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MILITARY COMPUTER [9 records]

Record 1 2021-08-02

English

Subject field(s)
  • Organizations, Administrative Units and Committees
  • IT Security
OBS

The Institute for Security, Privacy, and Information Assurance(ISPIA) is a comprehensive research centre drawing on specialized expertise from across the University of Calgary in areas of computer science, engineering, mathematics, business, law, law enforcement, military studies and health.

OBS

The University of Calgary’s cyber and information security centre.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Organismes, unités administratives et comités
  • Sécurité des TI
OBS

Le centre de cybersécurité et de sécurité des renseignements à l'Université de Calgary.

Spanish

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Record 2 2015-09-30

English

Subject field(s)
  • Encryption and Decryption
  • Data Transmission
  • IT Security
  • Electronic Systems
CONT

Cipher devices or machines have commonly been used to encipher and decipher messages. The first cipher device appears to have been employed by the ancient Greeks around 400 BC for secret communications between military commanders.... Advances in radio communications and electromechanical technology in the 1920s brought about a revolution in cryptodevices--the development of the rotor cipher machine.... Since the early 1970s, cryptologists have adapted major developments in microcircuitry and computer technology to create new, highly sophisticated forms of cryptodevices and cryptosystems....

Key term(s)
  • crypto device

French

Domaine(s)
  • Chiffrage et déchiffrage
  • Transmission de données
  • Sécurité des TI
  • Ensembles électroniques
DEF

Instrument, appareil ou machine permettant de procéder aux opérations de chiffrement et de déchiffrement des informations.

OBS

cryptographe : s'emploie surtout en parlant d'une machine; le terme désigne aussi la personne chargée des opérations de chiffrement.

Spanish

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Record 3 2015-03-12

English

Subject field(s)
  • Statistical Graphs and Diagrams
  • Meteorological Forecasting, Data Measurement and Analysis
DEF

A board upon which the horizontal trajectory of a pilot-balloon is plotted and the wind speeds and directions determined.

OBS

Pilot Balloon-Meteorological Plotting Board. Observations of a pilot balloon ascent, made by a theodolite are solved for wind speed and direction by graphical means using a plotting board. This method was used in the United States military and civilian weather services until the wide spread adoption of computer programs for solving the sightings. This board is used with a standard slide rule as opposed to the U. K. Met. Office Pilot Balloon Slide Rule.

Key term(s)
  • pilot balloon meteorological plotting board
  • pilot-balloon plotting board
  • pilot-balloon meteorological plotting board
  • pibal plotting board

French

Domaine(s)
  • Diagrammes et graphiques (Statistique)
  • Prévisions météorologiques et mesure et analyse des données
DEF

Graphique sur lequel on reporte la trajectoire horizontale d'un ballon-pilote et on détermine les directions et les vitesses du vent.

Spanish

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Record 4 2014-08-07

English

Subject field(s)
  • Programming Languages
DEF

A high-level language, developed by the U. S. Department of Defense, designed to establish a common language for all of its military computer projects.

OBS

The most ... revolutionary aspect of the language is its ability to recognize English-like words for easy use.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Langages de programmation
DEF

Langage de programmation évolué permettant le traitement numérique, le contrôle des temps d'exécution et la gestion d'activités parallèles.

Spanish

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Record 5 2007-10-18

English

Subject field(s)
  • Computers and Calculators
  • Military Communications
Key term(s)
  • defence computer

French

Domaine(s)
  • Ordinateurs et calculateurs
  • Transmissions militaires

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Computadoras y calculadoras
  • Comunicaciones militares
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Record 6 1999-07-28

English

Subject field(s)
  • Occupation Names (General)
  • IT Security
CONT

The cipher expert analyzes secret coding systems and decodes messages for military, diplomatic or law-enforcement agencies : Examines secret messages for characteristics that reveal coding system employed in message. Analyzes message, using formulas, code books, chemicals, computer technology, mechanical devices, and knowledge of commonly-used coding keys.

Key term(s)
  • computer cracker
  • cracker
  • code cracker

French

Domaine(s)
  • Désignations des emplois (Généralités)
  • Sécurité des TI
CONT

Le cryptographe analyse des systèmes de codes secrets et déchiffre des messages pour des organismes militaires, diplomatiques ou policiers. Étudie des messages secrets pour y déceler les caractéristiques qui révèlent le code utilisé dans le message. Analyse un message en utilisant des formules, des livres de codes, des produits chimiques, la technique des ordinateurs, des appareils mécaniques et sa connaissance des clefs des codes d'usage courant.

Spanish

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Record 7 1988-07-21

English

Subject field(s)
  • Computers and Calculators

French

Domaine(s)
  • Ordinateurs et calculateurs

Spanish

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Record 8 1987-07-24

English

Subject field(s)
  • Field Artillery
CONT

Development of the battery-level Military Portable Artillery Computer(MiliPAC) has been completed and the equipment is under evaluation(...)

French

Domaine(s)
  • Artillerie de campagne
DEF

Calculateur d'artillerie portatif.

OBS

Le MiliPAC est analogue au système français ATILA (Automatisation des tirs et liaisons d'artillerie). Voir EXARM-6-3, 1977, page 204.

OBS

Terme et définition uniformisés par le Sous-Comité de terminologie française du Conseil de doctrine et de tactique de l'armée de terre.

Spanish

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Record 9 1982-12-08

English

Subject field(s)
  • Aeroindustry
CONT

Ferranti is in the navigation computer field with the autoplan/PODS which allows military crews to insert digitized flight plan data rapidly into an airborne navigation system before take-off. Sea Harrier has the Ferranti NAVHARS navigation heading and attitude reference system.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Constructions aéronautiques
CONT

Dans le domaine des calculateurs de navigation pour aéronefs militaires, Ferranti a mis au point l'Autoplan/PODS, lequel permet au pilote d'introduire rapidement des données de plan de vol dans le système de navigation avant le décollage. Enfin, la firme produit la centrale de cap et de verticale NAVHARS pour le Sea Harrier.

Spanish

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