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Record 1 2025-03-31

English

Subject field(s)
  • Logic (Philosophy)
  • Artificial Intelligence
  • Collaboration with WIPO
CONT

The imitation game, known as the Turing test, was introduced by Turing to decide whether a concealed responder was a human or [an] intelligent computer program.

OBS

If a human can question a computer, receive an answer(through an intermediary) and not be able to determine if he or she is communicating with a human or with a machine, then the machine can be said to have intelligence.

OBS

Turing test; imitation game: designations validated by Canadian subject-field experts from Concordia University, Dalhousie University, Laval University and Microsoft Canada.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Logique (Philosophie)
  • Intelligence artificielle
  • Collaboration avec l'OMPI
CONT

[Turing] commence par [présenter] le «jeu de l'imitation» qui sera plus tard [appelé] «test de Turing», et que l'on pourrait résumer ainsi : un agent artificiel pourra être considéré comme intelligent s'il est indiscernable d'un être humain lors d'une interaction langagière à distance.

OBS

test de Turing; jeu de l'imitation : désignations validées par des spécialistes canadiens de l'Université Concordia, de l'Université Dalhousie, de l'Université Laval et de Microsoft Canada.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Lógica (Filosofía)
  • Inteligencia artificial
  • Colaboración con la OMPI
DEF

Juego, desarrollado por el matemático inglés Alan Turing, para determinar si una computadora (ordenador) posee inteligencia.

CONT

La prueba de Turing fue la base de la inteligencia artificial y pretendía resolver por vía práctica la cuestión de si las máquinas pueden pensar.

OBS

Los participantes en el juego comprenden dos partes que dan respuestas (un ser humano y la computadora), y un examinador (también humano) que trata de determinar cuál de las dos partes que responden, y que él no puede ver, es el ser humano. De acuerdo con esta prueba la inteligencia y habilidad de la computadora (ordenador) quedaría demostrada si logra engañar al examinador.

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Record 2 2025-03-27

English

Subject field(s)
  • Artificial Intelligence
  • Computer Processing of Language Data
  • Information Processing (Informatics)
DEF

The task of determining the most appropriate answer to a question provided in natural language.

OBS

A question can be open-ended or be intended to have a specific answer.

OBS

question answering: designation and definition standardized by ISO in collaboration with the International Electrotechnical Commission.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Intelligence artificielle
  • Informatisation des données linguistiques
  • Traitement de l'information (Informatique)
DEF

Tâche consistant à déterminer la réponse la plus appropriée à une question formulée en langage naturel.

OBS

Une question peut être ouverte ou être destinée à avoir une réponse spécifique.

Spanish

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Record 3 2024-10-18

English

Subject field(s)
  • Leadership Techniques (Meetings)
  • Conferences and Colloquia: Organization
DEF

A period of time when people can have their questions answered.

Key term(s)
  • question & answer session
  • Q and A session
  • Q & A session

French

Domaine(s)
  • Techniques d'animation des réunions
  • Organisation de congrès et de conférences
CONT

Le CRSNG [Conseil de recherches en sciences naturelles et en génie du Canada] offre une série de vidéos préenregistrées et de séances de questions et réponses en direct qui sont destinées à aider les membres du milieu de la recherche [...]

Spanish

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Record 4 2024-07-19

English

Subject field(s)
  • Dietetics
  • Genetics
CONT

Precision nutrition(PN) is an approach to developing comprehensive and dynamic nutritional recommendations based on individual variables, including genetics, microbiome, metabolic profile, health status, physical activity, dietary pattern, food environment as well as socioeconomic and psychosocial characteristics. PN can help answer the question "What should I eat to be healthy?", recognizing that what is healthful for one individual may not be the same for another, and understanding that health and responses to diet change over time.

Key term(s)
  • personalised nutrition

French

Domaine(s)
  • Diététique
  • Génétique
CONT

Le développement de la nutrition de précision, basée sur les spécificités d'un individu (génétique, microbiote intestinale, environnement, mode de vie, facteurs sociaux) permet de pouvoir potentiellement proposer des recommandations individuelles [...] mieux adaptées.

Spanish

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Record 5 2024-05-09

English

Subject field(s)
  • Statistical Surveys
  • Surveys (Public Relations)
  • Continuing Education
  • Military Training
DEF

A type of objective test or questionnaire question in which the testee has to choose the correct answer from a number of alternatives supplied.

CONT

Multiple-choice questions are the most common type of alternate-response question... [They] may use letter keys, number keys, or a moving cursor to select the answer...

OBS

multiple choice question: term used in the context of military training.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Sondages et enquêtes (Statistique)
  • Enquêtes et sondages (Relations publiques)
  • Éducation permanente
  • Instruction du personnel militaire
DEF

Question directe ou énoncé incomplet comprenant un certain nombre de réponses suggérées parmi lesquelles l'élève doit choisir.

CONT

[...] celles qui offrent plus de deux solutions possibles; ce sont les questions à choix multiples ou à plusieurs voies, chacune des solutions possibles figurant sur le questionnaire lui-même.

OBS

question à choix multiples : terme utilisé dans le contexte de l'instruction militaire.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Encuestas estadísticas
  • Encuestas (Relaciones públicas)
  • Educación permanente
  • Instrucción del personal militar
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Record 6 2024-05-09

English

Subject field(s)
  • Artificial Intelligence
  • Continuing Education
  • Software
DEF

[Instruction using] programs that understand the student's internal cognitive structures; are able to analyse a student's answer to a question and determine which parts of the question confuse the student. They then use that information to provide very specific instruction. A system of this type would be a substitute for a very competent and experienced teacher.

CONT

Intelligent Computer-Assisted Instruction (ICAI) ... encompasses two primary areas. One is instructional programs that model the learner ... These programs collect detailed data about the student’s work and formulate a hypothesis about what the student knows and is thinking. ... The other area is the use of expert systems ... that contain all known information on a particular topic, a set of logic that ties all this information together ..., and in some cases a program that allows a person to converse easily and in natural language with the computer.

CONT

The components of an ICAI program are problem-solving expertise, student model, and tutoring module.

OBS

For historical reasons, much of the research in the field of educational software involving artificial intelligence has been conducted under the name of "ICAI." This acronym stands for "Intelligent Computer-Aided Instruction," a phrase that evolved out of the name "Computer-Aided Instruction" (CAI) ... Most recently, "ICAI" has often been replaced by the acronym "ITS," for "Intelligent Tutoring Systems"....

Key term(s)
  • intelligent computer-based tutoring
  • intelligent computer-based teaching

French

Domaine(s)
  • Intelligence artificielle
  • Éducation permanente
  • Logiciels
DEF

Enseignement à partir du principe que les programmes à vocation pédagogique devraient être eux-mêmes des experts du domaine capables de résoudre les problèmes posés de différentes façons, de suivre et de critiquer les solutions de l'étudiant.

CONT

L'E.I.A.O. consiste à appliquer la technicité des systèmes experts à l'E.A.O., l'expert en l'occurrence étant l'enseignant-pédagogue. L'E.A.O. pratique une analyse plus ou moins affinée des réponses des apprenants. L'E.I.A.O. ambitionne d'analyser le raisonnement de cet apprenant, de lui montrer d'autres formes de raisonnement ou l'aider à les découvrir [...]

OBS

Le sigle est aussi celui d'un projet de recherche au Laboratoire de recherche informatique d'Orsay (France).

Spanish

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Record 7 2024-04-03

English

Subject field(s)
  • PAJLO
  • Tort Law (common law)
CONT

"The presence or absence of reasonable anticipation of damage determines the legal quality of the act as negligent or innocent. If it be thus determined to be negligent or innocent, then the question whether particular damages are recoverable depends only on the answer to the question whether they are the direct consequence of the act... "

French

Domaine(s)
  • PAJLO
  • Droit des délits (common law)
CONT

"Le fait qu'on puisse ou non raisonnablement prévoir un dommage permet de déterminer si l'acte constitue ou non une négligence sur le plan juridique. Si l'on en vient à la conclusion qu'il y a eu négligence, le demandeur pourra obtenir réparation à l'égard de dommages donnés s'ils sont la conséquence directe de l'acte en question..."

OBS

conséquence directe : terme normalisé par le Comité de normalisation, Promotion de l'accès à la justice dans les deux langues officielles (PAJLO).

Spanish

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Record 8 2024-01-30

English

Subject field(s)
  • Internet and Telematics
  • Information Processing (Informatics)
  • Artificial Intelligence
CONT

The role of an answer engine, defined simply, is to provide nuanced, relevant, cited content that directly answers the user's question.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Internet et télématique
  • Traitement de l'information (Informatique)
  • Intelligence artificielle
CONT

Un moteur de réponse, dans le contexte de l'informatique et du traitement du langage naturel, fait référence à un système ou un programme qui est capable de générer des réponses en langage naturel en fonction des questions posées.

Spanish

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Record 9 2023-10-31

English

Subject field(s)
  • Social Problems
  • Sociology of Human Relations
CONT

In the course of the fight, racial insults are exchanged and a criminal charge is eventually laid. Was this a hate crime? Was the assault racially motivated? And if so, was racial hatred the sole motivation or simply a precipitating factor? Only the accused knows the answer to this question.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Problèmes sociaux
  • Sociologie des relations humaines

Spanish

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Record 10 2023-01-06

English

Subject field(s)
  • Protection of Farm Animals
  • Scientific Research
  • Ethics and Morals
CONT

Reduction refers to any strategy that results in fewer animals being used to obtain sufficient data to answer a research question while maximizing the information obtained per animal. This potentially limits or avoids the subsequent use of additional animals although it is important that this be done without further compromising any individual animal' s lifetime welfare.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Protection des animaux (Agric.)
  • Recherche scientifique
  • Éthique et Morale
CONT

La réduction désigne toutes les solutions dont le résultat se traduit soit par une diminution du nombre d'animaux utilisés tout en obtenant suffisamment de données pour répondre aux questions reliées à l'étude, soit par une utilisation qui maximise les données obtenues de chaque animal, ce qui peut limiter ou éviter l'utilisation subséquente d'animaux supplémentaires, et ce, sans pour autant compromettre le bien-être animal.

