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INDIRECT WORD [5 records]

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Record 1 2015-10-29

English

Subject field(s)
  • PAJLO
  • Law of Contracts (common law)
  • Tort Law (common law)
CONT

The word tort comes from le Latin term torquere, which means "twisted or wrong. "The English common law recognized no separate legal action in tort. Instead, the British legal system afforded litigants two central avenues of redress : trespass for direct injuries, and actions "on the case" for indirect injuries. Gradually, the common law recognized other civil actions, including defamation, libel, and slander.

French

Domaine(s)
  • PAJLO
  • Droit des contrats (common law)
  • Droit des délits (common law)
OBS

action en responsabilité délictuelle; action en responsabilité civile délictuelle : termes normalisés par le Comité de normalisation, Promotion de l'accès à justice dans les deux langues officielles (PAJLO).

Spanish

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Record 2 2010-09-07

English

Subject field(s)
  • Road Networks
DEF

A strip of land set apart for passage, public or private, especially of vehicles.

OBS

In current usage, "road" is applied as a general term for all broad main ways that have a smoothed or paved surface. A road in a city is usually called a "street. "The English word "route" is more specific than "road. "It usually refers to an indirect way of reaching a certain point or to a course taken to reach a destination, thus a "route" can include many roads. Vehicular ways of secondary importance in rural areas are often called "roads, "while those of primary importance are called "highways. "

French

Domaine(s)
  • Réseaux routiers
DEF

Voie spécialement aménagée dans la campagne (par opposition à rue) pour permettre d'aller sans difficulté d'un lieu à l'autre.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Redes viales
OBS

camino: Término utilizado por la Asociación Mundial de la Carretera.

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Record 3 1998-12-04

English

Subject field(s)
  • Software
  • Computer Programs and Programming
DEF

A storage unit, consisting of a number of bits usually determined when the machine is designed, that comprises one indirect storage location in main memory.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Logiciels
  • Programmes et programmation (Informatique)
CONT

L'opération d'indexation (...) peut être associée à l'adressage indirect. Elle peut avoir lieu dans le calcul de l'adresse du mot d'indirection à partir du déplacement défini par l'instruction, ou dans le calcul de l'adresse de l'opérande à partir de l'adresse définie dans le mot indirect.

Spanish

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Record 4 1998-10-23

English

Subject field(s)
  • Software
DEF

A method of indirect addressing where the word containing the actual address is incremented by one after each access.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Logiciels
CONT

Dans le cas d'une désignation mémoire, l'accès peut se faire suivant différents modes d'adressage : [...] implicite : l'adresse est contenue implicitement dans des registres; adressage avec autoincrémentation [...] des index.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Soporte lógico (Software)
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Record 5 1985-04-26

English

Subject field(s)
  • Software
  • Computer Programs and Programming
OBS

indirect addressing: a method of addressing in which the address part of an instruction contains an indirect address.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Logiciels
  • Programmes et programmation (Informatique)
CONT

Il y a adressage indirect lorsque l'adresse définie par une instruction ne définit pas l'adresse d'une opérande mais l'adresse d'un mot de mémoire centrale, appelé mot d'indirection, qui définit lui-même l'adresse de l'opérande.

Spanish

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