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Record 1 2026-03-16

English

Subject field(s)
  • IT Security
CONT

Attack surface reduction(ASR) is a key cybersecurity focus on preventing prospective attackers from entering [a] zone of protection by reducing the most common initial entry points while simultaneously identifying vulnerabilities that attackers can exploit.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Sécurité des TI
CONT

Parmi les différentes méthodes de conception pour la sécurité de l'information, la réduction des surfaces d'attaque est essentielle dans une organisation. Son objectif est [...] d'analyser les points d'entrée d'un système d'information pouvant être attaqué et de réduire ou protéger ces points d'entrées.

Spanish

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Record 2 2025-05-09

English

Subject field(s)
  • Physics
  • Astronomy
CONT

The key idea in explaining the way in which structures evolve in the universe is gravitational instability. If material is to be brought together to form structures then a long-range force is required, and gravity is the only known possibility.... Suppose that at some initial time, say decoupling, there are small irregularities in the distribution of matter. Those regions with more matter will exert a greater gravitational force on their neighbouring regions, and hence tend to draw surrounding material in. This extra material makes them even denser than before, increasing their gravitational attraction and further enhancing their pull on their neighbours...

French

Domaine(s)
  • Physique
  • Astronomie
DEF

Processus par lequel les petites surdensités de matière présentes au début de l'évolution cosmique s'amplifient sous l'effet de leur propre attraction gravitationnelle jusqu'à former des galaxies et d'autres structures cosmiques.

OBS

instabilité gravitationnelle : désignation et définition publiées au Journal officiel de la République française le 26 janvier 2025.

Spanish

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Record 3 2019-05-28

English

Subject field(s)
  • Scientific Measurements and Analyses
  • Food Safety
  • Collaboration with the FAO
CONT

The CSA [comparative safety assessment] is basically a two-tiered approach. The initial step comprises a thorough comparison with the closely related conventional counterpart to identify any differences that may have safety implications for the consumer. This comparison includes both phenotypic characteristics as well as a compositional analysis. The phenotypic analysis should also include comparative health parameters. The compositional analysis will focus on key substances in the animal products under scrutiny and will be subject to changes according to the latest scientific state of the art. The second step of the CSA comprises the toxicological and nutritional evaluation of the identified differences between the GM [genetically modified] animal and its conventional counterpart. As a result of this second step, additional testing may be required and can result in an iterative process in order to obtain all relevant information for the final risk characterization.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Mesures et analyse (Sciences)
  • Salubrité alimentaire
  • Collaboration avec la FAO

Spanish

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Record 4 2019-05-08

English

Subject field(s)
  • Scientific Measurements and Analyses
  • Food Safety
  • Collaboration with the FAO
CONT

The CSA is basically a two-tiered approach. The initial step comprises a thorough comparison with the closely related conventional counterpart to identify any differences that may have safety implications for the consumer. This comparison includes both phenotypic characteristics as well as a compositional analysis. The phenotypic analysis should also include comparative health parameters. The compositional analysis will focus on key substances in the animal products under scrutiny and will be subject to changes according to the latest scientific state of the art. The second step of the CSA comprises the toxicological and nutritional evaluation of the identified differences between the GM [genetically modified] animal and its conventional counterpart. As a result of this second step, additional testing may be required and can result in an iterative process in order to obtain all relevant information for the final risk characterization.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Mesures et analyse (Sciences)
  • Salubrité alimentaire
  • Collaboration avec la FAO

Spanish

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Record 5 2018-03-28

English

Subject field(s)
  • Occupation Names (General)
  • Execution of Work (Construction)
CONT

Paper latcher.... Loads rolls of glass fabric and felt paper onto pipe-wrapping machine : Lifts and slides rolls of paper onto arms of machine and turns slotted key to lock them in place. Unwinds several feet and holds end of strip against pipe until machine completes initial turn. Presses on puffy spots to make covering adhere to hot, dope-covered pipe.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Désignations des emplois (Généralités)
  • Exécution des travaux de construction
CONT

Enveloppeur de tuyaux. [...] Assure l'alimentation d'une machine à envelopper les tuyaux en la chargeant de rouleaux de soie de verre, de papier feutre ou d'une autre matière : Soulève les rouleaux de matière à envelopper les tuyaux, et les glisse sur les bras de la machine. Assujettit les rouleaux en manœuvrant la clef à rainure. Déroule la matière sur une longueur de plusieurs pieds et maintient le bord de cette bande contre le tuyau pendant que la machine exécute la révolution initiale. Exerce une pression sur les boursouflures afin d'éliminer l'air et de faire adhérer la matière enveloppante au tuyau réchauffé et enduit d'une substance d'enrobage. Peut enrouler manuellement des bandes de matière enveloppante autour de tuyaux inaccessibles à la machine.