Spanish

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Record 11 2022-10-28

English

Subject field(s)
  • General Vocabulary
  • Oral Presentations
  • Leadership Techniques (Meetings)
DEF

A question asked in order to create a dramatic effect or to make a point rather than to get an answer.

CONT

[The] presentation was characterized by impossibly long sentences and a succession of rhetorical questions.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Vocabulaire général
  • Exposés et communications orales
  • Techniques d'animation des réunions
CONT

[Les] questions de pure forme [...] ne sont qu'un artifice de langage et, le plus souvent, l'animateur donne lui-même la réponse qui est évidente. Si, par exemple, il demande : «Croyez-vous que tout soit parfait dans notre entreprise?», il n'attend pas la réponse; il répond lui-même : «Non bien sûr ...» et enchaîne [...]

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Vocabulario general
  • Presentaciones orales
  • Técnicas de liderazgo (Reuniones)
DEF

Pregunta que se formula sin esperar respuesta, con la finalidad de reforzar o reafirmar el propio punto de vista, al mismo tiempo que incentiva al oyente a reflexionar sobre un asunto o que adopte un cambio en su conducta.

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Record 12 2022-10-12

English

Subject field(s)
  • Meteorological Forecasting, Data Measurement and Analysis
  • Environmental Studies and Analyses
CONT

Trajectory analysis uses climate re-analysis products to track a parcel of air : typical applications would be to track a pollution plume or volcanic eruption plume. Back trajectory analysis is the inverse of this technique, and allows one to answer the question, "where did a parcel of air originate from, and where did it uptake its moisture?"

French

Domaine(s)
  • Prévisions météorologiques et mesure et analyse des données
  • Études et analyses environnementales
CONT

Une analyse de rétrotrajectoire, qui permet de définir le trajet parcouru par un polluant avant sa détection en un point précis, indique que le SO2 [dioxyde de soufre] proviendrait du parc industriel.

Key term(s)
  • analyse de rétro-trajectoire

Spanish

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Record 13 2022-09-28

English

Subject field(s)
  • Labour and Employment
  • Recruiting of Personnel
CONT

The [questionnaire] mainly focuses on the firm's reasons for cancelling job vacancies.... a first question asks if the firm has interrupted the search of new workers without finding a suitable candidate... If the answer is yes, a further question asks how many cancelled job vacancies broken down by possible reasons. The following reasons have been suggested : the firm met difficulties in finding suitable candidates; the firm exaggerated its need for new workers; the general economic situation changed; the economic situation of the firm worsened[, ] and there was a reduction of the annual budget for hiring new workers; and job vacancies were filled by means of reorganization using internal employees. As... mentioned, firms were also asked to specify other possible reasons for withdrawing job vacancies from the labour market.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Travail et emploi
  • Recrutement du personnel

Spanish

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Record 14 2021-07-14

English

Subject field(s)
  • Decision-Making Process
  • Nuclear Science and Technology
  • Toxicology
CONT

Integrated approaches to testing and assessment(IATAs) use an iterative approach to answer a defined hazard characterization question within a specific regulatory context. An IATA integrates and weights all relevant and reliable existing information about a chemical, such as toxicity data, exposure routes, use cases, and production volumes; guides the targeted generation of new data, preferably using non-animal approaches, to inform regulatory decision-making; and provides a conclusion, sometimes based on expert judgment, that can inform regulatory decision-making.

OBS

integrated approach to testing and assessment: designation usually used in the plural.

Key term(s)
  • integrated approaches to testing and assessment

French

Domaine(s)
  • Processus décisionnel
  • Sciences et techniques nucléaires
  • Toxicologie
CONT

Les approches intégrées en matière d'essais et d'évaluation (IATA) constituent une stratégie fondée sur des hypothèses qui inclut d'une manière transparente et scientifiquement crédible de nouvelles avancées scientifiques dans le système actuel de tests de toxicité. Fonctionnant par étapes, les IATA cherchent à exploiter toutes les données disponibles sur un produit chimique avant de lancer une batterie de tests de toxicité, afin de concentrer les tests sur les points limites pertinents sont source de préoccupation [...]

OBS

approche intégrée en matière d'essais et d'évaluation : désignation habituellement utilisée au pluriel.

Key term(s)
  • approches intégrées en matière d'essais et d'évaluation

Spanish

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Record 15 2020-09-10

English

Subject field(s)
  • Statistical Surveys
  • Surveys (Public Relations)
  • General Vocabulary
DEF

A question put in such a way as to suggest the answer sought.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Sondages et enquêtes (Statistique)
  • Enquêtes et sondages (Relations publiques)
  • Vocabulaire général
DEF

[...] question qui [...] propose une forme de réponse [...]

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Encuestas estadísticas
  • Encuestas (Relaciones públicas)
  • Vocabulario general
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Record 16 2020-09-09

English

Subject field(s)
  • Statistical Surveys
  • Surveys (Public Relations)
  • General Vocabulary
DEF

A question to which an answer must be selected from a limited set.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Sondages et enquêtes (Statistique)
  • Enquêtes et sondages (Relations publiques)
  • Vocabulaire général
CONT

Les questions fermées ne laissent à l'interrogé(e) qu'un nombre limité de possibilités de réponses. Dès lors que la question fournit un certain nombre de réponses alternatives intelligentes et également plausibles, elle ne sera pas considérée comme suggestive.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Encuestas estadísticas
  • Encuestas (Relaciones públicas)
  • Vocabulario general
CONT

Una pregunta abierta le solicita al consultado que formule su propia respuesta, mientras que una pregunta cerrada hace que el consultado seleccione una respuesta de un conjunto determinado de opciones.

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Record 17 2020-08-19

English

Subject field(s)
  • Human Behaviour
  • Educational Psychology
CONT

The expectancy–value theory addresses whether or not children desire to participate in an activity and how much effort they are prepared to put into the activity. Thus, the theory consists of 2 major components, expectancy beliefs and subjective task values. … Subjective task values are defined as individuals’ incentives for doing different tasks. ... subjective task values are a function of 4 distinct components: attainment value, intrinsic value, utility value, and cost.

CONT

… subjective task value can be thought of [as] the motivation that allows an individual to answer the question "Do I want to do this activity and why?".

French

Domaine(s)
  • Comportement humain
  • Psychologie scolaire
CONT

[…] cette théorie propose que la persévérance et la performance découlent des attentes de réussite de l'étudiant quant à une tâche ainsi que de la valeur qu'il lui accorde. En d'autres mots, la personne évalue son potentiel de réussite de la tâche (attentes) et l'adéquation entre cette éventuelle réussite et les buts qu'elle poursuit (valeur de la tâche).

CONT

La seconde variable – la valeur de la tâche – est l'appréciation subjective d'un individu quant à la manière dont une tâche influence son désir de la réaliser et satisfait ses besoins et buts à atteindre […]

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Comportamiento humano
  • Psicología educacional
CONT

Si consideramos el valor subjetivo de una tarea como una función entre las características de los individuos (necesidades, metas, valores) y las características de la tarea (valor intrínseco, demandas, costes, beneficios) se pueden observar un amplio rango de diferencias individuales en el valor que los estudiantes otorgan a las diferentes tareas académicas.

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Record 18 2018-05-18

English

Subject field(s)
  • Engineering
CONT

The engineering approach is essentially the engineering design process. The scientific method is similar but is hypothesis driven vs. design driven. In the scientific method a hypothesis is generated as a potential answer to an important question. An experiment is tested to prove or disprove the hypotheses.... the design process is similar, but different in some important ways. Instead of a question there is a problem or need. Instead of a hypothesis there is a design constraint(s) of what the solution has to be able to do.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Ingénierie

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Ingeniería
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Record 19 2017-04-27

English

Subject field(s)
  • Education (General)
CONT

Inquisitive children can be a delight and, sometimes, an annoyance. Children don’t store questions in a "memory bank" to be released at a time convenient for parental consideration. When they ask a question they want an answer, now.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Pédagogie (Généralités)
CONT

Il faut donc les considérer comme des enfants curieux, avides de savoir, de comprendre, et multiplier les occasions de les intéresser à de nouvelles connaissances et découvertes.

Spanish

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Record 20 2016-07-15

English

Subject field(s)
  • IT Security
CONT

Knowledge-based authentication(KBA) is an authentication scheme in which the user is asked to answer at least one "secret" question. KBA is often used as a component in multifactor authentication(MFA) and for self-service password retrieval.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Sécurité des TI
CONT

Authentification fondée sur les connaissances […] Plusieurs questions personnelles sont posées au signataire. Il doit y répondre correctement pour pouvoir signer l'accord.

Spanish

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Record 21 2016-04-26

English

Subject field(s)
  • Philosophy (General)
DEF

The branch of philosophy that studies knowledge.

OBS

It attempts to answer the basic question : what distinguishes true(adequate) knowledge from false(inadequate) knowledge? Practically, this question translates into issues of scientific methodology : how can one develop theories or models that are better than competing theories? If also forms one of the pillars of the new sciences of cognition, which developed from the information processing approach to psychology, and from artificial intelligence, as an attempt to develop computer programs that mimic a human's capacity to use knowledge in an intelligent way.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Philosophie (Généralités)
DEF

Branche de la philosophie qui étudie de façon critique la connaissance, ses fondements, ses principes, ses méthodes et ses conclusions.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Filosofía (Generalidades)
DEF

Parte de la filosofía que trata de los fundamentos y los métodos del conocimiento científico.

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Record 22 2016-03-07

English

Subject field(s)
  • Psychometry and Psychotechnology
DEF

a form of test in which a question or problem is presented together with a plurality of answers for the testee's choice of the best answer.

