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OPTICAL CARD [11 records]

Record 1 2014-06-20

English

Subject field(s)
  • Official Documents
  • Surveillance and Formalities (Air Transport)
DEF

A passport suitable for machine reading... It may be established as a separate card or may form an integral part of a booklet in order to allow additional pages for visas and other endorsements. It must be legible both visually and by optical character recognition methods.

OBS

machine readable passport; MRP: terminology used by Citizenship and Immigration Canada.

OBS

machine readable passport: spelling used by the Passport Office of Canada.

OBS

machine-readable passport; MRP: term, abbreviation and definition officially approved by the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO).

PHR

Machine-readable passport blank, finished machine-readable passport.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Documents officiels
  • Contrôles et formalités (Transport aérien)
DEF

Passeport qui se prête à la lecture par machine [...] Il peut être établi sous forme de carte distincte ou peut faire partie intégrante d'un livret, ce qui permet d'utiliser les pages supplémentaires pour des visas et autres endossements. Il doit permettre aussi bien une lecture visuelle qu'une lecture par reconnaissance optique des caractères.

OBS

passeport lisible par machine : terme employé par Citoyenneté et Immigration Canada.

OBS

passport lisible à la machine : terme en usage au Bureau des passeports du Canada.

OBS

passeport lisible à la machine; MRP : terme, abréviation et définition uniformisés par l'Organisation de l'aviation civile internationale (OACI).

OBS

Passeport vierge, passeport lisible à la machine, MRP fini.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Documentos oficiales
  • Vigilancia y formalidades (Transporte aéreo)
DEF

Pasaporte que permite la lectura mecánica de sus datos [...] Puede consistir en una tarjeta separada o formar parte integrante de un pasaporte ordinario que contenga páginas adicionales destinadas a los visados y otras anotaciones. La lectura de sus datos debe ser posible visualmente, así como mediante los métodos de reconocimiento óptico de caracteres.

OBS

pasaporte de lectura mecánica; PLM: término, abreviatura y definición aceptados oficialmente por la Organización de Aviación Civil Internacional (OACI).

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Record 2 2013-10-18

English

Subject field(s)
  • Storage Media (Data Processing)
DEF

An object in or on which data can be recorded and from which data can be retrieved.

OBS

[Examples of data mediums] optical or magnetic tape, disk, optical or magnetic card.

OBS

data medium; storage medium: terms standardized by CSA International and ISO/IEC [International Electrotechnical Commission].

Key term(s)
  • data media
  • storage media

French

Domaine(s)
  • Supports d'information (Informatique)
DEF

Objet sur ou dans lequel il est possible d'enregistrer des données et duquel les données peuvent être extraites.

OBS

[Exemples de supports de données] : bande magnétique ou optique, disque, carte magnétique ou optique.

OBS

support de données; support d'information; support d'enregistrement : termes normalisés par la CSA International et l'ISO/CEI [Commission électrotechnique internationale].

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Medios de almacenamiento (Procesamiento de datos)
DEF

Material en o sobre el cual los datos pueden ser grabados y desde el cual los datos pueden ser recuperados.

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Record 3 2011-07-25

English

Subject field(s)
  • Corporate Security
  • Protection of Property
  • Protection of Life
  • Security Devices
DEF

an access control card having a specific pattern of punched holes that can be recognized by a compatible card reader using optical or mechanical means to interpret the card's code.

OBS

Compare with "Hollerith card".

French

Domaine(s)
  • Sécurité générale de l'entreprise
  • Sécurité des biens
  • Sécurité des personnes
  • Dispositifs de sécurité

Spanish

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Record 4 2007-12-10

English

Subject field(s)
  • National Bodies and Committees (Canadian)
  • Computer Hardware
OBS

At ACT Canada, we promote the awareness, understanding and use of all advanced card techniques across a wide range of applications. These technologies include : smart(contact, contactless and radiofrequency), optical, capacitive and emerging card technologies; as well as complimentary technologies such as biometrics. ACT Canada serves as an information highway, connecting interested parties, users and suppliers. We provide a forum for users to get answers to their questions, for suppliers to inform potential users of their products and services and for governments to get both technical and non-technical information.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Organismes et comités nationaux canadiens
  • Matériel informatique

Spanish

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Record 5 2006-01-24

English

Subject field(s)
  • Storage Media (Data Processing)
  • IT Security
DEF

A type of memory card with very large storage capacity which uses laser or holographic techniques to register informations.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Supports d'information (Informatique)
  • Sécurité des TI
DEF

Type de carte informatique à très grande capacité de stockage et dont les informations sont enregistrées au laser ou par holographie.

