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Record 1 2005-06-27

English

Subject field(s)
  • Farm Implements and Gardening Tools
  • General Hardware
  • Property Upkeeping

French

Domaine(s)
  • Outillage agricole et horticole
  • Quincaillerie générale
  • Travaux d'entretien de la propriété
OBS

On écrirait mieux «charriot».

OBS

charriot : Cette graphie, puisée des Rectifications de l'orthographe recommandées par le Conseil supérieur de la langue française, est attestée dans le Petit Robert (2004).

Spanish

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Record 2 2002-12-11

English

Subject field(s)
  • Orbital Stations
CONT

The TERA [Temporary Equipment Restraint Aid] is equipped with a grapple fixture which allows for interfacing with the station(and shuttle) RMS [Remote Manipulator System] and which provides a restraint for a single ORU [Orbital Replaceable Unit] and its supporting cargo subcarrier. The TERA serves as well as a mounting location for the APRF [Articulating Portable Foot Restraint]. A second ORU can be stored temporarily on the TERA by using a ball stack or an ORU tether installed on the side-mounted EVA [Extra-Vehicular Activity] changeout mechanism socket. The TERA also includes an equipment tether reel with 12-foot retractable tether, a stowage bracket for a safety tether, and a load-alleviating assembly.

CONT

The [Workable Work Platform] includes components such as an articulating portable foot restraint (APFR), a tool stanchion, and a temporary equipment restraint aid (TERA).

OBS

temporary equipment restraint aid; TERA: term and abbreviation officially approved by the International Space Station official approval Group (ISSOAG).

French

Domaine(s)
  • Stations orbitales
OBS

dispositif de fixation d'équipement de rechange; TERA : terme et abréviation uniformisés par le Groupe de travail de la terminologie de la Station spatiale internationale (GTTSSI).

Spanish

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Record 3 1999-05-10

English

Subject field(s)
  • Fire-Fighting and Rescue Equipment
DEF

Small spool of connected lengths of small diameter delivery hose capable of being rapidly laid out manually.

OBS

Term and definition standardized by ISO.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Matériel de secours et de lutte (incendies)
DEF

Dévidoir portable : Petit rouleau de tuyaux de refoulement de faible diamètre capables d'être déroulés rapidement.

OBS

[Dévidoir] dorsal en général.

OBS

Dévidoir portable : Terme et définition normalisés par l'ISO.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Equipo de salvamento y lucha contra incendios
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Record 4 1998-06-03

English

Subject field(s)
  • Informatics
DEF

Occasionally used to mean a DECtape, as opposed to a MACROTAPE. A DECtape is a small reel about four inches in diameter of magnetic tape about an inch wide. Unlike those for today's macrotapes, microtape drivers allowed random access to the data. In their heyday they were used in pretty much same way one would now use a floppy disk : as a small, portable way to save and transport files and programs. Apparently the term microtape was actually the official term used within DEC for these tapes until someone coined the word "DECtape, "which of course sounded sexier to the marketroids...

French

Domaine(s)
  • Informatique
DEF

Désigne une DECtape [=une bande magnétique de DEC] par opposition à une macrotape. Une DEC tape est une petite bobine d'environ 10 centimètres de diamètre contenant une bande magnétique d'environ un pouce. Contrairement aux pilotes logiciels disponibles sur les macrotapes d'aujourd'hui, les pilotes de micro-bandes permettaient l'accès direct aux données [...]. À leur sommet, elles étaient utilisées comme les disquettes d'aujourd'hui pour transporter et sauvegarder commodément les fichiers et les programmes.

Spanish

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