OBS

A test that gives more than two suggested answers is often called a multiple-choice test.

OBS

for "option test" : According to a Comprehensive Dictionary of Psychological and Psychoanalytical Terms, the term "option test" is recommended but less common than the other synonyms.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Psychométrie et psychotechnique
DEF

Instrument de mesure contenant des questions accompagnées de plusieurs choix de réponses.

Spanish

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Record 23 2016-01-20

English

Subject field(s)
  • PAJLO
  • Law of Contracts (common law)
CONT

The observation of Lord Wright, of Denning, L. J., and of the judges of the Supreme Court in the U. S. A. suggest that the fundamental test to be applied is this :"Is the person who has engaged himself to perform these services performing them as a person in business of his own account?". If the answer to that question is "yes", then the contract is a contract for services. If the answer is "no" then the contract is a contract of service.

OBS

With no relation of subordination.

French

Domaine(s)
  • PAJLO
  • Droit des contrats (common law)
OBS

Aucun lien de subordination.

OBS

contrat d'entreprise : terme normalisé par le Comité de normalisation, Promotion de l'accès à la justice dans les deux langues officielles (PAJLO).

Spanish

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Record 24 2016-01-18

English

Subject field(s)
  • PAJLO
  • Tort Law (common law)
  • Private Law
CONT

The classical pronouncement of a general formula for "duty" is Lord Atkin's... "neighbour test" in Donoghue v. Stevenson :... You must take reasonable care to avoid acts or omissions which you can reasonably foresee would be likely to injure your neighbour. Who then, in law, is my neighbour? The answer seems to be-persons who are so closely and directly affected by my act that I ought reasonably to have them in contemplation as being so affected when I am directing my mind to the acts or omissions which are called in question.

OBS

Technical sense.

French

Domaine(s)
  • PAJLO
  • Droit des délits (common law)
  • Droit privé
OBS

prochain : : terme normalisé par le Comité de normalisation, Promotion de l'accès à justice dans les deux langues officielles (PAJLO).

Spanish

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Record 25 2016-01-18

English

Subject field(s)
  • PAJLO
  • Tort Law (common law)
CONT

The classical pronouncement of a general formula for "duty" is Lord Atkin's... "neighbour test" in Donoghue v. Stevenson :... You must take reasonable care to avoid acts or omissions which you can reasonably foresee would be likely to injure your neighbour. Who then, in law, is my neighbour? The answer seems to be-persons who are so closely and directly affected by my act that I ought reasonably to have them in contemplation as being so affected when I am directing my mind to the acts or omissions which are called in question.

French

Domaine(s)
  • PAJLO
  • Droit des délits (common law)
OBS

critère du prochain : : terme normalisé par le Comité de normalisation, Promotion de l'accès à justice dans les deux langues officielles (PAJLO). 2

Spanish

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Record 26 2016-01-18

English

Subject field(s)
  • PAJLO
  • Tort Law (common law)
CONT

The Neighbour Principle... "The rule that you are to love your neighbour becomes in law you must not injure your neighbour; and the lawyer's question, Who is my neighbour? receives a restricted reply. You must take reasonable care to avoid acts or omissions which you can reasonably foresee would be likely to injure your neighbour. Who, then, in law, is my neighbour? The answer seems to be-persons who are so closely and directly affected by my act that I ought reasonably to have them in contemplation as being so affected when I am directing my mind to the acts or omissions which are called in question. "

French

Domaine(s)
  • PAJLO
  • Droit des délits (common law)
CONT

Le principe du "prochain" [...] "En droit, l'équivalent de la règle voulant que l'on aime son prochain est qu'il ne faut pas causer de préjudice à celui-ci. Et la question que se pose l'avocat de savoir qui est le prochain reçoit une réponse restrictive. Il faut exercer une prudence raisonnable pour éviter les actions ou les omissions qui, selon ce que nous pouvons raisonnablement prévoir, sont susceptibles de causer un dommage à notre prochain. À la question de savoir qui donc, au regard de la loi, est mon prochain, il semble que la réponse soit celle-ci : les personnes que mon acte touche si directement que je devrais raisonnablement envisager que l'action ou l'omission considérée est susceptible de les toucher ainsi."

OBS

principe du prochain : terme normalisé par le Comité de normalisation, Promotion de l'accès à la justice dans les deux langues officielles (PAJLO).

Spanish

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Record 27 2014-12-23

English

Subject field(s)
  • Museums
  • Restoration of Works of Art (Museums and Heritage)
CONT

Foundation research results in new knowledge and/or techniques that are required as building blocks for other types of research within CCI [Canadian Conservation Institute] their own, answer a conservation question. Foundation research at CCI normally involves either the study of materials(in order to understand the chemical and physical properties of heritage materials) or the development or refinement of scientific methods that are required for other research. Examples of our foundation research include a study of iron corrosion mechanisms, and the development of a technique to measure the degree of polymerization of cellulose in paper.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Muséologie
  • Restauration d'œuvres d'art (Muséologie et Patrimoine)
CONT

La recherche fondatrice donne lieu à de nouvelles connaissances et à de nouvelles techniques qui sont nécessaires comme fondements pour d'autres types de recherche au sein de l'ICC [Institut canadien de conservation], mais qui, à elles seules, ne répondent pas à une question de conservation. À l'ICC, la recherche fondatrice englobe normalement l'étude des matériaux (pour comprendre leurs propriétés chimiques et physiques) ou l'élaboration ou le perfectionnement des méthodes scientifiques qui interviennent dans d'autres types de recherche. L'étude des mécanismes de corrosion du fer et la mise au point d'une technique pour mesurer le degré de polymérisation de la cellulose dans le papier sont des exemples de recherche fondatrice.

Spanish

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Record 28 2014-10-29

English

Subject field(s)
  • Personnel and Job Evaluation
  • Education Theory and Methods
  • Marketing
CONT

An effective facilitator does not just end at asking effective questions. Proper timing and accurate delivery are also important. For a good and effective facilitation, the APPLE technique might work best. APPLE is the acronym for asking the question, pausing to allow the participants to comprehend the question and think of an answer, picking a member to provide an answer, listening to the answer provided, and expounding or elaborating more on the answers given. More importantly, listen to the answers of the questions you asked.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Évaluation du personnel et des emplois
  • Théories et méthodes pédagogiques
  • Commercialisation
OBS

technique DANSE : terme utilisé à Statistique Canada. DANSE : Demander, Arrêter, Nommer, Saisir, Évaluer.

OBS

technique PPCEE : technique d'interrogation du Centre de développement professionnel (CDP). PPCEE : poser, pause, choisir, écouter, évaluer.

Spanish

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Record 29 2014-09-17

English

Subject field(s)
  • Aboriginal Law
CONT

In his covering letter, he advised that, in the event that no answer on acceptance or rejection of the claim was forthcoming from Canada, he would add an additional legal question regarding Canada's duty to negotiate in good faith under the Specific Claims Policy.

OBS

Chippewa Tri-Council Inquiry Coldwater-Narrows Reservation Surrender Claim (March 2003).

French

Domaine(s)
  • Droit autochtone
CONT

Dans sa lettre d'accompagnement, [il] précise que, faute de réponse du Canada concernant l'acceptation ou le rejet de la revendication, il est d'avis d'ajouter une question juridique additionnelle relativement au devoir qui incombe au Canada de négocier de bonne foi, en vertu de la Politique des revendications.

OBS

Enquête sur la revendication du Conseil tripartite des Chippewas concernant la cession de la réserve de Coldwater-Narrows (Mars 2003).

Spanish

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Record 30 2014-08-26

English

Subject field(s)
  • Search and Rescue (Paramilitary)
DEF

The likelihood or probability that the subject is located in a specific area ...

CONT

Assignment of POA can differ depending upon the phase of the search, from quick general probability methods during the initial phase to more formal methods that occur later on.... Upon reaching the formal stages of search planning, POA is absolutely required to conduct optimal effort allocation. Simply put, POA helps answer the question :“Where do we look next?”

OBS

... expressed as a percentage (e.g. 50%) or decimal number (e.g. .50).

French

Domaine(s)
  • Recherche et sauvetage (Paramilitaire)
DEF

[...] probabilité que le sujet se trouve à un emplacement donné [...]

OBS

[...] exprimée en pourcentage (p. ex. 50 p. 100) ou en nombre décimal (p. ex. 0,50).

Spanish

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Record 31 2014-08-11

English

Subject field(s)
  • Administration (Indigenous Peoples)

French

Domaine(s)
  • Administration (Peuples Autochtones)

Spanish

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Record 32 2014-06-12

English

Subject field(s)
  • School Equipment
CONT

Flashcards remain one of the best tools for memorizing information. The most common way to create flashcards is to use index cards. Students can simply write the question on one side and the answer on the opposite side and test themselves repeatedly. However, there are several ways to modify this process to enhance the learning experience.

Key term(s)
  • flash card

French

Domaine(s)
  • Matériel et équipement scolaires
DEF

Support pédagogique imprimé ou numérique, se présentant sous forme de fiche, qui permet l’acquisition de connaissances et de compétences et sa vérification rapide.

OBS

carte-éclair : terme et définition publiés au Journal officiel de la République française, le 16 avril 2014.

Spanish

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Record 33 2014-05-12

English

Subject field(s)
  • Titles of Forms
  • Forms Design
Universal entry(ies)
PWGSC-TPSGC 6534
form code, see observation
OBS

PWGSC-TPSGC 6534: code of a form used at Public Works and Government Services Canada.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Titres de formulaires administratifs
  • Imprimés et formules
Entrée(s) universelle(s)
PWGSC-TPSGC 6534
form code, see observation
OBS

PWGSC-TPSGC 6534 : code d'un formulaire employé à Travaux publics et Services gouvernementaux Canada.

