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POSITION COMPUTING [6 records]

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Record 1 2015-10-29

English

Subject field(s)
  • Taxation
  • Investment
CONT

... the synthetic short position has the effect of offsetting all amounts included or deducted in computing the income of the particular person with respect to the synthetic long position...

French

Domaine(s)
  • Fiscalité
  • Investissements et placements
CONT

[…] la position à découvert synthétique a pour effet de réduire à nil les sommes incluses ou déduites dans le calcul du revenu de la personne donnée relativement à la position à couvert synthétique […]

Spanish

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Record 2 2006-11-11

English

Subject field(s)
  • General Conduct of Military Operations
  • Target Acquisition
CONT

The computing instrument is located below decks. Its functions are to take the inputs from the director, plus additional information from other sources, such as own ship's speed from the pitometer log, own ship's course from the gyro compass, and the mechanical inputs from the stabilizing equipment; to combine these, computing the predicted position of the target and applying corrections; and to transmit the results to the guns as gun train order and gun elevation order.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Conduite générale des opérations militaires
  • Acquisition d'objectif

Spanish

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Record 3 2004-06-25

English

Subject field(s)
  • Weapon Systems
CONT

The M17 plotting board is a fire-control instrument that helps in computing firing data by providing the range and direction from the mortar position to the target.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Systèmes d'armes

Spanish

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Record 4 2003-08-01

English

Subject field(s)
  • Flight Instruments and Equipment (Aeroindustry)
  • Aircraft Piloting and Navigation
CONT

General Dynamics Canada(formerly Computing Devices Canada) was founded in 1948. General Dynamics Canada's initial success came from the development of a simulator computer, for the RCN, which was used to teach sailors tactical maneuvers by simulating the movements and tactics of aircraft and submarines. This success was followed by the refinement of the aircraft Position and Homing Indication(PHI) system, utilizing the ball resolver.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Instruments et équipement de bord (Constructions aéronautiques)
  • Pilotage et navigation aérienne

Spanish

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Record 5 2001-06-21

English

Subject field(s)
  • General Mechanics (Physics)
  • Aircraft Piloting and Navigation
  • Navigation Instruments
  • Flight Instruments and Equipment (Aeroindustry)
CONT

Dead reckoning is a technique of computing the position of a vehicle from its distance and heading measurements. It is an inertial system which uses two independent sensors from which distance and heading information can be extracted. Because each position is relative, cumulative drift errors occur on an average of 2% of the distance traveled. The system consists of a magnetic compass or gyroscope for heading and odometer for distance. Dead reckoning is often combined with map matching to correct for drift errors. It performs well when combined with highly accurate digital maps. It can also be used to back up GPS during satellite visibility outages.

CONT

To minimize cumulative drift, verticial gyros may be slaved, or caged, to the gravity vertical. Caging is automatically discontinued whenever the airplane is in a steady turn.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Mécanique générale (Physique)
  • Pilotage et navigation aérienne
  • Instruments de navigation
  • Instruments et équipement de bord (Constructions aéronautiques)
CONT

Test dérive cumulée d'étalonnage.

Spanish

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Record 6 1981-01-30

English

Subject field(s)
  • Aircraft Piloting and Navigation
OBS

That portion of the system which combines navigational information to compute the aircraft’s geographical location.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Pilotage et navigation aérienne
OBS

Partie du système qui conjugue les informations de navigation pour calculer la position géographique de l'aéronef.

Spanish

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