Spanish

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Record 6 2002-05-21

English

Subject field(s)
  • Computer Peripheral Equipment
  • Office Machinery
CONT

Most computer I/O equipment can be attached to a communication line or satellite. The input devices include paper-tape readers and punches, card readers and punches, magnetic card readers, badge readers, optical document readers...

French

Domaine(s)
  • Périphériques (Informatique)
  • Mécanographie
DEF

Dispositif capable de lire et de décoder des informations inscrites sous forme de perforations sur un ruban continu de papier ou de matière plastique.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Equipo periférico (Computadoras)
  • Máquinas de oficina
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Record 7 2001-05-07

English

Subject field(s)
  • National Bodies and Committees (Canadian)
  • Internet and Telematics
  • IT Security
OBS

Departments and agencies contemplating the use of other technologies for their employee technology cards, e. g., optical media, are encouraged to contact the TBITS Advanced Card Technology working group to ensure that government-wide implications are considered.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Organismes et comités nationaux canadiens
  • Internet et télématique
  • Sécurité des TI
OBS

Les ministères et organismes qui songent à utiliser d'autres technologies, comme un moyen optique pour les cartes d'identification de leurs employés, sont invités à communiquer avec le groupe de travail chargé de la NCTTI sur la carte d'identification multimodes afin de s'assurer que les répercussions à l'échelle gouvernementale d'une telle initiative ont été bien évaluées.

Spanish

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Record 8 1995-10-23

English

Subject field(s)
  • Marine and River Navigation Aids
DEF

A compass in which the image of the card is projected, by an optical system, as a whole or in part, on to a directly viewed screen.

OBS

Term and definition standardized by ISO.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Aides à la navigation fluviale et maritime
DEF

Compas dans lequel l'image de la rose est projetée par un système optique, en totalité ou en partie, sur un écran permettant la vision directe.

OBS

Terme et définition normalisés par l'ISO.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Ayuda a la navegación marítima y fluvial
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Record 9 1995-10-19

English

Subject field(s)
  • Security Devices
  • Corporate Security
  • Protection of Property
  • Protection of Life
CONT

These cards are coded by a geometric array of printed stripes that are spaced to represent coded data. This type of code is now found on most grocery items, which are automatically read by an optical reader.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Dispositifs de sécurité
  • Sécurité générale de l'entreprise
  • Sécurité des biens
  • Sécurité des personnes

Spanish

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Record 10 1995-08-23

English

Subject field(s)
  • Marine and River Navigation Aids
DEF

A magnetic compass with optical means to view the compass card or the part thereof that indicates the compass heading from a place below the compass position.

OBS

Term and definition standardized by ISO.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Aides à la navigation fluviale et maritime
DEF

Compas magnétique muni d'un système optique permettant de voir la rose ou la partie de celle-ci qui indique le cap depuis un emplacement situé en-dessous de la position du compas.

OBS

Terme et définition normalisés par l'ISO.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Ayuda a la navegación marítima y fluvial
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Record 11 1995-05-30

English

Subject field(s)
  • Performing Arts
CONT

Want to keep a close eye on how much time your kids spend in front of the television set? Look for a new device called TimeSlot, invented by three North Carolinians. By using what the inventors call an administrator card, which gives access to a control unit attached to the set's power cord, parents can program both the hours in which the television may be turned on and the amount of time their children may watch. Each child gets his or her own bar-coded card, which he or she inserts into the control unit when ready to watch TV. An optical scanner inside the book-sized device reads the card and triggers a clock to start counting down the time allotted the child. It shuts off the set when time runs out.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Arts du spectacle

Spanish

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