Spanish

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Record 34 2013-11-22

English

Subject field(s)
  • General Vocabulary
CONT

A question that actually asks two questions in one is called a double-barrelled question. These questions generally deal with more than one concept. For example :"Do you plan to leave your car at home and take the bus to work during the coming year?" This question may be very difficult for some respondents to answer since their personal situation may not fit into a simple yes or no.... The question really asks two questions :"Do you plan to leave your car at home during the coming year?" and "Do you plan to take the bus to work during the coming year?" The best solution may be to split the question into these two questions.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Vocabulaire général
CONT

Une question à deux volets est en fait une question qui en pose deux. Elle couvre plus d'un concept en général, par exemple : «Prévoyez-vous laisser votre automobile à la maison et emprunter l'autobus pour aller au travail l'année prochaine?». Certaines personnes auront de la difficulté à répondre à cette question parce que leur situation personnelle ne correspond peut-être pas simplement à une réponse par oui ou non. [...] La question est réellement double : «Prévoyez-vous laisser l'automobile à la maison l'année prochaine?» et «Prévoyez-vous emprunter l'autobus pour aller au travail l'année prochaine?». La meilleure solution peut être de formuler deux questions.

Spanish

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Record 35 2013-09-06

English

Subject field(s)
  • PAJLO
  • Law of Evidence
DEF

A question which suggests to the witness the answer which the party examining desires him to give.

CONT

Where a witness is evasive, the trial judge may permit the party calling that witness to examine him by means of leading questions relevant to the matters in issue.

French

Domaine(s)
  • PAJLO
  • Droit de la preuve
OBS

question suggestive : terme normalisé par le Comité de normalisation dans le cadre du Programme national de l'administration de la justice dans les deux langues officielles (PAJLO).

Spanish

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Record 36 2013-08-05

English

Subject field(s)
  • PAJLO
  • Law of Evidence
CONT

Court may compel answer to incriminating question.

French

Domaine(s)
  • PAJLO
  • Droit de la preuve
OBS

question incriminante : terme normalisé par le Comité de normalisation dans le cadre du Programme national de l'administration de la justice dans les deux langues officielles (PAJLO).

Spanish

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Record 37 2013-05-29

English

Subject field(s)
  • Internet and Telematics
CONT

Post-webinar podcast : This podcast can excerpt the Q&A [question and answer] from the webinar or can have the speaker respond to unanswered questions from the Q&A.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Internet et télématique
Key term(s)
  • balado post-webinaire

Spanish

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Record 38 2013-04-11

English

Subject field(s)
  • Citizenship and Immigration
  • Constitutional Law
CONT

The magistrate refused to grant this application and proceeded to hear the evidence, but before the magistrate went on with the trial, counsel for the Crown told counsel for the appellant which question and answer alleged to be false in the appellant's application for permanent admission to Canada was in issue in the case.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Citoyenneté et immigration
  • Droit constitutionnel

Spanish

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Record 39 2012-11-29

English

Subject field(s)
  • IT Security
DEF

A prearranged procedure in which one communicator requests authentication of another and the latter establishes his identity with the proper reply.

CONT

A challenge response is a series of steps in which one party presents a question("challenge") and another party must provide a valid answer("response") in order to be verified or authenticated. A challenge response protocol is essentially password authentication, where the challenge requests the password and the valid response is the correct password.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Sécurité des TI
DEF

Procédure prédéterminée dans laquelle un communicateur demande à un autre de s'authentifier et ce dernier établit son identité par la réponse appropriée.

CONT

Un protocole défi/réponse est composé d'un échange de données entre le serveur et le client, afin que le client prouve au serveur qu'il connaît le mot de passe de l'utilisateur sans envoyer ce mot de passe en clair sur le réseau. Pour cela, à la connexion, le serveur envoie un défi au client. Le client utilise ce défi et le mot de passe entré par l'utilisateur pour calculer une réponse qu'il retourne au serveur. De son côté, le serveur a effectué la même opération avec le défi expédié au client et l'image du mot de passe contenu dans la base des utilisateurs. Il compare alors les résultats et considère que le mot de passe saisi par l'utilisateur est correct lorsque les résultats sont identiques.

Spanish

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Record 40 2012-03-14

English

Subject field(s)
  • Rules of Court
  • Law of Evidence
CONT

Witnesses have to testify, or tell the court what they know, by answering questions from either side or the judge. If a witness refuses to answer a question, the judge can find them in contempt of court and jail them. But there are limits on how their information, called evidence, can be used.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Règles de procédure
  • Droit de la preuve

Spanish

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Record 41 2011-09-01

English

Subject field(s)
  • Information Processing (Informatics)
  • Software
DEF

To inform a user that a system is ready for the next command, element, or to give any other operational information.

CONT

SCHOLAR can prompt the student, indicate when it does not understand him, detect misspellings, and answer the student's question using acceptable English.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Traitement de l'information (Informatique)
  • Logiciels
DEF

Informer l'utilisateur que le système est prêt à recevoir l'ordre suivant, l'élément suivant ou une autre donnée.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Tratamiento de la información (Informática)
  • Soporte lógico (Software)
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Record 42 2010-08-30

English

Subject field(s)
  • Education (General)
  • Continuing Education
CONT

This finding put literacy issues squarely on the policy agenda and raised important new questions. Key among them was whether the profiles of literacy skills of adults in these two North American countries were any different from those of other industrialized nations. Encouraging action on the literacy policy front in Canada and in the US was seen as dependant, at least in part, on an answer to this question.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Pédagogie (Généralités)
  • Éducation permanente
CONT

Les politiques en matière d'alphabétisation et de santé doivent tenir compte de deux choses : l'influence des capacités de lecture et d'écriture sur la santé des populations et des individus ainsi que l'importance de la littératie en matière de santé, soit la capacité d'une personne d'obtenir, de comprendre et d'utiliser l'information et les services sanitaires de base nécessaires à la prise de décisions éclairées sur la santé.

Spanish

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Record 43 2010-03-16

English

Subject field(s)
  • Personality Development
CONT

Personality development has been a major topic of interest for some of the most prominent thinkers in psychology. Our personality is what make us unique, but how exactly we become who we are today? In order to answer this question, many prominent theorists developed stage theories to describe various steps and stages that occur on the road of personality development.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Développement de la personnalité
CONT

Pour Freud et Erikson, de 3 à 6 ans, le développement de la personnalité se poursuit. Toutefois, selon la théorie freudienne, l’enfant de cet âge traverse un stade crucial où il aura à résoudre un conflit majeur : le complexe d’Œdipe. Au cours de cette période du développement, la dernière instance de la personnalité voit le jour, permettant à l’enfant d’intérioriser les règles, les valeurs et les interdits de la société à laquelle il appartient.

Spanish

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Record 44 2009-07-24

English

Subject field(s)
  • Mental Disorders
DEF

In the DSM-IV(Diagnostic & Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders), Ganser's Syndrome is classified as an atypical type of dissociative disorder, related to conditions such as conversion disorder and multiple personality disorder. Ganser's syndrome is an uncommon disorder originally described in prison populations, and was sometimes termed prison psychosis by early clinicians. It is sometimes referred to as "the syndrome of approximate answers, "since individuals with Ganser's usually reply to questions by giving an answer that is slightly off. It is clear that the problem does not involve low IQ, and is not necessarily a form of psychosis. However, patients may exhibit visual hallucinations and apparent clouding of consciousness, raising the question of some neurological condition. Ganser's patients also exhibit physical symptoms that are not due to any know medical disorder.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Troubles mentaux
OBS

réponses à côté, de tours souvent enfantins et ironiques, chez certains déficients mentaux.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Trastornos mentales
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Record 45 2009-02-27

English

Subject field(s)
  • Internet and Telematics
  • Special-Language Phraseology
OBS

Sometimes used in response to a question for which the answer is contained in the manual.

OBS

RTM is more polite than RTFM, where the F often refers to the four-letter vulgar word.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Internet et télématique
  • Phraséologie des langues de spécialité

Spanish

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Record 46 2008-01-28

English

Subject field(s)
  • IT Security
CONT

You must select a security question and provide an answer for it in the security answer field. It is required as a security measure so that you may retrieve your password using the On-line Password Reset page in the event that you forget it.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Sécurité des TI
CONT

Vous devez sélectionner une question de sécurité et fournir une réponse à cette question dans le champ réponse de sécurité. Il s'agit d'une mesure de sécurité qui vous permet de récupérer votre mot de passe à l'aide de la page Réinitialisation du mot de passe en ligne si jamais vous oubliez votre mot de passe.

Spanish

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Record 47 2008-01-28

English

Subject field(s)
  • IT Security
CONT

You must select a security question and provide an answer for it in the security answer field. It is required as a security measure so that you may retrieve your password using the On-line Password Reset page in the event that you forget it.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Sécurité des TI
CONT

Vous devez sélectionner une question de sécurité et fournir une réponse à cette question dans le champ réponse de sécurité. Il s'agit d'une mesure de sécurité qui vous permet de récupérer votre mot de passe à l'aide de la page Réinitialisation du mot de passe en ligne si jamais vous oubliez votre mot de passe.

Spanish

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Record 48 2008-01-08

English

Subject field(s)
  • Titles of Internet Pages
  • Citizenship and Immigration
OBS

Ottawa : Immigration and Refugee Board(IRB), 1998. A database which contains the research papers in the Question and Answer Series published by the Research Directorate. The papers provide concise and current information on specific issues of interest to the IRB in countries of origin of refugee claimants. The Question and Answer Series includes Chronologies and Human Rights Briefs.

OBS

2006: "RefQuest content is hosted in Folio Views. The IRB of Canada is currently in the final stages of upgrading its Folio based information holdings to make them Common Look and Feel (CLF) compliant".

French

Domaine(s)
  • Titres de pages Internet
  • Citoyenneté et immigration
OBS

Commission de l'immigration et du statut de réfugié du Canada (CISR). «Base de données contenant des documents de la série «Questions et réponses» publiée par la Direction des recherches. Les documents fournissent des renseignements précis et à jour sur des questions relatives au pays d'origine qui intéressent la CISR. La série «Questions et Réponses» comprend des exposés chronologiques et des dossiers sur les droits de la personne.»

