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Record 1 2026-01-08

English

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

The uniform-cost algorithm for the minimum-cost path problem computes a solution as follows : A list of currently "open" nodes is initialized to contain only the start node. Its distance from the start node is recorded as 0, and a backpointer associated with it is recorded as null.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Mathématiques informatiques
  • Intelligence artificielle
  • Programmes et programmation (Informatique)

Spanish

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Record 2 2025-02-27

English

Subject field(s)
  • Types of Motor Vehicles and Bicycles
CONT

An electric unicycle(often initialized as EUC...) is a self-balancing personal transporter with a single wheel. The rider controls speed by leaning forwards or backwards, and steers by twisting or tilting the unit side to side. The self-balancing mechanism uses accelerometers and gyroscopes.

Key term(s)
  • gyro wheel
  • solowheel

French

Domaine(s)
  • Sortes de véhicules automobiles et de bicyclettes
DEF

Engin léger de déplacement personnel à moteur électrique, qui est constitué d'une roue autostabilisée par effet gyroscopique et placée entre deux repose-pieds escamotables sur lesquels l'utilisateur se tient debout, et qui se pilote par des mouvements du corps.

OBS

gyroroue : désignation et définition publiées au Journal officiel de la République française le 8 juin 2021.

Spanish

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Record 3 2013-02-20

English

Subject field(s)
  • Modelling (Mathematics)
  • Climatology
OBS

VICBAR stands for Vic Ooyama's barotropic model. The model is initialized with deep layer mean winds and geopotential heights from a mass-weighted average of the 850, 700, 500, 400, 300 and 200 mb levels. Analyses are produced on three nested grids :(1) a fixed synoptic domain 27. 5 S to 67. 5 N, 10 E to 140 W;(2) a storm environment 50 degree latitude-longitude box centered on the current storm location; and(3) a vortex domain circle of 7. 4 degree(about 800 km) radius centered on the current storm location.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Modélisation (Mathématique)
  • Climatologie

Spanish

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Record 4 2011-10-26

English

Subject field(s)
  • Television (Radioelectricity)
OBS

initialize (verb): to prepare for use; to prepare a system for operation.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Télévision (Radioélectricité)
CONT

Si vous habitez dans une région initialisée, c'est-à-dire équipée des récepteurs nécessaires, vous devez recevoir La Cinq et M6. Les deux chaînes viennent de publier une carte de France des zones de couverture.

OBS

L'emploi de cet adjectif, avec ce sens, est un anglicisme abusif.

Spanish

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Record 5 - external organization data 2009-08-04

English

Subject field(s)
  • Compartment - ISO/IEC JTC 1 Information Technology Vocabulary
Universal entry(ies)
05.02.67 (19762)
ISO/IEC standard entry number
DEF

communication initialized by a tag upon entering an interrogation field

OBS

The tag is the master, the interrogator the slave. If a communication is established the interrogator can also operate as the master.

OBS

tag talks first; TTF: term, abbreviation and definition standardized by ISO/IEC [ISO/IEC 19762-3:2008].

French

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Record 6 2009-04-24

English

Subject field(s)
  • Radio Transmission and Reception
  • Remote Sensing
DEF

[A system in which] the communication [is] initialized by a tag upon entering an interrogation field.

CONT

When a tag using a TTF protocol enters the reader’s power zone it begins broadcasting a short random number, and continues until it receives acknowledgment from the reader. If several tags broadcast at the same time, each waits a random interval before rebroadcasting. That process enables the reader to identify all the tags in its zone.

OBS

The tag is the master, the interrogator the slave. If a communication is established the interrogator can also operate as the master.

OBS

tag talks first; TTF: term, abbreviation and definition standardized by ISO/IEC [International Electrotechnical Commission].

Key term(s)
  • tag-talks-first protocol

French

Domaine(s)
  • Émission et réception radio
  • Télédétection
DEF

Protocole selon lequel la communication est initiée par une étiquette au moment où elle pénètre dans une zone d'interrogation.

OBS

L'étiquette est le maître et l'interrogateur est l'esclave. Si une communication est établie, l'interrogateur peut également agir à titre de maître.

Spanish

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Record 7 2007-08-16

English

Subject field(s)
  • Internet and Telematics
  • Computer Graphics
DEF

A coded representation of a finite, independent, self-defining entity that can be manipulated as a whole by applications and interchanged as one unit.

OBS

Examples : A menu, a character input in a dialog box, text to be initialized...

