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PORTABLE WORKSTATION [5 records]

Record 1 2012-01-30

English

Subject field(s)
  • Electronic Devices
  • Internet and Telematics
DEF

A RS-232C cable that is used to connect two personal computers together that are in close proximity [without using a modem].

OBS

Connects the serial ports of each computer by crossing connections, so that the transmitting cable at one end is the receiving cable at the other. Used mainly to transfer workstation files to a portable computer, move or copy data from one computer to another, or to transfer all data from an old to a new computer.

OBS

null modem cable: term reproduced from the CAPITAL Business Dictionary with the permission of LID Editorial Empresarial.

Key term(s)
  • null cable

French

Domaine(s)
  • Dispositifs électroniques
  • Internet et télématique
DEF

Câble qui s'utilise pour connecter directement deux ordinateurs placés l'un près de l'autre, et dont le modem est donc superflu.

OBS

Ce genre de câble connecte les ports de série de chaque ordinateur en échangeant les connexions de façon à ce que le fil transmetteur de l'un soit le fil récepteur de l'autre. Il sert au transfert de fichiers d'un ordinateur sur table à un portable, à changer ou copier des données d'un ordinateur à l'autre, ou à passer toute l'information d'un ordinateur ancien à un nouveau.

OBS

câble de modem nul : terme et définition extraits du CAPITAL Business Dictionary et reproduits avec l'autorisation de LID Editorial Empresarial.

OBS

câble de liaison directe : terme proposé par un traducteur spécialiste de la section technique centrale.

Key term(s)
  • câble de liaison dans modem

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Dispositivos electrónicos
  • Internet y telemática
DEF

Cable que se utiliza para conectar directamente dos ordenadores sin necesidad de un módem dada su proximidad.

OBS

Este tipo de cable conecta los puertos serie de cada ordenador cruzando las conexiones, de manera que el alambre transmisor en un extremo es el alambre receptor en el otro. Se utiliza principalmente para la transferencia de ficheros de un ordenador de sobremesa a un portátil, para mover o copiar datos de un ordenador a otro o para traspasar toda la información de un ordenador antiguo a uno nuevo.

OBS

cable de módem nulo: término y definición extraídos del CAPITAL Business Dictionary con la autorización de LID Editorial Empresarial.

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Record 2 2004-06-07

English

Subject field(s)
  • Orbital Stations
OBS

After the Shuttle leaves the Space Station, the crew will continue installing the Human Research Facility connecting umbilicals and other equipment to link it to systems in the Destiny laboratory. This floor-to-ceiling rack is about the size of a large phone booth and supports a variety of experiments dedicated to studying how space flight affects human physiology.... This rack houses a computer workstation and a portable laptop computer for crew members to command and test equipment, collect and store experiment data, and send data to and from scientists on Earth. The crew will use this rack to store and send data from the suite of radiation monitors that will be characterizing the radiation environment onboard the Space Station...

OBS

HRF Rack 1 [parts]: Gas Tank Assembly; Ultrasound Imaging System; Contrifuge; Power Vacuum; Mass Spectrometer (GASMAP); Body Mass (Measurement Device (SLAMMD); Computer Workstation; Stowage.

OBS

human research facility rack: term officially approved by the International Space Station official approval Group (ISSOAG).

PHR

HFR Rack 2.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Stations orbitales
OBS

bâti de l'appareillage de recherche sur l'humain : terme uniformisé par le Groupe de travail de la terminologie de la Station spatiale internationale (GTTSSI).

Key term(s)
  • bâti de l'appareillage de recherche sur l'Homme

Spanish

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Record 3 2002-06-17

English

Subject field(s)
  • Spacecraft
CONT

The crewmembers were favorably impressed with the new EMU lights and the body restraint tether. Other tasks included evaluating the portable workstation platform, the articulating portable foot restraint, a utility box, and a label.

Key term(s)
  • portable work-station
  • portable work station

French

Domaine(s)
  • Engins spatiaux
OBS

Station spatiale.

Spanish

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Record 4 2002-03-08

English

Subject field(s)
  • Orbital Stations
  • Aerospace Medicine
CONT

The MARES is aisle mounted, capable of assessing the strength of isolated muscle groups around joints, or complete limbs by controlling and measuring interrelationship between position/velocity and torque/force as a function of time. It has interfaces to the US Lab or Columbus Laboratory. Sensors, direct drive motor, battery and electronics are housed in the "Main Box". Chair and human adapters provide the subject restraints. The Microgravity Isolation Frame, to which the Main Box attaches, minimises disturbances to other payloads. MARES uses the Human Research Facility portable computer(HRF PC) for interacting with the subject/operator. MARES is capable of acquiring data, controlling and providing power to external devices(HRF PC, PEMS, EMG amplifiers, etc.), and transfers real time data to the rack mounted Workstation for downlink. It is capable of 1 hour of stand-alone data collection...

OBS

muscle atrophy research and exercise system; MARES: term and abbreviation officially approved by the International Space Station official approval Group (ISSOAG).

French

Domaine(s)
  • Stations orbitales
  • Médecine aérospatiale
CONT

André Kuipers [...] coordonne les données scientifiques utilisées pour le développement du système d'exercice et de recherche en atrophie musculaire et du stimulateur musculaire électrique percutané, qui sont destinés à la Station spatiale internationale.

OBS

système d'exercice et de recherche en atrophie musculaire; MARES : terme et abréviation uniformisés par le Groupe de travail de la terminologie de la Station spatiale internationale (GTTSSI).

Spanish

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Record 5 1998-04-14

English

Subject field(s)
  • Spacecraft
DEF

A portable workstation that clamps on an astronaut's feet, so that he is free to use both hands.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Engins spatiaux
OBS

marchepied; balcon de l'espace : termes uniformisés par le Comité d'uniformisation de la terminologie spatiale (CUTS).

Spanish

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