used by the Department of National Defence and the Canadian Forces.

Key term(s)
  • DND1226
  • Index to CF Equipment Checklist

French

Domaine(s)
  • Titres de formulaires (Forces armées)
  • Gestion du matériel militaire
Entrée(s) universelle(s)
DND 1226
form code, see observation
OBS

Disponible en anglais seulement.

OBS

CF : Canadian Forces (Forces canadiennes).

OBS

DND 1226 : code de formulaire utilisé par le ministère de la Défense nationale et les Forces canadiennes.

Key term(s)
  • DND1226
  • Index to CF Equipment Checklist

Spanish

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Record 7 2012-06-05

English

Subject field(s)
  • Titles of Monographs
  • Business and Administrative Documents
  • Areal Planning (Urban Studies)
OBS

Provincial Archives of New Brunswick. This Index contains information on more than 54, 000 individuals and corporate bodies who acquired Crown land between 1784 and 1997. These documents list the distribution of Crown land and the names of the grantees.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Titres de monographies
  • Écrits commerciaux et administratifs
  • Aménagement du territoire
OBS

Archives provinciales du Nouveau-Brunswick. Cet Index contient de l'information sur plus de 54 000 individus et personnes morales qui ont acquis des terres de la Couronne entre 1784 et 1997. Ces documents comprennent des descriptions détaillées des concessions de terres et les noms des concessionnaires.

Spanish

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Record 8 2011-04-18

English

Subject field(s)
  • Form Titles (Armed Forces)
Universal entry(ies)
CF 1456
form code, see observation
OBS

CF 1456: Code of a form used by the Canadian Forces.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Titres de formulaires (Forces armées)
Entrée(s) universelle(s)
CF 1456
form code, see observation
OBS

CF 1456 : code d'un formulaire employé par les Forces canadiennes.

Spanish

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Record 9 2010-06-18

English

Subject field(s)
  • Internet and Telematics
DEF

Adding a web site's address(url) to your personal index or favourites list.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Internet et télématique
CONT

Les problèmes récurrents de décontextualisation de l'information dans la navigation et dans les engins de recherche, le regroupement de l'Url nuisant à la mise en signet et l'utilisation de versions alternatives des pages par les balises «noframe» rendent toujours inévitable la duplication des fichiers.

Spanish

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Record 10 2010-06-08

English

Subject field(s)
  • Chemistry
  • Security Posters and Signs
DEF

... a proper scientific name for the principal or active ingredient of the product.

CONT

... many dangerous goods must be transported under one of the generic or not otherwise specified(n. o. s.) proper shipping names(entries) which appear in the list or index.... it is considered necessary, for the purpose of documentation and marking of packages, that these... descriptions be supplemented with the technical name of the goods.... The technical name should be a recognized chemical or other name currently used in scientific and technical handbooks, journals and texts. Trade names should not be used for this purpose. In the case of pesticides, an ISO common name should be used.

OBS

For example, the chemical name of the herbicide 2,4-D is 2,4-dichlorophenoxyacetic acid.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Chimie
  • Affichage de sécurité
CONT

[...] de nombreuses marchandises dangereuses doivent être transportées sous une des désignations officielles de transport (rubrique) génériques ou «non spécifiées par ailleurs» (NSA) [et] il est considéré comme nécessaire que dans les inscriptions portées sur les documents et sur les colis, ces rubriques [...] soient complétées par le nom technique de la marchandise. [...] Le nom technique indiqué devrait être un nom chimique ou autre nom admis, couramment employé dans les manuels, périodiques et textes scientifiques et techniques. Les appellations commerciales ne devraient pas être utilisées à cette fin.

OBS

On trouve dans le volume 3 de l'ouvrage «LAMY Transport» d'autres expressions qu'il est possible d'utiliser dans le corps d'un texte quand le contexte est suffisamment clair : appellation réglementaire des matières dangereuses (page 25); nom des marchandises (p.24); nom de la matière (p. 252); appellation de la marchandise (p. 22); dénomination de la marchandise (p. 22).