French

Domaine(s)
  • Internet et télématique
  • Infographie
DEF

Représentation codée d'une entité finie, indépendante, auto-définie, qui peut être manipulée comme un tout par des applications et échangée comme une seule unité.

OBS

Exemples : Un menu, une saisie de caractères dans une boîte de dialogue, du texte à initialiser.

Spanish

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Record 8 2004-09-23

English

Subject field(s)
  • Computer Memories
DEF

A type of dynamic RAM [random access memory] that keeps data available for the CPU while the next memory access is being initialized, resulting in increased speed.

Key term(s)
  • EDO RAM
  • EDO-RAM

French

Domaine(s)
  • Mémoires (Informatique)
Key term(s)
  • EDO RAM
  • EDO-RAM

Spanish

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Record 9 2004-01-30

English

Subject field(s)
  • Meteorological Forecasting, Data Measurement and Analysis
  • Cartography
DEF

The chart itself. [e.g.: Map showing the graphical representation of cloud data.]

CONT

In the near future, the cloud model should be initialized with data through the use of real-time, high-resolution nephanalyses(cloud maps) and hourly rain gauge data over the U. S.

CONT

The cloud map depicts a generic global cloud cover composited from several weather satellite images.

OBS

nephanalysis (1945) [also means]: The analysis of the clouds and related phenomena over a large area of the earth on a chart used especially in weather forecasting ...

OBS

... nephel- or nepho- ... Both prefixes are Greek derivatives of the Indo-European root nebh- ("cloud").

French

Domaine(s)
  • Prévisions météorologiques et mesure et analyse des données
  • Cartographie
DEF

Cartes des systèmes nuageux obtenues à partir des photos de la couverture nuageuse du globe, prises par des satellites météorologiques.

Spanish

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Record 10 2004-01-30

English

Subject field(s)
  • Meteorological Forecasting, Data Measurement and Analysis
  • Cartography
DEF

The chart itself. [e.g.: Map showing the graphical representation of cloud data.]

CONT

In the near future, the cloud model should be initialized with data through the use of real-time, high-resolution nephanalyses(cloud maps) and hourly rain gauge data over the U. S.

CONT

The cloud map depicts a generic global cloud cover composited from several weather satellite images.

OBS

nephanalysis ... (1945) [is also:] the analysis of the clouds and related phenomena over a large area of the earth on a chart used especially in weather forecasting ...

OBS

... nephel- or nepho- ... Both prefixes are Greek derivatives of the Indo-European root nebh- ("cloud").

French

Domaine(s)
  • Prévisions météorologiques et mesure et analyse des données
  • Cartographie
DEF

Cartes des systèmes nuageux obtenues à partir des photos de la couverture nuageuse du globe, prises par des satellites météorologiques.

Spanish

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Record 11 2002-07-10

English

Subject field(s)
  • Computer Graphics
  • Photography
  • Computer Memories
CONT

indexed color image : An image where each pixel value is used as an index to a palette for interpretation before it can be displayed. Such images must, therefore, contain a palette which has been initialized specifically for a given image. The pixel values are usually 8-bit and the palette 24-bit(8-red, 8-green, and 8-blue).

French

Domaine(s)
  • Infographie
  • Photographie
  • Mémoires (Informatique)
DEF

Couleur stockée sous forme d'index dans une table des couleurs où chacune est rangée suivant un ordre fixe.

OBS

Le mode 256 couleurs est de ce type.

Spanish

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Record 12 2002-07-10

English

Subject field(s)
  • Computer Graphics
  • Photography
  • Computer Memories
DEF

An image where each pixel value is used as an index to a palette for interpretation before it can be displayed.

OBS

Such images must, therefore, contain a palette which has been initialized specifically for a given image. The pixel values are usually 8-bit and the palette 24-bit(8-red, 8-green, and 8-blue).

French

Domaine(s)
  • Infographie
  • Photographie
  • Mémoires (Informatique)
DEF

[...] images de 256 teintes, dont les valeurs RVB [rouge, vert, bleu] sont codées dans une palette.

OBS

On code les 256 couleurs et on a un chiffre qui représente cette valeur. On a ces valeurs dans le fichier image. [...] Les formats de couleurs indexées son principalement les Gif et Bmp.

Spanish

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Record 13 2002-02-15

English

Subject field(s)
  • Electronic Publishing
  • Computer Graphics
DEF

A printer font(not a graphics font) that is stored on a disk and sent to the printer when needed, or when the printer is initialized.