Spanish

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Record 6 2018-02-07

English

Subject field(s)
  • Encryption and Decryption
CONT

A key derivation function(KDF) is a basic and essential component of cryptographic systems : its goal is to take a source of initial keying material, usually containing some good amount of randomness, but not distributed uniformly or for which an attacker has some partial knowledge, and derive from it one or more cryptographically strong secret keys.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Chiffrage et déchiffrage

Spanish

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Record 7 2011-10-24

English

Subject field(s)
  • Education Theory and Methods
CONT

The amount and kind of initial learning is a key determinant of the development of expertise and the ability to transfer knowledge.

CONT

The key to successful initial learning is to activate current knowledge and use it to make sense of new information.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Théories et méthodes pédagogiques
CONT

Certaines activités visant la construction de savoir dans le cadre d'un apprentissage initial peuvent permettre des prises de conscience et des réorganisations des connaissances propres à une pédagogie des apprentissages tardifs.

Spanish

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Record 8 2009-07-29

English

Subject field(s)
  • Occupation Names (General)
  • Organization Planning
CONT

The Pan-Canadian Project Lead will lead and develop, in cooperation with key internal stakeholders, the Pan-Canadian work in support of the TB [Treasury Board] submission for the 2010-11 EI Part II Expenditure Plan. The Project Lead will also conduct an analysis of the policy direction and make some initial recommendations around future policy directions.

OBS

Pan-Canadian project lead: Human Resources and Skills Development Canada.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Désignations des emplois (Généralités)
  • Planification d'organisation

Spanish

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Record 9 2008-02-25

English

Subject field(s)
  • Atmospheric, Climatic and Meteorological Phenomena
  • Search and Rescue (Paramilitary)
CONT

[Organized Rescue. ] The key responsibilities of the First Party Leader are : Performing the role of Field Leader until relieved. Ensuring the safety of all personnel and leading the first party to the accident site. Establishing a staging area if required. Establishing a safe access route to the scene. Establishing point of entry, last seen point, and likely burial areas(with witness if possible). Establishing an escape route and posting a guard if required. Conducting a rapid initial search of likely burial areas(hasty search). Ensuring good communications at the scene and arranging for radio relay if required. Determining what rescue actions may have already been carried out and what are priorities... Ensuring rapid effective searching of the most likely burial areas is carried out by the most efficient means(transceivers, random probing). Communicating with Base Rescue Coordinator to ensure accuracy of accident particulars and appropriate further resources. Briefing subsequent Party Leaders and/or Field Rescue Leader. Keeping or at least attempting to keep a detail record of events before additional help arrives. The first party leader is an important, and pressured job. After ensuring site safety, the next priority of first party leader is the recovery of victims. In a small group, the leader may be as involved in searching as the team members...

OBS

The First Party is a small, minimally equipped, quick-moving team whose objective is to get to the scene and attempt a live rescue if they can do so safely. The team is best kept to a maximum of five persons as a larger a team will be too slow.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Phénomènes météorologiques, climatiques et atmosphériques
  • Recherche et sauvetage (Paramilitaire)
CONT

[Opération de sauvetage organisée.] Les principales responsabilités du chef du premier groupe sont : Fonctions de chef de l'opération jusqu'à l'arrivée du chef désigné. Mesures visant à assurer la sécurité de tout le personnel et à mener le premier groupe sur les lieux de l'accident. Choix d'une zone rassemblement au besoin. Choix d'un chemin d'accès sûr. Repérage du point d'entrée dans la zone d'avalanche, de l'endroit où la victime a été aperçue en dernier lieu et des endroits d'ensevelissement possibles (avec le concours de témoins si possible). Choix d'un chemin d'évacuation et établissement de guets au besoin. Première recherche rapide des zones d'ensevelissement possibles. Maintien de bonnes communications sur place et prise de dispositions pour l'établissement de relais radio si requis. Énumération des mesures déjà prises et de celles à prendre selon un ordre prioritaire [...] Recherche rapide plus poussée des zones d'ensevelissement les plus probables de la façon la plus efficace possible (ARVA, sondage au hasard). Communications avec le coordonnateur à la base pour vérifier l'exactitude des renseignements fournis et obtenir les ressources supplémentaires qui pourraient êtres nécessaires. Briefing des chefs de groupe qui suivront ou du chef de l'opération. Consignation ou essai de consignation des détails de l'événement avant l'arrivée d'aide supplémentaire. Le chef du premier groupe a un rôle important et difficile. Après avoir assuré la sécurité des lieux, sa priorité est de sauver les victimes. Dans un petit groupe, le chef peut participer aux recherches autant que les autres membres du groupe. Il réduit les transmissions radio au minimum et permet au premier groupe de faire son travail avec un minimum d'interruptions.