OBS

Les termes «nom chimique» et «nom technique» ne sont pas synonymes au sens strict du terme mais ils se rapportent très souvent à la même notion dans les faits, c'est-à-dire que le nom chimique est le nom technique le plus couramment utilisé.

OBS

appellation chimique : terme tiré de la Loi sur les produits dangereux (Alinéa II(2) C.)

OBS

dénomination chimique : terme tiré de la Loi canadienne sur la protection de l'environnement.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Química
  • Carteles y señales de seguridad
CONT

Nombre químico: Significa la designación científica de un producto químico de acuerdo con el sistema de nomenclatura desarrollado por nomenclatura del Chemical Abstracts Service (CAS), o un nombre que identifique claramente a una sustancia química con el propósito de llevar a cabo una evaluación de su peligrosidad.

CONT

Metformin: Nombre químico de Glucophage, que es un tipo de medicación oral para la diabetes tipo 2. Hace que el hígado produzca menos glucosa.

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Record 11 2006-06-01

English

Subject field(s)
  • Data Banks and Databases
OBS

Terminology used by Passport Canada.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Banques et bases de données
OBS

Terminologie en usage à Passeport Canada.

Spanish

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Record 12 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 13 2003-07-10

English

Subject field(s)
  • Weather Stations and Meteorological Instruments and Equipment
  • Measuring Instruments
DEF

An electronic hand-held weather recording device used, for instance, by car racing teams, sailors, farmers, outdoor and weather enthusiasts.

CONT

... hand held weather stations take about every weather factor into consideration. ... Very sophisticated ones not only measure weather conditions every second but make E.T. or throttle stop predictions every 4 seconds. A sophisticated drag racing weather station will allow you to store data on as many as 256 previous runs and performs an analysis to give you a prediction based on the weather conditions instantly. It can keep and use separate databases for separate vehicles, tracks, or classes. Some of the really sophisticated stations have a prediction deviation function [which] gives a reliability value of the prediction. It gives you a margin of error based on the information in the database that you chose. Within the last few years, windmeters have been added to the weather station box of tricks.

CONT

The Kestrel line of wind meters or anemometers... in less than 60 seconds, provide the answer to the major spraying season question that haunts producers each morning :"How windy is it?" The Kestrel 1000... gives a fast answer to wind speed average and gusts.... the model 2000 will add temperature and for those really cold days on the sprayer, add wind chill to that list. The 3000 adds humidity, dew point and heat stress index.... But for an all out weather station you can hold in the palm of your hand, the Kestrel 4000 provides all of this, in addition to wet bulb, altitude, air density and barometric pressure. Most importantly, 250 of these readings can be recorded in the device's memory and later transferred to the farm computer.... Michael Naughton of Nielsen Keller-man said the company released the 1000 in 1999 with the intention of it being a tool for sailors and outdoor sports and weather enthusiasts. "Farmers are turning out to be a really big part of our business. The 4000 is really popular with them. We were surprised by the demand for little hand-held weather stations, "he said.

OBS

Not to be confused with "manual (weather) station."

Key term(s)
  • hand-held station

French

Domaine(s)
  • Stations, instruments et équipements météorologiques
  • Appareils de mesure
CONT

Station portative EB312. Petite station météo portative 3 fonctions : prévisions météo par icônes, température ambiante et horloge-calendrier. Idéal pour les activités de plein air : un appareil commode et peu encombrant à mettre dans toutes les poches.

CONT

Station météorologique portative. [...] un instrument destiné à faciliter les observations météorologiques dans les excursions de plus en plus fréquentes qu'exécutent les touristes [...] Cet instrument est composé de façon à pouvoir déterminer exactement, en tous lieux, d'une manière commode et prompte, les trois données météorologiques les plus importantes de l'air, savoir : sa pression, sa température et son degré d'humidité. C'est le groupement d'un baromètre, d'un thermomètre, d'un hygromètre et d'une boussole. L'agencement de ces appareils constitue un instrument d'un volume restreint, renfermé dans un étui unique [...]. la Nature, 1874, deuxième semestre, p. 112.