OBS

2006 : Les documents Refquest sont présentement publiés dans Folio Views. La Commission de l'immigration et du statut de réfugié du Canada s'applique présentement à mettre à niveau toutes ses publications sur l'Internet afin de rencontrer les normes d'accessibilité des lignes directrices de Normalisation des sites Internet.

Spanish

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Record 49 2007-08-14

English

Subject field(s)
  • Group Dynamics
  • Leadership Techniques (Meetings)
DEF

... a question that is directed to the entire group. Anyone may answer. Its primary function is to stimulate group thinking and discussion. You may get an answer from one person at a time or several may attempt to answer.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Dynamique des groupes
  • Techniques d'animation des réunions
DEF

[Question] de l'animateur au groupe. Pour faire démarrer la discussion, pour changer d'orientation.

CONT

Les questions à la cantonade (...) s'adressent au groupe tout entier sans préjuger qui répondra (...)

CONT

«Mesdames, Messieurs, avez-vous des questions?» (question à la cantonade, à l'encan) (...)

Spanish

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Record 50 2006-02-01

English

Subject field(s)
  • Symbolism and Psychology of Language
  • Mental Disorders
DEF

Speech that is adequate in amount but conveys little information because of vagueness, empty repetitions, or use of stereotyped or obscure phrases.

OBS

The interviewer may observe that the person has spoken at some length, but has not given adequate information to answer a question. Alternatively, the person may provide enough information to answer the question, but require many words to do so, so that his or her lengthy reply can be summarized in a sentence or two.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Symbolique et psychologie du langage
  • Troubles mentaux
DEF

Discours quantitativement adéquat mais contenant peu d'information en raison de son caractère vague, de répétitions vides de sens, ou encore de l'utilisation de phrases stéréotypées ou obscures.

OBS

L'interlocuteur peut observer que la personne a parlé assez longuement mais sans fournir les éléments corrects de réponse à la question posée. À d'autres moments, le sujet peut apporter suffisamment d'éléments de réponse mais en ayant besoin de beaucoup de mots pour ce faire, si bien que sa longue réponse pourrait être résumée en une ou deux phrases.

Spanish

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Record 51 2005-09-14

English

Subject field(s)
  • Software
  • Education Theory and Methods
CONT

If the computer has a tutorial program, the student is asked a question by the computer, the student types in an answer, and then gets an immediate response to the answer. If the answer is correct, the student is routed to more challenging problems;....

CONT

In order to ensure that your question or comment will get routed quickly to the correct destination, please click on the link below the appropriate product heading that best corresponds with your comment or question.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Logiciels
  • Théories et méthodes pédagogiques

Spanish

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Record 52 2005-07-27

English

Subject field(s)
  • Training of Personnel
  • Internet and Telematics
  • Education Theory and Methods
CONT

Online Course : Create Your First Web Site with HTML. This is a instructor-led self-learning course on the Web. Through the Web, you can read the course material, make discussion with your classmate and instructor, submit assignment and ask question. During the course period, instructor will answer questions, provide tips and solve problem you meet.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Perfectionnement et formation du personnel
  • Internet et télématique
  • Théories et méthodes pédagogiques
CONT

L'auto-apprentissage tutoré, privilégiant le travail de groupe, permet une assimilation plus rapide des savoirs et surtout une acquisition plus pérenne afin que chacun devienne acteur de son propre projet de formation.

Key term(s)
  • autoapprentissage tutoré

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Capacitación del personal
  • Internet y telemática
  • Teorías y métodos pedagógicos
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Record 53 2005-07-27

English

Subject field(s)
  • Education Theory and Methods
  • Training of Personnel
  • Internet and Telematics
CONT

The term "just-in-time" training means that as an individual employee discovers a learning need, they are able to immediately access a training program or other learning resource to satisfy that need. Similarly, "just-enough" training means that the employee can find the answer to a question without having to go through a long training program that contains much more information than they need.

CONT

As the name suggests, JIT training is information or skill building delivered just when it will actually be used.

Key term(s)
  • just in time training

French

Domaine(s)
  • Théories et méthodes pédagogiques
  • Perfectionnement et formation du personnel
  • Internet et télématique
CONT

La formation juste à temps est un phénomène relativement récent qui a émergé avec l'arrivée des réseaux de distribution et de partage de l'information, des systèmes intégrés de soutien à la tâche, de même qu'avec l'arrivée des intranets. La possibilité que nous offre ces outils d'accéder en temps réel et à la vitesse de l'éclair à une quantité phénoménale d'information (certains sites contiennent des millions de pages d'information) a permis le développement de ce concept de formation juste à temps. En effet, qu'y a-t-il de plus théoriquement intéressant que de voir nos employés rechercher, trouver, analyser et utiliser l'information ou, encore mieux, la connaissance au moment même où ils en ont besoin, sans devoir aller suivre un cours qui a pris beaucoup de temps à développer et qui plus est, n'est offert que quelques fois par année au moment où il y a suffisamment de personnes qui ont besoin de cette formation.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Teorías y métodos pedagógicos
  • Capacitación del personal
  • Internet y telemática
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Record 54 - external organization data 2004-12-16

English

Subject field(s)
  • Communication and Information Management
  • Compartment - Canadian Nuclear Safety Commission

French

Domaine(s)
  • Gestion des communications et de l'information
  • Tiroir - Commission canadienne de sûreté nucléaire

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Record 55 2004-07-27

English

Subject field(s)
  • Training of Personnel
  • Internet and Telematics
  • Education Theory and Methods
CONT

"A knowledge market is a place where knowledge is traded. "It seems very obvious but the idea of selling knowledge is seldom considered. Examples of knowledge markets are : auctions, stores, expert knowledge or question and answer exchanges, intellectual property exchanges, investment knowledge exchanges, e-learning exchanges, community oriented networks, intellectual capital exchanges, vertical or industry-specific markets, and B2B knowledge exchange. The reasons behind these markets appeal are diverse : better market access, precision matching, more transparency, and the possibility of knowledge co-creation and development. The factors to a successful knowledge market, as well as the common pitfalls, lead us to the next chapter, which talks about productizing knowledge.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Perfectionnement et formation du personnel
  • Internet et télématique
  • Théories et méthodes pédagogiques
CONT

Le marché du savoir est en pleine expansion. Le «capital immatériel», son développement et son exploitation sont devenus des facteurs stratégiques pour l'entreprise. L'accès à une multitude de gisements de connaissances et leur utilisation individuelle ou collective représentent une formidable source d'enrichissement culturel pour le citoyen.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Capacitación del personal
  • Internet y telemática
  • Teorías y métodos pedagógicos
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Record 56 2003-12-18

English

Subject field(s)
  • Recruiting of Personnel
DEF

A question during an interview that repeats an element of the previous answer.

CONT

The minor-image question bounces back the information or feelings of the other person and is often used in counselling.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Recrutement du personnel
CONT

La question reformulée est parfois moins embarrassante sous sa deuxième forme.

OBS

La reformulation. Faire reformuler une question par votre interlocuteur consiste à lui demander de bien vouloir répéter sa demande sous une autre forme.

Spanish

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Record 57 2003-07-10

English

Subject field(s)
  • Weather Stations and Meteorological Instruments and Equipment
  • Measuring Instruments
DEF

An electronic hand-held weather recording device used, for instance, by car racing teams, sailors, farmers, outdoor and weather enthusiasts.

CONT

... hand held weather stations take about every weather factor into consideration. ... Very sophisticated ones not only measure weather conditions every second but make E.T. or throttle stop predictions every 4 seconds. A sophisticated drag racing weather station will allow you to store data on as many as 256 previous runs and performs an analysis to give you a prediction based on the weather conditions instantly. It can keep and use separate databases for separate vehicles, tracks, or classes. Some of the really sophisticated stations have a prediction deviation function [which] gives a reliability value of the prediction. It gives you a margin of error based on the information in the database that you chose. Within the last few years, windmeters have been added to the weather station box of tricks.

CONT

The Kestrel line of wind meters or anemometers... in less than 60 seconds, provide the answer to the major spraying season question that haunts producers each morning :"How windy is it?" The Kestrel 1000... gives a fast answer to wind speed average and gusts.... the model 2000 will add temperature and for those really cold days on the sprayer, add wind chill to that list. The 3000 adds humidity, dew point and heat stress index.... But for an all out weather station you can hold in the palm of your hand, the Kestrel 4000 provides all of this, in addition to wet bulb, altitude, air density and barometric pressure. Most importantly, 250 of these readings can be recorded in the device's memory and later transferred to the farm computer.... Michael Naughton of Nielsen Keller-man said the company released the 1000 in 1999 with the intention of it being a tool for sailors and outdoor sports and weather enthusiasts. "Farmers are turning out to be a really big part of our business. The 4000 is really popular with them. We were surprised by the demand for little hand-held weather stations, "he said.

OBS

Not to be confused with "manual (weather) station."

Key term(s)
  • hand-held station

French

Domaine(s)
  • Stations, instruments et équipements météorologiques
  • Appareils de mesure
CONT

Station portative EB312. Petite station météo portative 3 fonctions : prévisions météo par icônes, température ambiante et horloge-calendrier. Idéal pour les activités de plein air : un appareil commode et peu encombrant à mettre dans toutes les poches.

CONT

Station météorologique portative. [...] un instrument destiné à faciliter les observations météorologiques dans les excursions de plus en plus fréquentes qu'exécutent les touristes [...] Cet instrument est composé de façon à pouvoir déterminer exactement, en tous lieux, d'une manière commode et prompte, les trois données météorologiques les plus importantes de l'air, savoir : sa pression, sa température et son degré d'humidité. C'est le groupement d'un baromètre, d'un thermomètre, d'un hygromètre et d'une boussole. L'agencement de ces appareils constitue un instrument d'un volume restreint, renfermé dans un étui unique [...]. la Nature, 1874, deuxième semestre, p. 112.