OBS

Le premier groupe est en fait une petite équipe volante qui ne transporte que le matériel essentiel et dont l'objectif est de se rendre rapidement sur place pour sauver des vies si elle peut le faire en toute sécurité. Cette équipe compte au plus cinq personnes afin que tout se déroule à une vitesse optimale.

Spanish

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Record 10 2003-12-22

English

Subject field(s)
  • Orbital Stations
CONT

The second and third Materials Science Research Rack (MSRR-2 and MSRR-3) configurations will be derived from ongoing science reference experiment and follow-on rack architectural and accommodation tradeoff studies. The rack designs will optimize flexibility for on-orbit maintenance and change out of key components. The MSRR-2 will be designed to accommodate the focus of currently planned and foreseeable materials science investigations through the use of a variety of on-orbit replaceable, investigation class EMs.

CONT

The initial MSRF concept is three Materials Science Research Racks(MSRR-1, MSRR-2, MSRR-3) which will developed for a phased deployment beginning on UF-3 in September, 2001. Concepts for the required Experiment Modules which satisfy the goals and objectives of the Materials Science program, are being developed. It is anticipated that the useful life of each rack will be from a minimum of five(5) to up to ten(10) years. The operational life of the Experiment Modules(EM) is planned for a minimum of five(5) years. The Ems will be designed to be serviceable and maintainable on orbit for their operational duration to satisfy the peer-selected scientific flight investigations. Flexibility is to be included in the design for ORU [Orbital Replaceable Unit] replacement of key components in order to extend useful life. The Experiment Modules for each rack will be designed to be "smart" furnaces with the avionics packages designed to support each investigation. The Experiment Modules for MSRR-2 and MSRR-3 will be designed with optimum flexibility to support on-orbit maintenance and change out of key components.

OBS

second materials science research rack; MSRR-2: term and abbreviation officially approved by the International Space Station official approval Group (ISSOAG).

French

Domaine(s)
  • Stations orbitales
OBS

deuxième bâti de recherche en science des matériaux; MSRR-2 : terme et abréviation uniformisés par le Groupe de travail de la terminologie de la Station spatiale internationale (GTTSSI).

Spanish

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Record 11 2003-12-22

English

Subject field(s)
  • Orbital Stations
CONT

The second and third Materials Science Research Rack (MSRR-2 and MSRR-3) configurations will be derived from ongoing science reference experiment and follow-on rack architectural and accommodation tradeoff studies. The rack designs will optimize flexibility for on-orbit maintenance and change out of key components.

CONT

The initial MSRF concept is three Materials Science Research Racks(MSRR-1, MSRR-2, MSRR-3) which will be developed for a phased deployment beginning on UF-3 in September, 2001... the useful life of each rack will be from a minimum of five(5) to up to ten(10) years. The operational life of the Experiment Modules(EM) is planned for a minimum of five(5) years. The Ems will be designed to be serviceable and maintainable on orbit for their operational duration to satisfy the peer-selected scientific flight investigations. Flexibility is to be included in the design for ORU [Orbital Replaceable Unit] replacement of key components in order to extend useful life. The Experiment Modules for each rack will be designed to be "smart" furnaces with the avionics packages designed to support each investigation. The Experiment Modules for MSRR-2 and MSRR-3 will be designed with optimum flexibility to support on-orbit maintenance and change out of key components.

OBS

third materials science rack; MSRR-3: term and abbreviation officially approved by the International Space Station official approval Group (ISSOAG).

French

Domaine(s)
  • Stations orbitales
OBS

troisième bâti de recherche en sciences des matériaux; MSRR-3 : terme et abréviation uniformisés par le Groupe de travail de la terminologie de la Station spatiale internationale (GTTSSI).

Spanish

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Record 12 2003-05-01

English

Subject field(s)
  • Tunnels, Overpasses and Bridges
  • Underground Planning (Urban Studies)
CONT

Predicting surface settlements is one of the key tasks for engineers in building urban tunnels. This work analyzes the set of information gathered during the boring phase for the northern tunnel of the "Toulon underground crossing".... The article then focuses on : the northern tunnel site of the Toulon underground crossing, the two real-time prediction methods used to control tunnel construction from 1998 to 2000, and the conclusions drawn from the surface settlement analysis along the tunnel. The first set of conclusions from this study highlight the importance of the initial geomechanical state of the ground, which has been inherited from the tectonic history of the site. The tunnel crossing of the site has revealed these differences in initial state, which assume the form of a sequence of alternatively contracted and dilated zones, thereby producing uneven surface settlements.

