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INITIAL VERIFICATION [6 records]

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Alphabetical list of terms

Record 1 2013-03-01

English

Subject field(s)
  • Titles of International Programs
  • Safety (Water Transport)
  • Regulations (Water Transport)
  • Coast Guard
Key term(s)
  • Joint Initial Verification Programme

French

Domaine(s)
  • Titres de programmes internationaux
  • Sécurité (Transport par eau)
  • Réglementation (Transport par eau)
  • Garde côtière

Spanish

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Record 2 2003-10-22

English

Subject field(s)
  • Orbital Stations
CONT

The Rack Level Test Facility is the formal verification tool used for the functional and operational testing of internal payloads. The Rack Level Test Facility will however, be modified to also allow the verification of external payloads and centre-aisle payloads, but this capability does not currently exist. This verification is carried out before installation into the Columbus Laboratory(for the initial internal payload complement), or prior to shipment to the Kennedy Space Centre for installation into the Multi Purpose Logistics Module, for transportation to the ISS.

OBS

rack level test facility; RLTF: term and abbreviation officially approved by the International Space Station official approval Group (ISSOAG).

French

Domaine(s)
  • Stations orbitales
OBS

système d'essai niveau bâtis; RLTF : terme et abréviation uniformisés par le Groupe de travail de la terminologie de la Station spatiale internationale (GTTSSI).

Spanish

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Record 3 1998-10-28

English

Subject field(s)
  • Metrology and Units of Measure
  • Measuring Instruments
DEF

A subsequent verification of a measuring instrument for which the full examination of the instrument, as for initial verification, is required.

OBS

In general, verification after repair of the instrument is a complete verification.

OBS

Activity of the Service of Legal Metrology.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Unités de mesure et métrologie
  • Appareils de mesure
DEF

Vérification ultérieure d'un instrument de mesurage pour laquelle on exige un examen complet de l'instrument, comme lors de la vérification primitive.

OBS

En général, la vérification après réparation de l'instrument est une vérification complète.

OBS

Activité du Service de métrologie légale.

OBS

vérification complète : recommandation internationale de la Troisième Conférence Internationale de Métrologie Légale, 1968.

Spanish

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Record 4 1998-10-28

English

Subject field(s)
  • Metrology and Units of Measure
  • Measuring Instruments
DEF

Any verification of a measuring instrument which follows the initial verification : mandatory periodic verification, verification after repair, or verification made before the expiry of the period of validity of the periodical verification made either : at the request of the user, or because for some reason the stamp is no longer valid for the remainder of this period of validity.

OBS

Activity of the Service of Legal Metrology.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Unités de mesure et métrologie
  • Appareils de mesure
DEF

Toute vérification d'un instrument de mesurage qui suit la vérification primitive : vérification périodique réglementaire, vérification après réparation, ou vérification avant l'expiration de la période de validité de la vérification périodique effectuée soit : à la demande de l'usager, parce que la marque de poinçonnage, pour n'importe quelle cause, n'est plus valable pour le restant de cette période de validité.

OBS

Activité du Service de métrologie légale.

OBS

vérification ultérieure : recommandation internationale de la Troisième Conférence Internationale de Métrologie Légale, 1968.

Spanish

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Record 5 1998-10-22

English

Subject field(s)
  • Metrology and Units of Measure
  • Measuring Instruments
DEF

The verification of a new measuring instrument which has not been verified previously.

OBS

Activity of the Service of Legal Metrology.

CONT

Maximum permissable errors on initial verification specified in verification scale intervals for increasing and decreasing loads, between 0 and Max, which are themselves expressed in verification scale intervals.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Unités de mesure et métrologie
  • Appareils de mesure
DEF

Vérification d'un instrument de mesurage neuf qui n'a pas encore été vérifié auparavant.

OBS

Activité du Service de métrologie légale.

CONT

Erreurs maximales tolérées en vérification primitive fixées en échelons de vérification pour les charges croissantes et décroissantes entre 0 et Max, elles-mêmes exprimées en échelons de vérification.

OBS

vérification primitive : recommandation internationale de la Troisième Conférence Internationale de Métrologie Légale, 1968.

Spanish

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Record 6 1985-04-24

English

Subject field(s)
  • Computer Programs and Programming
DEF

A computer program used to simulate the execution characteristics of a target computer using a sequence of instructions of a host computer. The instruction simulator provides bit-for-bit fidelity with the results that would be produced by the target computer following the same operations and initial conditions. Instruction simulators are a major tool used in the verification and validation of flight software.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Programmes et programmation (Informatique)

Spanish

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