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POP-UP LIST [2 records]

Record 1 2011-03-23

English

Subject field(s)
  • Computer Display Technology
DEF

A menu that emerges in an upward direction from a particular point or line on a display screen; for example, a secondary list of options that appears when the user selects an item in a menu.

CONT

For example, in a window that displays a list of diseases, the user can select the name of a disease using the left button. A pop-up menu is displayed that allows a user to get more information in another window... Only those items that are currently relevant appear in the pop-up menu.

Key term(s)
  • pop up menu

French

Domaine(s)
  • Techniques d'affichage (Ordinateurs)
DEF

Menu déroulant qui apparaît à l'écran selon la zone ou l'objet à sélection sur lesquels l'utilisateur entend avoir une action.

OBS

«Menu incrusté» a été formé sur le modèle de pop-up window (incrusté), trouvé dans Terminologie, volume 14, numéro 1, page 654.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Técnicas de visualización (Computadoras)
DEF

En la pantalla de visualización de una computadora (ordenador) personal, es un menú que emerge en una dirección hacia arriba desde un punto o línea determinados en la pantalla de visualización; por ejemplo, una lista secundaria de opciones que aparece cuando el usuario escoge un renglón en un menú.

Key term(s)
  • menú directo
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Record 2 2004-07-15

English

Subject field(s)
  • Information Processing (Informatics)
  • Data Transmission
  • Air Transport
DEF

A list that is constructed and maintained so that the next data element to be retrieved is the one stored first.

OBS

In a list of items, an item is entered at the end of the list and all other items remain in the same relative position as contrasted with push down list.

OBS

This method is characterized as "first-in-first out" (FIFO).

OBS

queue; pushup list: terms standardized by ISO and CSA.

OBS

FIFO queue; first-in-first-out queue: terms officially approved by the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO).

Key term(s)
  • push up
  • first in first out queue

French

Domaine(s)
  • Traitement de l'information (Informatique)
  • Transmission de données
  • Transport aérien
DEF

Liste construite et gérée de façon que le premier élément de donnée à extraire soit celui qui a été enregistré en premier.

OBS

Cette organisation est caractérisée par la formule «premier entré premier sorti» (FIFO).

OBS

file d'attente; liste directe : termes normalisés par l'ISO et la CSA.

OBS

file d'attente FIFO; file d'attente premier entré, premier sorti : termes uniformisés par l'Organisation de l'aviation civile internationale (OACI).

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Tratamiento de la información (Informática)
  • Transmisión de datos
  • Transporte aéreo
DEF

Lista de elementos en la que cada elemento es insertado al final de la lista y los otros elementos mantienen su misma posición relativa en la lista.

OBS

cola primero en entrar, primero en salir; cola FIFO : términos aceptados oficialmente por la Organización de Aviación Civil Internacional (OACI).

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