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UNIQUE ASSET [6 records]

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Record 1 2024-01-05

English

Subject field(s)
  • Digital Currency
  • Electronic Commerce
DEF

... the process of converting an asset or the ownership rights of an asset to a unique unit called token.

OBS

Tokens are commonly referred to when discussing blockchain technology, where they are used to indicate the ownership of a valuable asset.

Key term(s)
  • tokenisation

French

Domaine(s)
  • Monnaie électronique
  • Commerce électronique
DEF

Processus à travers lequel un actif et ses droits associés sont divisés en fractions, représentées sous la forme numérique d'un jeton, afin d'en assurer le suivi et d'en permettre les échanges […]

Spanish

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Record 2 2022-02-28

English

Subject field(s)
  • Currency and Foreign Exchange
  • Coins and Bank Notes
CONT

In a blockchain, fungible tokens are cryptocurrencies like Bitcoin(BTC). Nonfungible tokens are units of data that represent a unique digital asset stored and verified on the blockchain.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Politique monétaire et marché des changes
  • Pièces de monnaie et billets de banque
CONT

Afin de rendre un actif numérique indivisible, il est possible de faire usage du concept des jetons non fongibles. Le contraire de la non-fongibilité, c'est-à-dire la fongibilité, signifie qu'«[…] un actif peut être échangé contre un autre actif du même type et qu'aucune distinction entre les deux n'est possible […]». Les Bitcoins, par exemple, sont des jetons fongibles.

Spanish

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Record 3 - external organization data 2013-09-25

English

Subject field(s)
  • Compartment - Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP)
OBS

The Business Systems Section develops, enhances, implements, maintains and supports the systems and processes required to manage the resources and to account for the financial status of "E" Division. Its activities include : managing changes required due to new technologies and processes in corporate management; developing unique systems for business functions(finance, planning, contracting, asset management, internal control, interface with human resources systems) to fill gaps in current business processes until addressed by change management; providing expert business systems advice; monitoring business systems’ performance and capacity; developing and delivering training on corporate management business functions, such as financial management and asset management; advancing Modern Comptrollership and the Financial Information Strategy(FIS).

Key term(s)
  • Business System Section

French

Domaine(s)
  • Tiroir - Gendarmerie royale du Canada (GRC)

Spanish

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Record 4 2003-10-21

English

Subject field(s)
  • System Names
  • Software
  • National Accounting
  • Financial and Budgetary Management
OBS

This system is not Crown-owned, but has been endorsed for use in Canadian federal departments by the Treasury Board of Canada. This proprietary suite of integrated products is owned and supplied by AMS Management Systems Canada Inc. for a licensing fee. CGFS, and the latest version of the system, Advantage 2000, were developed expressly for the public sector and address the unique needs of government for revenue and expenditure management, asset management, inventory management and purchasing. The system is in use by over 300 government agencies throughout North America, including seven Canadian federal departments. In the Canadian federal government context, the application is managed by a Cluster Group [at] Natural Resources Canada. For more information, contact the Cluster Chair or AMS Canada directly in Ottawa.

Key term(s)
  • AMS Canadian Government Financial System
  • Government Financial System

French

Domaine(s)
  • Noms de systèmes
  • Logiciels
  • Comptabilité nationale
  • Gestion budgétaire et financière
OBS

Ce système n'appartient pas à l'État, mais son utilisation dans les ministères fédéraux canadiens a été approuvée par le Conseil du Trésor du Canada. Cet ensemble privé de produits intégrés appartient à AMS Management Systems Canada Inc., qui en autorise l'utilisation moyennant le paiement de droits de licence. Le SFGC et sa plus récente version, Avantage 2000, ont été élaborés expressément pour le secteur public et répondent aux besoins uniques du gouvernement relativement à la gestion des recettes et des dépenses, à la gestion des biens, à la gestion des stocks et aux achats. Le système est utilisé par plus de 300 organismes gouvernementaux dans toute l'Amérique du Nord, y compris par sept ministères fédéraux canadiens. Dans le contexte du gouvernement fédéral canadien, l'application est gérée par un groupe d'usagers [de] Ressources naturelles Canada. Pour de plus amples informations, veuillez communiquer avec le président du groupe d'usagers ou directement avec AMS Canada à Ottawa.

Key term(s)
  • Système financier du gouvernement

Spanish

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Record 5 2001-07-12

English

Subject field(s)
  • Financial and Budgetary Management
  • Government Accounting
DEF

Collection of unique capital assets which form an identifiable functional unit. The component unique assets need not have the same estimated useful life. In the case of buildings, however, PWGSC [Public Works and Government Services Canada] will apply the whole asset method and value a building as one unique asset or composite asset with a single estimated useful life.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Gestion budgétaire et financière
  • Comptabilité publique
DEF

Ensemble d'immobilisations uniques qui, ensemble, forment une unité fonctionnelle reconnaissable. Il n'est pas nécessaire que les actifs uniques qui la composent aient la même vie utile estimative. TPSGC [Travaux publics et Services gouvernementaux Canada] va toutefois appliquer aux bâtiments la méthode des biens homogènes et les évaluer comme un seul actif, ou bien hétérogène, ayant une seule vie utile estimative.

Spanish

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Record 6 2000-02-14

English

Subject field(s)
  • Stock Exchange
CONT

Blocks of shares of unique assets.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Bourse

Spanish

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