CONT

A third method of storing fonts is on floppy or hard disks in the computer. These are called soft fonts.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Éditique
  • Infographie
OBS

Comparer à police d'imprimante, police d'écran et police téléchargeable.

CONT

Il se peut que vous ayez changé d'imprimante, copié le document sur un autre ordinateur ne possédant pas les polices logicielles particulières utilisés dans le document d'origine. Dans un tel cas, Word lui substitue une police identique disponible pour afficher et pour imprimer le document [Guide de l'utilisateur Microsoft Word 6.0, 1994, p. 139].

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Publicación electrónica
  • Gráficos de computadora
DEF

Tipo (fuente) de familias de caracteres que viene en programas especiales y que puede cargarse en la computadora (ordenador) en el momento de usarse y que produce el tipo de caracteres deseado, siempre y cuando la impresora esté capacitada para imprimirlo.

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Record 14 2001-03-17

English

Subject field(s)
  • Aircraft Piloting and Navigation
DEF

An altitude track newly initialized.

OBS

new track: term and definition officially approved by the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO).

French

Domaine(s)
  • Pilotage et navigation aérienne
DEF

Piste de données d'altitude qui vient d'être produite.

OBS

piste nouvelle : terme et définition uniformisés par l'Organisation de l'aviation civile internationale (OACI).

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Pilotaje y navegación aérea
DEF

Rastro de altitud recientemente iniciado.

OBS

rastro con nueva altitud: término y definición aceptados oficialmente por la Organización de Aviación Civil Internacional (OACI).

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Record 15 2001-02-28

English

Subject field(s)
  • Informatics
CONT

Notice in the drawing routines, especially the arc routines, that familiarity with how the arc routine works is important. In the first arc statement, the command arc is executed and the first point is entered. The center option is chosen before the second point is entered. At this point, you should be able to decipher what is happening in the first nine statements of this function. Next, the arc number value is initialized and set. This value counts how many times you run through this routine. Each time you run through the routine, you create one first arc. The next statement calculates the arc length by calculating the distance between the start and end points of the first arc. Now that you have the arc number and the length of the arcs, you can calculate the overall length of the insulation. Notice the last statement of the routine. That is precisely what happens. In the while loop, the variable total is compared to the wall length. If the total variable is less than the wall length variable, the routine will be run again. Otherwise, the routine is ended.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Informatique
OBS

Le calcul des arcs, anneaux et tubes circulaires.

Spanish

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Record 16 1996-09-06

English

Subject field(s)
  • Radiotelephony
CONT

When the CTA system is powered up, reset or initialized, the CFP [cordless fixed part] shall monitor every CSC it has access to,... and select a free CSC [common signalling channel] upon which to establish a signalling stream.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Radiotéléphonie
CONT

Quand le système CTA est mis sous tension, initialisé ou réinitialisé, le CFP [élément fixe sans cordon] doit contrôler chaque CSC [voie de signalisation commune] à laquelle il a accès [...] et sélectionner une CSC libre pour fin d'établissement d'une chaîne de signalisation.

Spanish

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Record 17 1992-11-12

English

Subject field(s)
  • Programming Languages

French

Domaine(s)
  • Langages de programmation

Spanish

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Record 18 1989-12-19

English

Subject field(s)
  • Software
DEF

A Zenith Data Systems term for BIOS program(firmware) which have been loaded into faster RAM memory when the system is first initialized.

DEF

A Zenith technique that loads ROM into fast RAM to increase performance.

CONT

A slushware feature offered on both machines increases performance by copying the ROM basic input output system (B10S) when the system books up from slow 8-bit read-only memory to fast 16-bit memory, officials said.

CONT

Zenith’s engineers pulled out all the stops to wring performance from its flagship model, the Zenith Z-386/25. This is a zero-wait-stake, 25 MHz machine with 64 K of 25. nanosecond cache memory and Zenith’s oddly named Slushware, which automatically shadows video and ROM BIOS into faster system RAM.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Logiciels
DEF

Nom donné à une logique câblée de Zénith, située en mémoire vive, et qui donne plus de souplesse et de rapidité aux logiques en mémoire morte.

Spanish

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Record 19 1988-05-09

English

Subject field(s)
  • Programming Languages

French

Domaine(s)
  • Langages de programmation

Spanish

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Record 20 1985-11-12

English

Subject field(s)
  • Software
DEF

A facility used to specify that a VSE/POWER system is to be started automatically when it is initialized.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Logiciels

Spanish

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