OBS

Ne pas confondre avec «station (météo) manuelle».

Key term(s)
  • station météorologique portable
  • station portable
  • station météorologique de poche

Spanish

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Record 14 2000-04-01

English

Subject field(s)
  • Information Processing (Informatics)
  • Computer Programs and Programming
CONT

This instruction required the following action from each center : identification, review, and approval of all documents required for management of the Apollo program; "an Apollo document index, "cataloguing all recurring interorganization documentation used by the Office of Manned Space Flight and the contractors; a "Center Apollo documentation index"; a "document requirements list, "listing all documents required from a contractor-this list would "be negotiated into all major contracts of a half million dollars or over" and would be part of the request for quotation; and a "document requirement description, "classifying every item on the "document requirements list, "its contents and instructions for preparation.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Traitement de l'information (Informatique)
  • Programmes et programmation (Informatique)

Spanish

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Record 15 2000-04-01

English

Subject field(s)
  • Information Processing (Informatics)
  • Computer Programs and Programming
  • Law of Contracts (common law)
CONT

This instruction required the following action from each center : identification, review, and approval of all documents required for management of the Apollo program; "an Apollo document index, "cataloguing all recurring interorganization documentation used by the Office of Manned Space Flight and the contractors; a "Center Apollo documentation index"; a "document requirements list, "listing all documents required from a contractor-this list would "be negotiated into all major contracts of a half million dollars or over" and would be part of the request for quotation; and a "document requirement description, "classifying every item on the "document requirements list, "its contents and instructions for preparation.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Traitement de l'information (Informatique)
  • Programmes et programmation (Informatique)
  • Droit des contrats (common law)

Spanish

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Record 16 1999-09-14

English

Subject field(s)
  • Titles of Internet Pages
OBS

Ottawa : Natural Resources Canada, Geological Survey of Canada, 1998--. HTML. Database. Internet(WWW). ""DINOFLAJ is a database system containing a current classification of fossil and living dinoflagellates down to generic rank, and an index of fossil dinoflagellates at generic, specific, and infraspecific ranks. Dinoflagellates are single-celled organisms that have two distinctive flagella during at least part of their life cycle and/or a special type of nucleus called a dinokaryon. They are probably best known as a principal cause of "red tides" and paralytic shellfish poisoning. A glossary and an extensive list of references for modern and fossil dinoflagellate taxonomic references are included, and all information is hyperlinked for convenient browsing. The system is available in two forms : a web site and a CD-ROM version. ""As of October 1, 1998, the full version of DINOFLAJ will be available online or on CD-ROM. "

French

Domaine(s)
  • Titres de pages Internet
Key term(s)
  • Base de données de classification des dinoflagellés

Spanish

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Record 17 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 18 1996-06-22

English

Subject field(s)
  • Document Classification (Library Science)
Key term(s)
  • Journals Indexed in Index Medicus

French

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

Source : ICIST [Institut canadien de l'information scientifique et technique]

Spanish

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Record 19 1991-12-20

English

Subject field(s)
  • Dyes and Pigments (Industries)
  • Textiles: Preparation and Processing
CONT

Colour Index Substances. The NDSL [Non-domestic Substances List] includes some CAS Registry Numbers for which the CA Index Name is the Colour Index Name as specified in the Colour Index(Third Edition).

OBS

The Colour Index is the standard reference work published jointly by the Society of Dyers and Colourists in Great Britain and the American Association of Textile Chemists and Colorists in the USA with the cooperation of manufacturers in many other countries. Part I of this Index classifies dyes and pigments according to usage while Part II classifies them according to chemical constitution.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Teintures et pigments (Industries)
  • Apprêt et traitements divers (Textiles)
CONT

Substances du Colour Index. Pour certains numéros de registre de CAS, le nom de l'index CA qui apparaît sur la LES [Liste extérieure des substances] est le nom du Colour Index tel que répertorié dans le Colour Index (troisième édition).

OBS

"Colour Index" : Ouvrage de référence à l'intention des fabricants et utilisateurs de colorants publié par la Society of Dyers and Colourists avec l'aide de l'American Association of Textile Chemists and Colorists.

