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UP DOWN SHUNTING [2 records]
Record 1 - internal organization data 2015-04-13
Record 1, English
Record 1, Subject field(s)
- Telephone Facilities
- Telephone Switching
Record 1, Main entry term, English
- digital telephone switching machine 1, record 1, English, digital%20telephone%20switching%20machine
Record 1, Abbreviations, English
Record 1, Synonyms, English
Record 1, Textual support, English
Record number: 1, Textual support number: 1 CONT
The new digital telephone switching machine being put through their paces at Bell-Northern Research in Ottawa are disconcertingly silent and still... their action is soundless and invisible : billions of electrons careening through the machines solid-state inwards, setting up and taking down speech paths, shunting signals to different lines and trunks, carrying countless maintenance and operational messages between processor, memories and switching matrix. 1, record 1, English, - digital%20telephone%20switching%20machine
Record 1, French
Record 1, Domaine(s)
- Installations (Téléphonie)
- Commutation téléphonique
Record 1, Main entry term, French
- dispositif de commutation téléphonique numérique
1, record 1, French, dispositif%20de%20commutation%20t%C3%A9l%C3%A9phonique%20num%C3%A9rique
masculine noun
Record 1, Abbreviations, French
Record 1, Synonyms, French
Record 1, Textual support, French
Record number: 1, Textual support number: 1 CONT
Les nouveaux dispositifs de commutation téléphonique numérique expérimentés au Centre de recherches de la Bell Northern à Ottawa se révèlent incroyablement «sages» et silencieux [...] Insonores et invisibles, les activités réellement importantes sont en fait celles des milliards d'électrons qui dansent un ballet fantasmagorique parmi les circuits internes à semi-conducteurs, accordant ou non le passage aux conversations, dérivant les signaux vers les lignes principales et auxiliaires et transmettant d'innombrables messages relatifs au fonctionnement ou à la maintenance entre l'ordinateur, les mémoires et la matrice de commutation. 1, record 1, French, - dispositif%20de%20commutation%20t%C3%A9l%C3%A9phonique%20num%C3%A9rique
Record 1, Spanish
Record 1, Textual support, Spanish
Record 2 - internal organization data 1985-09-01
Record 2, English
Record 2, Subject field(s)
- Traction (Rail)
Record 2, Main entry term, English
- up & down shunting 1, record 2, English, up%20%26%20down%20shunting
Record 2, Abbreviations, English
Record 2, Synonyms, English
Record 2, Textual support, English
Record number: 2, Textual support number: 1 OBS
Montreal Locomotives Works/Bombardier Inc. 1, record 2, English, - up%20%26%20down%20shunting
Record 2, French
Record 2, Domaine(s)
- Traction (Chemins de fer)
Record 2, Main entry term, French
- shuntage progressif
1, record 2, French, shuntage%20progressif
correct, masculine noun, officially approved
Record 2, Abbreviations, French
Record 2, Synonyms, French
Record 2, Textual support, French
Record number: 2, Textual support number: 1 OBS
shuntage progressif : terme uniformisé par le CN. 2, record 2, French, - shuntage%20progressif
Record number: 2, Textual support number: 2 OBS
Montreal Locomotive Works/Bombardier Inc. 1, record 2, French, - shuntage%20progressif
Record 2, Spanish
Record 2, Textual support, Spanish
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