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PORT BUS [6 records]

Record 1 2024-11-01

English

Subject field(s)
  • IT Security
CONT

This kind of stealth cyberattack, called "juice jacking, "happens when criminals alter a charging kiosk with the intent to steal data. When unsuspecting travelers plug into the USB [universal serial bus] port, malware is uploaded to devices, where it remains for potentially a very long time, putting passwords, credit card information, addresses, names, and other data at risk.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Sécurité des TI
DEF

Attaque informatique qui consiste à utiliser une borne de recharge, un câble de recharge ou encore un bloc d'alimentation qui a été trafiqué afin d'accéder frauduleusement au contenu des appareils électroniques qui y sont branchés.

OBS

attaque à la recharge : désignation et définition proposées par l'Office québécois de la langue française (OQLF) en 2023.

Spanish

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Record 2 2021-12-31

English

Subject field(s)
  • Computer Peripheral Equipment
  • Internet and Telematics
  • Wireless and Mobile Communications
CONT

A Bluetooth keyboard frees you from the constraints of wires. It connects wirelessly to a Bluetooth receiver that plugs into your computer's USB [Universal Serial Bus] port, so you can type comfortably [without] wires.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Périphériques (Informatique)
  • Internet et télématique
  • Communications sans fil et mobiles
CONT

Un clavier Bluetooth est un clavier sans fil fonctionnant avec ou sans [un] adaptateur Bluetooth, selon l'ancienneté de l'ordinateur.

Spanish

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Record 3 2012-02-17

English

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

An external hard drive is an excellent way to back up files on a computer, or to add more space to a computer. It is easy to use even for people who are not familiar with computer hardware, because it generally just connects to the computer through a USB [universal serial bus] port, and is ready to use without any hardware or software installation necessary.

French

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

Si vous réinstallez Windows XP sur un seul ordinateur, ou si vous ne pouvez pas exécuter simultanément votre ancien et votre nouvel ordinateur, vous pouvez utiliser [l'outil] pour stocker vos informations sur un lecteur de disque dur externe, ou sur un dossier partagé de votre réseau domestique. Le processus tout entier prendra une heure environ.

Spanish

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Record 4 2004-08-23

English

Subject field(s)
  • Computer Peripheral Equipment
DEF

[A] port that enables data to be transferred directly from a PC Card to a VGA [video graphics array] controller.

OBS

The port is actually a connection to a zoomed video bus. This new bus was designed by the PCMCIA [Personal Computer Memory Card International Association] to enable notebook computers to connect to real-time multimedia devices such as video cameras. The first notebook computers with the ZV port arrived in late 1986.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Périphériques (Informatique)
DEF

Port pour PC accueillant une carte qui permet d'agrandir une partie de l'image lorsqu'on visionne une vidéo à l'écran.

Spanish

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Record 5 2003-05-06

English

Subject field(s)
  • Road Transport
  • City of the Future (Urban Studies)
  • Underground Planning (Urban Studies)
  • Waste Management
CONT

A secret Port Authority plan for Ground Zero envisions a controversial transit concourse cutting through the North Tower footprint... The design has been shown to several stakeholders, including twin towers leaseholder Larry Silverstein-who sources said was furious because it calls for a major truck and bus service road beneath Greenwich St. Silverstein modified the plans for a new building at 7 World Trade Center to allow Greenwich to run through the site. The PA has since dropped the underground service road idea.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Transport routier
  • Urbanisme futuriste
  • Aménagement souterrain (Urbanisme)
  • Gestion des déchets
CONT

Urbanisme souterrain. [...] Enlèvement des ordures. L'idéal pour une ville, serait l'évacuation des ordures et déblais par la voie souterraine. Des points de chute des ordures seraient reliés à la voie souterraine de desserte, laquelle serait parcourue par de petites bennes électriques (souplesse de cheminement, adaptation facile aux changements de parcours).

Spanish

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Record 6 1986-09-15

English

Subject field(s)
  • Ship and Boat Parts

French

Domaine(s)
  • Parties des bateaux

Spanish

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