Spanish

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Record 20 1991-12-20

English

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

"TSCA Inventory": An inventory of over 58,000 chemical substances manufactured, imported or processed in the United States of America for commercial purposes, compiled in 1985 for the TSCA.

CONT

In English, each substance on the NDSL [Non-Domestic Substances List] is described in accordance with CAS [Chemical Abstracts Service] nomenclature. The resulting Chemical Abstracts(CA) Index Name derived following this rigorous and comprehensive set of naming conventions ensures a single, unique name for each substance. CA Index Names are also used in the United States Environmental Protection Agency's Toxic Substances Control Act Chemical Substances Inventory, Volume I(1985 edition), and their use for the NDSL ensures substances are identified in a similar manner in both jurisdictions.

French

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

Inventaire renfermant le nom de plus de 58 000 substances chimiques fabriquées, importées ou traitées aux États-Unis à des fins commerciales. Cet inventaire a été publié en 1985 pour le TSCA.

CONT

Sur la LES, le nom anglais de la substance est décrit selon les règles de nomenclature de CAS. Le nom de l'index du Chemical Abstracts (index CA), qui résulte de l'application de l'ensemble de ces conventions rigoureuses, assure un nom unique et particulier à chaque substance. Les noms de l'index CA sont utilisés dans le Toxic Substances Control Act Chemical Substances Inventory, Volume I (édition 1985) de la United States Environmental Protection Agency. L'utilisation des noms de l'index CA sur la LES assure une même façon d'identifier les substances dans les deux juridictions.

Spanish

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Record 21 1990-08-30

English

Subject field(s)
  • Aeronautical Engineering and Maintenance
  • Air Materiel Maintenance

French

Domaine(s)
  • Aérotechnique et maintenance
  • Maintenance du matériel de l'air

Spanish

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Record 22 1988-05-09

English

Subject field(s)
  • Programming Languages
CONT

In Ada, a name aggregate is written as a list of indices or index ranges, each of which is followed by the value that the specified components will take.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Langages de programmation

Spanish

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Record 23 1986-10-17

English

Subject field(s)
  • Stock Exchange
  • Investment
CONT

The American Stock Exchange said it has received final approval from the Securities and Exchange Commission to list options on a so-called Institutional Index Option. Put and call options on the index will begin trading Oct. 3 under the ticker symbol XII. Amex officials say XII is the first index tailored specifically to institutional holdings, although several other broad-based market indices are currently listed on several exchanges. The new product is composed of the 75 stocks held in highest dollar amounts by major U. S. institutions. It will feature European-style exercise, limiting exercise of the options to the last trading day before expiration.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Bourse
  • Investissements et placements
CONT

L'American Stock Exchange de New York lance au début d'octobre des options sur l'Indice institutionnel. Ceci évidemment pour offrir aux institutions financières un véhicule de protection pour leur portefeuille.

Spanish

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Record 24 1985-04-15

English

Subject field(s)
  • Document Classification (Library Science)
  • Records Management (Management)
CONT

A list of names, key words, or key topics that coordinates groups of items within a body of information used for filing is known as : a cross-file, index, unit of material

French

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

Spanish

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Record 25 1984-07-16

English

Subject field(s)
  • Computer Programs and Programming
CONT

Status Inquiries. List the names of one, several, or all files in one or more directories... Try to determine what kind of information is in a file by consulting the file system index and by reading the file itself.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Programmes et programmation (Informatique)

Spanish

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Record 26 1980-08-18

English

Subject field(s)
  • Astronomy
OBS

finding list. an index, catalog, or list(...) usually without being full in description and annotation.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Astronomie
OBS

Catalogue d'étoiles, tables où sont enregistrées les positions des étoiles à une époque donnée, ainsi que divers autres renseignements (magnitude, mouvement propre, spectre, etc.).

Spanish

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Record 27 1976-06-19

English

Subject field(s)
  • General Vocabulary

French

Domaine(s)
  • Vocabulaire général

Spanish

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