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Record 1 2022-05-05

English

Subject field(s)
  • IT Security
  • Wireless and Mobile Communications
CONT

Mobile device security refers to the measures designed to protect sensitive information stored on and transmitted by laptops, smartphones, tablets, wearables, and other portable devices. At the root of mobile device security is the goal of keeping unauthorized users from accessing the enterprise network.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Sécurité des TI
  • Communications sans fil et mobiles
CONT

La sécurité des appareils mobiles est la protection complète des données sur les appareils portables et le réseau connecté aux appareils. Les appareils portatifs dans un réseau incluent habituellement les téléphones intelligents, les tablettes et les ordinateurs personnels.

Spanish

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Record 2 2016-02-15

English

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

French

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

Spanish

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Record 3 2013-10-08

English

Subject field(s)
  • Wireless and Mobile Communications
  • Telephony and Microwave Technology
  • Internet and Telematics
DEF

A portable wireless electronic device that enables the user to send and receive information.

CONT

Access e-mail, along with your personal calendar, contacts, task lists, and more, all from your mobile wireless device.

OBS

Examples of mobile devices are smartphones and tablets.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Communications sans fil et mobiles
  • Téléphonie et techniques hyperfréquences
  • Internet et télématique
DEF

Appareil électronique sans fil portable qui permet à l'utilisateur d'envoyer et de recevoir de l'information.

OBS

Exemples : Ordiphones (téléphones intelligents) et tablettes.

Spanish

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Record 4 1980-01-10

English

Subject field(s)
  • Electronics
CONT

The DCR-II event recorder : A portable high-speed digital cassette system with direct computer access.(...) The DCR-II is a portable digital cassette system for recording single or simultaneous events. Information is entered via keyboards which are internally scanned every 10 msec for switch state changes(events). The device can accommodate up to 64 event channels(...). Beauchamp and Scobie(1973) designed a high-speed event recorder utilizing magnetic tape for silent and compact information storage, but systems of this sort are too large for use in the field.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Électronique
CONT

Les consignateurs d'événements de la série C. 1 024 permettent la surveillance permanente centralisée avec impression par ordre chronologique d'événements qui correspondent à des ouvertures ou à des fermetures de contacts électriques et qui s'inscrivent sur une imprimante en même temps que l'heure d'apparition.

Spanish

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