OBS

Bulletin des laboratoires des Ponts et Chaussées, nº 237, mars-avril 2002, pp. 5-36.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Tunnels, viaducs et ponts
  • Aménagement souterrain (Urbanisme)
CONT

Permettre aux automobilistes de traverser le centre de Toulon dans de bonnes conditions de temps et de sécurité. - Désengorger le centre-ville de Toulon, réduire les nuisances en centre ville et faciliter les transports en commun. - Faciliter les déplacements dans Toulon et à la périphérie. Telle est la vocation de la traversée souterraine de Toulon, dont la première partie sera inaugurée samedi 6 juillet prochain [...] Cette liaison souterraine d'une longueur de 3 km permettra à terme de relier les deux autoroutes A 50 à l'Ouest et A 57 à l'Est, par deux tubes, chacun à sens unique.

CONT

[...] le Conseil municipal de Meyrin, sur proposition du Conseil administratif, a voté dans sa séance du 30 janvier 2001, l'ouverture d'un crédit de Fr. 10'000'000.-- représentant la participation communale à l'aménagement de la traversée souterraine de Meyrin-Village pour le trafic de transit.

CONT

Les autres champs de courses ou stades [...] verront leurs accès grandement facilités par les traversées souterraines, évitant ainsi les routes de banlieue désespérément encombrées.

Spanish

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Record 13 2002-09-27

English

Subject field(s)
  • Internet and Telematics
CONT

Welcome Pages are key to initial communication, identification and navigation on all GoC Web sites, and must therefore be designed to facilitate these functions. The standard single screen size ensures all necessary elements are viewable without scrolling and provides immediate access to the full content of any Welcome Page.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Internet et télématique
CONT

Les pages d'accueil jouent un rôle clé pour la communication initiale, l'identification et la navigation sur tous les sites Web du GC; il faut donc que leur conception facilite ces fonctions. La résolution unique et normalisée garantit que l'utilisateur pourra prendre connaissance immédiatement de tout le contenu de la page d'accueil sans avoir à la faire défiler.

OBS

Termes (et définitions tirés) du site de normalisation des sites Internet du Conseil du Trésor.

Spanish

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Record 14 2002-09-27

English

Subject field(s)
  • Internet and Telematics
CONT

Welcome Pages are key to initial communication, identification and navigation on all GoC Web sites, and must therefore be designed to facilitate these functions. The standard single screen size ensures all necessary elements are viewable without scrolling and provides immediate access to the full content of any Welcome Page.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Internet et télématique
CONT

Les pages d'accueil jouent un rôle clé pour la communication initiale, l'identification et la navigation sur tous les sites Web du GC; il faut donc que leur conception facilite ces fonctions. La résolution unique et normalisée garantit que l'utilisateur pourra prendre connaissance immédiatement de tout le contenu de la page d'accueil sans avoir à la faire défiler.

OBS

Termes (et définitions tirés) du site de normalisation des sites Internet du Conseil du Trésor.

Spanish

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Record 15 2002-06-04

English

Subject field(s)
  • Internet and Telematics
CONT

Every pair of users in the network is assigned exclusive bilateral master keys, and these in turn are responsible for generating a unique session key which renews independently the structure and the initial fill condition of the non-linear algorithm.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Internet et télématique
CONT

Une clé maîtresse bilatérale exclusive est affectée à chaque paire d'abonnés d'un même réseau.

Key term(s)
  • clef maîtresse bilatérale exclusive

Spanish

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Record 16 1995-02-21

English

Subject field(s)
  • Electronic Warfare
  • Intelligence (Military)
  • Encryption and Decryption
CONT

Every pair of users in the network is assigned exclusive bilateral master keys, and these in turn are responsible for generating a unique session key which renews independently the structure and the initial fill condition of the non-linear algorithm.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Guerre électronique
  • Renseignement (Militaire)
  • Chiffrage et déchiffrage
CONT

À son tour, cette clé génère à chaque conversation téléphonique une clé unique qui renouvelle la structure et l'état initial de l'algorithme non linéaire.

Spanish

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Record 17 1990-03-14

English

Subject field(s)
  • Handwriting Analysis and Cryptography
  • Criminology
CONT

the encipherment is started with a "priming key" (which is the entire key in our sense) and continued with the message or cryptogram.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Graphologie et cryptographie
  • Criminologie

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Record 18 1988-02-17

English

Subject field(s)
  • Signals (Military)
  • Telegraph Equipment
OBS

encipherment start with an initial key, after which the cipher itself serves as the key.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Transmissions de campagne (Militaire)
  • Appareils de télégraphie
OBS

On utilise le cryptogramme pour la formation de la clef après une clef de départ courte et déterminée une fois pour toutes.

Spanish

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