OBS

Ne pas confondre avec «station (météo) manuelle».

Key term(s)
  • station météorologique portable
  • station portable
  • station météorologique de poche

Spanish

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Record 58 2003-04-23

English

Subject field(s)
  • International Public Law
  • Foreign Trade
  • Customs and Excise
  • International Relations
DEF

Answer to a question put to the International Court of Justice by organs of the United Nations or Specialized Agencies authorized to make such a request.

OBS

Term also used by Revenue Canada, Customs.

OBS

advisory opinion: The International Court of Justice is empowered to render advisory opinions, that is views on any legal question, at the request of the General Assembly of the United Nations, the Security Council or other bodies authorized to do so.

OBS

Reproduced from the Glosario Provisional de Términos Jurídicos with the permission of the United Nations Office at Geneva.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Droit international public
  • Commerce extérieur
  • Douanes et accise
  • Relations internationales
OBS

Terme également utilisé par Revenu Canada, Douanes.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Derecho internacional público
  • Comercio exterior
  • Aduana e impuestos internos
  • Relaciones internacionales
OBS

Término utilizado por la Corte Internacional de Justicia (C.I.J.).

OBS

Según el artículo 65 del Estatuto de la Corte Internacional de Justicia, la Corte podrá emitir opiniones consultivas respecto de cualquier cuestión solicitud de cualquier organismo autorizado para ello por la Naciones Unidas.

OBS

Reproducido del Glosario Provisional de Términos Jurídicos con la autorización de la Oficina de las Naciones Unidas en Ginebra.

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Record 59 2002-10-15

English

Subject field(s)
  • Oral Presentations
  • Advertising
CONT

A press breakfast/luncheon is similar to a press conference, but it is much less formal. Rather than a structured presentation of information followed by a question and answer session, a press breakfast/luncheon consists of a meal followed by a brief presentation and informal networking and discussion among press attendees and hosts,

French

Domaine(s)
  • Exposés et communications orales
  • Publicité
CONT

Les représentants de la presse écrite et électronique sont invités à un dîner de presse offert par la Fédération des producteurs de volailles du Québec, le 18 avril prochain, dans le cadre de l'assemblée générale annuelle de l'organisation.

Spanish

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Record 60 2002-04-08

English

Subject field(s)
  • Environmental Law
  • International Law
CONT

... there is an urgent need for a legally-constituted law-making body i.e. a World Parliament, for enacting enforceable International Laws that are applicable on all the countries and the peoples of the world.

CONT

The broad, binding effect of customary international law, coupled with the reality that such law can be created by the simple repetition of language at various UN meetings, raises a vital question :"At what point does a ’nonbinding agreement’ turn into an international agreement, a promise into a unilateral act, fact into custom?"(12) While no precise answer is possible, a general rule can be stated : previously non-binding norms become enforceable international law when(in the capacious words of one scholar) they have been repeated "with sufficient frequency.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Droit environnemental
  • Droit international
OBS

droit positif : ensemble des règles de droit en vigueur dans un pays à un moment donné (opposé à droit naturel).

CONT

[La] Déclaration sur les Règles de droit international humanitaire relatives à la conduite des hostilités dans les conflits armés non internationaux [...] présente les principes et règles que l'Institut international de droit humanitaire, réuni à Taormina le 7 avril 1990, a identifiés en tant que droit international positif ou droit international en formation.

OBS

[L'expression anglaise «enforceable international law» peut aussi se traduire par l'expression explicative suivante :] règles de droit international assorties de moyens d'en assurer l'application.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Derecho ambiental
  • Derecho internacional
OBS

Normas de derecho internacional con mecanismo de aplicación.

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Record 61 2002-01-15

English

Subject field(s)
  • Informatics
CONT

A trust-management system helps applications answer questions of the form, "does this potentially dangerous operation conform to my security policy?" Typically, the correct answer to such a question depends on what the operation is, who's asking for it to be performed, the local security policy, the requester's credentials, and other factors. Trust-management systems provide applications with a standard interface for getting answers to such questions, and provide users with a standard language for writing the policies and credentials that control what is allowed and what isn’t.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Informatique

Spanish

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Record 62 2001-11-14

English

Subject field(s)
  • International Public Law
  • International Relations
CONT

The practice of a state is shown by its acts and attitudes in its international relations with other states. When it becomes clear that each state acts in the same way, or takes up the same attitude to the acts or omissions of other states, the practice is uniform. When there is a repetition of such uniform practice over a period of time, the practice is constant. State practice which is both uniform and constant creates a "usage". Custom requires a "general practice". No precise answer can be given to the question of how general the practice needs to be. So long as a group of states follow the practice, and accept it as law, there is a custom. All customs have begun in the same way, and become of increasingly universal application as more states align their practice to them.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Droit international public
  • Relations internationales
DEF

Terme qui, dans les expressions : pratique des États, des organisations internationales, d'un organe international, désigne une manière habituelle d'agir, de procéder, de décider qui ne constitue pas une règle coutumière mais peut contribuer à la création de celle-ci.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Derecho internacional público
  • Relaciones internacionales
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Record 63 2001-10-30

English

Subject field(s)
  • Titles of Monographs
  • Recruiting of Personnel
OBS

[This test] measures the ability to use reasoning to solve problems. The test sessions lasts about two and a half hours including time for administrative matters. The test consists of multiple-choice questions. There is only one correct answer for each question. The score on the test will be the total number of correct answers. Canadian Foreign Service Recruitment Campaign.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Titres de monographies
  • Recrutement du personnel
OBS

[Examen qui] mesure l'habileté à utiliser le raisonnement pour solutionner des problèmes. La séance d'examen dure environ deux heures et demie, incluant le temps requis pour les mesures administratives. L'examen comprend des questions à choix multiples. Il n'y a qu'une bonne réponse par question. Le résultat correspond au nombre total de réponses correctes. Campagne de recrutement, Service extérieur canadien.

Spanish

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Record 64 2000-10-31

English

Subject field(s)
  • Citizenship and Immigration
OBS

Terminology used by Citizenship and Immigration Canada and the Immigration and Refugee Board (IRB).

French

Domaine(s)
  • Citoyenneté et immigration
OBS

Document de la DGDIR à la CISR

OBS

Terminologie employée par Citoyenneté et Immigration Canada et la Commission de l'immigration et du statut de réfugié (CISR).

Key term(s)
  • Questions et réponses

Spanish

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Record 65 2000-03-20

English

Subject field(s)
  • Examinations and Competitions (Education)
  • Education Theory and Methods
DEF

A negative discrimination index is most likely to occur with an item that covers complex material written in such a way that it is possible to select the correct response without any real understanding of what is being assessed. A poor student may make a guess, select that response, and come up with the correct answer. Good students may be suspicious of a question that looks too easy, may take the harder path to solving the problem, read too much into the question, and may end up being less successful than those who guess.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Docimologie
  • Théories et méthodes pédagogiques
DEF

Un item bien réussi par les élèves faibles et mal réussi par les élèves forts.

Spanish

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Record 66 2000-03-03

English

Subject field(s)
  • Psychometry and Psychotechnology
DEF

A type of test which requires the subject to choose the answer he thinks is the best answer or solution to a question or problem.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Psychométrie et psychotechnique
CONT

Le nombre et la variété des tests sont considérables [...] Ils peuvent être classés à divers points de vue: 1. selon la nature de leur contenu [...] 2. selon les modes d'administration [...] 3. selon les modes de présentation des épreuves [...] 4. selon la forme des réponses: a. écrites ou numériques [...] b. par la sélection d'une ou plusieurs réponses (tests à choix multiple) [...]

Spanish

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Record 67 1999-12-29

English

Subject field(s)
  • Examinations and Competitions (Education)
DEF

In forced-choice test items, users have to answer a question by selecting one of the alternative answers and in multiple-choice test items users have to answer a question by selecting all correct answers provided by the system.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Docimologie

Spanish

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Record 68 1999-11-03

English

Subject field(s)
  • Examinations and Competitions (Education)
DEF

A response for a multiple-choice item that is classed as an incorrect alternative. It is a plausible wrong answer designed to be attractive to students who do not know the correct response.

CONT

The incorrect alternatives(called foils) of a multiple-choice question must be plausible. Sometimes they are so unlikely that students can determine the correct answer simply by eliminating obviously wrong ones.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Docimologie
DEF

Réponse plausible autre que la réponse correcte ou admise pour un item à réponse choisie.

Spanish

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Record 69 1999-10-22

English

Subject field(s)
  • Business and Administrative Documents
  • Management Control

French

Domaine(s)
  • Écrits commerciaux et administratifs
  • Contrôle de gestion
OBS

Source : Manuel de la correspondance, RNCan [Ressources naturelles du Canada].

Spanish

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Record 70 1999-07-20

English

Subject field(s)
  • Examinations and Competitions (Education)
DEF

The completion item requires the student to answer a question or to finish an incomplete statement by filling in a blank with the correct word or phrase.

CONT

Completion questions ... have one or more missing words that the student must fill in. The primary consideration for completion questions are the importance of the missing words, the number of missing words, and their location. Only words of significance should be blanked out, such as key concept names. ... There should not be too many blanks in a question. ... The blanks should be near or at the end of the question.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Docimologie
CONT

L'option restructuration de phrases permet de réaliser [...] des exercices comme une phrase à compléter à partir d'un modèle, sa mise en style indirect, à la voix passive ou active ...

Spanish

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Record 71 1999-04-28

English

Subject field(s)
  • Training of Personnel
  • Examinations and Competitions (Education)
CONT

A short-answer question should require only a few words, phrases or sentences for a complete answer.

