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Record 1 2008-05-14

English

Subject field(s)
  • Telephone Exchanges
  • Internet and Telematics
DEF

The portion of a phone list that connects the customer’s premises with a telephone company’s central office.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Centraux téléphoniques
  • Internet et télématique

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Centrales telefónicas
  • Internet y telemática
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Record 2 1996-05-14

English

Subject field(s)
  • Video Technology
OBS

interactive video

French

Domaine(s)
  • Vidéotechnique

Spanish

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Record 3 1996-05-06

English

Subject field(s)
  • Video Technology
OBS

Involves the transmission of digital information at high speed over a single twisted pair. Transmission capacity is asymmetric in the sense that the bit rates in downstream and upstream directions differ.

OBS

interactive video.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Vidéotechnique

Spanish

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Record 4 1993-01-20

English

Subject field(s)
  • Various Proper Names
  • Informatics

French

Domaine(s)
  • Appellations diverses
  • Informatique
OBS

IBM Canada Ltée.

Spanish

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Record 5 1992-10-17

English

Subject field(s)
  • Telecommunications
  • Electrical Engineering

French

Domaine(s)
  • Télécommunications
  • Électrotechnique

Spanish

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Record 6 1975-03-11

English

Subject field(s)
  • Telephone Facilities
  • Transformers
DEF

a central office device which increases the signalling range on long subscriber lines by adding a series-aiding voltage to each side of the loop, thus effectively increasing the loop supply voltage.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Installations (Téléphonie)
  • Transformateurs
DEF

survolteur : transformateur dont la tension secondaire est ajoutée à celle du réseau, de façon à obtenir une tension totale plus élevée.

Spanish

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