CONT

Short-answer questions require the student to type words or numbers ... A single-word response is much easier for a computer program to judge than the multiple-word response ... Such questions are common in computer-based math and science lessons. The length of expected responses in short-answer questions should be as short as possible, both to prevent typographical error and to facilitate judging.

CONT

The three major types of constructed-response questions are: completion, short-answer, and essay questions. However, only the first two are used in computer-based instruction.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Perfectionnement et formation du personnel
  • Docimologie
DEF

Question précise à laquelle on répond par un mot, un groupe de mots ou un nombre.

Spanish

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Record 72 1999-04-14

English

Subject field(s)
  • Examinations and Competitions (Education)
DEF

a type of objective test item which requires the testee to pair one word, object, symbol, etc., with an associated response.

CONT

Matching questions. These consist of a set of questions or items and answers side by side. Each question has to be matched with the correct answer, in printed texts frequently simply by a line connecting the two. Two sets of pictures or words and pictures can easily be used as matching pairs if people have reading or language difficulties.

CONT

A matching question : Match the body organs with the body functions. [Organs: ] a. brain; b. heart; c. lungs; d. kidneys; e. liver ... [Body functions: ] blood purification; nervous system control; blood production; breathing; blood circulation....

French

Domaine(s)
  • Docimologie
CONT

[...] l'item de type appariement n'est qu'une variante de l'item à choix de réponses. [...] Dans un item de ce genre, on présente d'abord une série d'énoncés qui constitue l'ensemble-stimuli. À chacun des éléments de ce premier ensemble, on demande à l'étudiant d'associer un élément faisant partie d'un deuxième ensemble, l'ensemble-réponses. [...] Habituellement, l'ensemble-stimuli est placé à gauche et il est plus long à lire, même s'il peut comporter moins d'éléments que l'ensemble-réponses placé à droite.

Spanish

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Record 73 1999-02-05

English

Subject field(s)
  • Artificial Intelligence
  • Continuing Education
  • Software
DEF

... a class or category of instructional plans which all teach by the same method or style of instruction. Examples of tutorial strategies include expository, case-method, exploratory, or Socratic question and answer.

CONT

The tutorial strategy of a teaching program is that part of it which decides what to do next. It may range from simply following a sequence of actions which have been pre-specified by the author or the teaching program, as in linear programming, to executing a complex decision procedure which attempts to take into account a student model and the course objectives.

CONT

Motivational responses may include encouragement, congratulations, challenges, and other statements with affective or perlocutionary content. ... the current tutoring strategy specifies which of these feedback and follow-up responses will be generated.

CONT

The resultant analysis is used to select between three types of tutorial strategies: correction, confirmation and coaching.

CONT

An ITS [Intelligent Tutoring System] will have a well-articulated curriculum embodied in its domain expertise and an explicit theory of instruction represented by its tutoring strategies.

Key term(s)
  • tutorial reasoning strategy

French

Domaine(s)
  • Intelligence artificielle
  • Éducation permanente
  • Logiciels
DEF

Ensemble de procédures déterminées par le module pédagogique à partir des connaissances sur l'apprenant, afin d'aider ce dernier à former, à tester des hypothèses, à organiser ses connaissances pour les étendre à des nouvelles situations et à faire des prédictions justes sur des cas nouveaux.

CONT

[...] de tels programmes [à vocation pédagogique] devraient posséder une théorie explicite des stratégies tutorielles qu'ils utilisent (non enfouies dans les connaissances du domaine d'enseignement). Ces stratégies devraient être applicables à plusieurs domaines.

Spanish

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Record 74 1999-01-21

English

Subject field(s)
  • Artificial Intelligence
  • Training of Personnel
  • Education Theory and Methods
CONT

Correction strategies are used when students make errors in the input. The selection of any particular correction is determined by the level of the student’s familiarity with the concepts. No-hint correction is selected by the tutor when the student ... [is] supposed to have very good knowledge of the concepts ... Indirect correction is selected by the tutor only when the student ... has very low error rate ... Direct correction is selected when the student is at a level 2 of familiarity.

CONT

When the user is asked a question, and gets the answer wrong the system uses a "remediation strategy" consisting of presenting an analogous case and asking the question again.

CONT

The students are ... evaluated ... on their overall performance. This method provided adequate input to the tutor module so that the multi-level correction strategies matched the needs of the students.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Intelligence artificielle
  • Perfectionnement et formation du personnel
  • Théories et méthodes pédagogiques

Spanish

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Record 75 1997-12-01

English

Subject field(s)
  • Software
  • Information Processing (Informatics)
CONT

Articulate facts and strategies that vary from expert knowledge ... (misconceptions and procedural errors).

CONT

If the computer has a tutorial program, the student is asked a question by the computer, the student types in an answer, and then gets an immediate response to the answer. If the answer is correct, the student is routed to more challenging problems; if the answer is incorrect, various computer messages will indicate the flaw in procedure, and the program will bypass more complicated questions until the student shows mastery in that area.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Logiciels
  • Traitement de l'information (Informatique)
DEF

erreur due à un défaut de conception du problème.

CONT

La détection des erreurs, des oublis et autres vices de raisonnement plus importants (que l'on rassemble sous le doux nom de bogues) n'est qu'une partie du problème; [...]

OBS

faille : Point faible, défaut, manque de cohérence dans un raisonnement [...]

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Soporte lógico (Software)
  • Tratamiento de la información (Informática)
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Record 76 1997-06-11

English

Subject field(s)
  • Various Proper Names
  • Silviculture
  • Education Theory and Methods
OBS

An interactive forestry question and answer game prepared by the Canadian Forest Service of Natural Resources Canada, Industry Canada's SchoolNet and the Canadian Council of Forest Ministers.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Appellations diverses
  • Sylviculture
  • Théories et méthodes pédagogiques
OBS

Jeu interactif de questions et de réponses sur les forêts préparé, en collaboration, par le Service canadien des forêts de Ressources naturelles Canada, Rescol d'Industrie Canada et le Conseil canadien des ministres des forêts.

Spanish

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Record 77 1997-04-16

English

Subject field(s)
  • General Vocabulary
  • Phraseology
CONT

If you are on the right track, you are reasoning in a way that is likely to give you the right answer to a question or problem.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Vocabulaire général
  • Phraséologie
CONT

Pourtant, malgré la très grave crise de mai-juin 1989, qui a entraîné une stagnation de deux ans, le pays semble sur la bonne voie : à la fin de 1996, beaucoup de clignotants étaient au vert.

Spanish

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Record 78 1997-01-17

English

Subject field(s)
  • Climate Change
CONT

My principal purpose with "Global Warming : Are we entering the greenhouse century?" is to make the basic issues and policy implications of global atmospheric change more accessible to the public... Incidentally, to answer responsibly the question posed in the subtitle of this book takes eight chapters. But the one line response is simple : I believe we are already a decade or two into the greenhouse century; a decade or two more should prove that beyond a reasonable doubt.

OBS

Because the greenhouse disruption will presumably take place as we enter the twenty-first century, the greenhouse age can alternatively be known as the "greenhouse century".

French

Domaine(s)
  • Changements climatiques
DEF

Époque de l'histoire de l'humanité qui sera marquée par des bouleversements climatiques si l'hypothèse de l'augmentation de l'effet de serre anthropique se vérifie.

OBS

À cause du phénomène de l'inertie thermique des océans, la confirmation de l'existence d'un réchauffement climatique pourrait coïncider avec l'arrivée du XXIe siècle. Le terme «siècle» prendrait alors aussi le sens plus restreint de «centaine d'années» définies par rapport au début de «ère chrétienne».

Spanish

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Record 79 1997-01-01

English

Subject field(s)
  • Parliamentary Language
  • Federalism

French

Domaine(s)
  • Vocabulaire parlementaire
  • Fédéralisme
OBS

Source : Glossaire des associations parlementaires, Service de traduction des députés, décembre 1984.

Spanish

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Record 80 1997-01-01

English

Subject field(s)
  • Parliamentary Language
  • The Legislature (Constitutional Law)

French

Domaine(s)
  • Vocabulaire parlementaire
  • Pouvoir législatif (Droit constitutionnel)
OBS

Source : Glossaire des associations parlementaires, Service de traduction des députés, décembre 1984.

Spanish

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Record 81 1996-07-29

English

Subject field(s)
  • Meetings and Assemblies (Administration)
Key term(s)
  • open question and answer
  • open questions-and-answers

French

Domaine(s)
  • Réunions et assemblées (Administration)

Spanish

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Record 82 1995-03-21

English

Subject field(s)
  • Examinations and Competitions (Education)
CONT

Multiple-Selection Answer. This type of judgment is only slightly more difficult [than for single-selection answer]. The response modes and the response-answer comparison are basically the same as for the single selection case. Now, however, the response may be correct, incorrect, improper, or partially correct.... For example, a question requires the student to underline the nouns in a sentence containing two nouns. Underlining both nouns would be correct. Underlining anything but the nouns, such as two verbs, would be incorrect. Underlining one noun, a noun and a verb, or two nouns and a verb, would all be partially correct responses.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Docimologie

Spanish

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Record 83 1995-02-21

English

Subject field(s)
  • Education Theory and Methods
  • Software
CONT

Marking questions... require the student to respond by marking parts of the display.... [They are] much like a multiple-choice question with more than one correct answer.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Théories et méthodes pédagogiques
  • Logiciels
CONT

Les «montrer» avec un curseur ou une flèche ou le doigt. - On demande à l'apprenant de désigner la bonne réponse, de montrer le bon objet, le bon mot... Avec des écrans tactiles, il peut utiliser le doigt. Dans quelques cas on lui demandera d'entourer la bonne réponse...

OBS

On évaluera la variété des procédés d'interactivité utilisés : questionnaire, page à trou, procédés de désignation...

Spanish

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Record 84 1994-12-16

English

Subject field(s)
  • Education Theory and Methods
CONT

... students should be given immediate feedback about their errors. This will make it easier for the students to integrate the instruction about errors into the new production that they form.

CONT

Upon reacting, the student is provided with immediate feedback - i.e., he is told the correctness of his answer.

CONT

If the computer has a tutorial program, the student is asked a question by the computer, the student types in an answer, and then gets an immediate response to the answer.... There are many advantages to using computers. They provide one-to-one interaction with a student, as well as an instantaneous response to the answers elicited.

CONT

... immediate feedback may cause interference between correct and incorrect responses, whereas the latter may tend to be forgotten if the feedback is delayed.

OBS

Information on Performance. Feedback is the information a person receives regarding how well he is performing a given task. ... Experimental evidence has indicated that the value of feedback is directly related to the time interval between the performance and receipt of information about the performance. The sooner information is given to the person performing a task, the more likely that person can improve his performance.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Théories et méthodes pédagogiques
CONT

[...] un élève apprend mieux lorsqu'il peut confirmer sa réponse immédiatement. Ceci peut être appelé le principe de la confirmation immédiate.

CONT

L'apprenant, lorsqu'il entre sa réponse, reçoit une "correction" immédiate, le temps de réaction est, selon les systèmes, généralement inférieur à la seconde. Cette correction, ce feed-back lui annoncera soit que sa réponse est correcte, soit qu'elle est erronée et dans ce cas [...], l'ordinateur proposera une sollicitation appropriée, un commentaire et une variété de branchements (...) selon sa puissance d'analyse et de traitement des réponses.

CONT

Enseignement assisté par ordinateur. [...] Utilisation d'un ordinateur [...] pour présenter les matériels d'enseignement. Ce système permet la rétro-information immédiate, la mise au point d'un système de travail particulier, les dérivations et la mise en archives.

Spanish

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Record 85 1994-10-06

English

Subject field(s)
  • Artificial Intelligence
  • Education Theory and Methods
CONT

Subsequent Attempts. After a response error and feedback, the student may be given another chance to answer the question. Tutorials vary widely in this regard, from allowing just one try to requiring the student to try until correct.... Tutorials should... give the student more than one attempt at questions.... A tutorial should give the correct answer after a reasonable number of attempts(about three), or should permit a key press to request the answer.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Intelligence artificielle
  • Théories et méthodes pédagogiques

Spanish

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Record 86 1991-12-20

English

Subject field(s)
  • Biochemistry
  • Toxicology
CONT

Do the results of tests... show that the product as a whole... causes chronic toxic effects?(Chronic toxic hazards are life-threatening and cause permanent damage to a statistically significant proportion of a test population when doses below defined values are repeatedly given to test animals over an extended period.) [If the answer to that question is] Yes. The product is a chronic toxin.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Biochimie
  • Toxicologie
OBS

Termes proposés à partir de "toxine", de "toxicité chronique" et de "matière toxique à effets chroniques" dans Termium.

Spanish

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Record 87 1990-03-09

English

Subject field(s)
  • Examinations and Competitions (Education)
DEF

any examination which involves only question papers, answer papers and writing instruments.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Docimologie
CONT

(...) il ne faut pas remplacer tous les examens de type papier-crayon par des examens faits par observation.

Spanish

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Record 88 1989-06-27

English

Subject field(s)
  • Artificial Intelligence
  • Mathematics
CONT

One of the most important considerations when analyzing an adaptive control system is its convergence to the desired behaviour. In this context, two questions must be answered : 1) Does the system converge at all?... The answer to the first question is that, in general, one can ensure so called asymptotic stability, namely for v(t)=0...

French

Domaine(s)
  • Intelligence artificielle
  • Mathématiques
OBS

Ligne asymptotique, asymptote : droite dont la distance aux points d'une courbe tend vers zéro lorsque le point s'éloigne sur la courbe à l'infini.

Spanish

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Record 89 1988-07-13

English

Subject field(s)
  • Titles of Documents and Works
  • Pollutants
OBS

Environment Canada, 1986. Information found in ELIAS.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Titres de documents et d'œuvres
  • Agents de pollution
OBS

Renseignement retrouvé dans UTLAS.

Spanish

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Record 90 1986-06-11

English

Subject field(s)
  • Geophysics
  • Vulcanology and Seismology
CONT

The answer to the posed question is therefore regrettably "No. Earth heat is not a renewable energy source except perhaps in a very few places such as Iceland, where there are grounds for believing that magmatic convection beneath a thin crust is exceptionally high".

French

Domaine(s)
  • Géophysique
  • Volcanologie et sismologie

Spanish

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Record 91 1986-05-08

English

Subject field(s)
  • Artificial Intelligence
DEF

A reasoning system based on the assumption that once a fact is determined it cannot be altered during the course of the reasoning process. MYCIN is a monotonic system; and, thus, once the user has answered a question, the system assumes that the answer will remain the same throughout the session. Given the brief duration of most MYCIN sessions, this is a reasonable assumption.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Intelligence artificielle
CONT

Alors que le raisonnement logique ordinaire est "monotone" (lorsque des informations nouvelles arrivent, il est possible d'en déduire de nouvelles conséquences, mais pas de remettre l'acquis en cause), le raisonnement usuel tolère souvent des conclusions "par défaut".

Spanish

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Record 92 1986-03-04

English

Subject field(s)
  • Leadership Techniques (Meetings)
CONT

The opening question should be an open-ended one which does not readily permit of a ’yes’ or ’no’ answer. For example :’Firstly, perhaps someone would like to comment on the suggestion made by(for example, the lecturer) that... What is your experience?’

French

Domaine(s)
  • Techniques d'animation des réunions
CONT

Questions-débat du genre «Comment concevez-vous la formation des adultes (...)?»

Spanish

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Record 93 1986-01-23

English

Subject field(s)
  • Group Dynamics
OBS

cross fire : rapid or heated interchange(the cross fire of question and answer).

French

Domaine(s)
  • Dynamique des groupes
CONT

[...] l'animateur devra [...] proposer au groupe une méthode d'analyse. Par exemple: exposé du problème par celui qui le connaît le mieux suivi d'un feu croisé de questions des participants afin de mettre en lumière les points restés dans l'ombre [...]

Spanish

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Record 94 1985-12-02

English

Subject field(s)
  • Artificial Intelligence
DEF

A system that not only performs the traditional computer function of handling large amounts of data, but it also manipulates that data so that its output is a meaningful answer to a less than fully specified question. It can question the user for additional information,... after partial solutions when appropriate... make suggestions... and explain its reasoning process.

OBS

It is the equivalent of a human expert seated in an extensive library.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Intelligence artificielle

Spanish

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Record 95 1985-05-21

English

Subject field(s)
  • Personnel Management (General)

French

Domaine(s)
  • Gestion du personnel (Généralités)
OBS

Lexique de la Commission de la Fonction publique.

Spanish

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Record 96 1985-02-12

English

Subject field(s)
  • Computer Graphics
CONT

The interpreter guide. This is never actually seen by the user as it automatically unscrambles a faulty question, i. e., one having a misspelled word, and gives the correct answer.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Infographie
CONT

Le guide «interprète». C'est un guide qui n'apparaît pas aux yeux de l'utilisateur: la question est mal formulée (faute d'orthographe), mais l'ordinateur l'interprète et donne le réponse.

Spanish

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Record 97 1985-01-08

English

Subject field(s)
  • Informatics
CONT

Mixware is a means of communication which allows any user, regardless of his level of training, to quickly find, in a enjoyable way, the right answer to a question he has, or to a problem he wants to solve. Mixware makes for easy communication with a computer.

CONT

Mixware, therefore, appears as a "layer" in data-processing system: the communication layer, the human interface.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Informatique
DEF

C'est la mécanique de communication qui permet à un utilisateur néophyte ou entraîné de trouver rapidement et agréablement la bonne réponse à la question qu'il se pose ou au problème qu'il veut résoudre.

CONT

Le conviviel informatique est ce qui permet de communiquer facilement avec un ordinateur.

OBS

Les trois composants de la télématique : conviviel, logiciel, matériel.

OBS

Le conviviel, employé comme substantif, apparaît donc comme une "couche" du système informatique : la couche communication ou "interface humaine".

OBS

Conviviel, employé comme qualificatif, mesure le niveau atteint par un dialogue électronique en instantanéité, en rapidité, en simplicité, en agrément, en variété, en adaptabilité aux besoins originaux de tel ou tel utilisateur.

Spanish

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Record 98 1984-06-04

English

Subject field(s)
  • Translation
OBS

ask a stupid question get a stupid answer

French

Domaine(s)
  • Traduction
OBS

Question idiote réponse idiote (Jean Dutourd, Carnet d'un émigré, coll. Livre de poche, Flammarion, 1973, p. 96.)

Spanish

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Record 99 1981-10-21

English

Subject field(s)
  • Audiovisual Techniques and Equipment
DEF

A programmed textbook characterized by branches incorporated for the purpose of explaining errors. After going through the first information unit, the student must answer a multiple-choice question as control. The answer he chooses determines the page to which he is directed next. If he has chosen the right answer, the new page presents new information and a new task. If his choice has been wrong, on the other hand, he is given an explanation of his error on the new page and as a rule is directed back to the original task page with the instruction to choose a better answer.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Audiovisuel (techniques et équipement)
DEF

livre d'un genre particulier, dont le contenu à apprendre se trouve sous forme programmée séquentielle et dans lequel l'élève, lorsqu'il couvre successivement les matières à apprendre, est dirigé vers les diverses pages dans un ordre qui n'est pas nécessairement consécutif, comme c'était le cas dans un livre ordonné. Par les réponses choisies entre plusieurs possibilités, il est possible de bifurquer à chaque instant vers des matières nouvelles, ou vers des matières de révision.

Spanish

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Record 100 1981-06-01

English

Subject field(s)
  • Reprography
OBS

A bone used in early China especially during the Shang dynasty 1765-1123 BC in divination by writing a question upon it, heating it, and divining the answer from the resultant cracks.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Reprographie

Spanish

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