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UUCP [7 records]

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Record 1 2017-11-20

English

Subject field(s)
  • Information Processing (Informatics)
  • Internet and Telematics
DEF

A standard Unix utility used for information exchange between two Unix nodes.

OBS

Today, the term is more commonly used to describe the large international network which uses the UUCP protocol to pass news and electronic mail.(G. Bean, Internet Servers..., 1995, p. 406).

Key term(s)
  • Unix-to-Unix Copy Protocol
  • UUCP protocol
  • Unix-to-Unix Copy Programme

French

Domaine(s)
  • Traitement de l'information (Informatique)
  • Internet et télématique
DEF

Utilitaire Unix permettant d'échanger des informations entre deux nœuds Unix.

Spanish

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Record 2 2004-10-19

English

Subject field(s)
  • Computer Programs and Programming
DEF

A procedure that is invoked without being called explicitly whenever an alteration, an addition, a deletion, or another event occurs.

CONT

UUCP operates in batch mode; files are created in a spool directory for subsequent processing by a UUCP daemon program, thus eliminating the need for tying up a user port while the actual file takes place.

OBS

daemon, demon: terms and definitions standardized by ISO/IEC [International Electrotechnical Commission].

OBS

daemon: term formed with the capital letters in the expression Disk And Execution MONitor.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Programmes et programmation (Informatique)
DEF

Procédure déclenchée automatiquement lors de la détection d'une modification, d'un adjonction, d'une élimination ou d'un autre événement.

CONT

Les «démons» sont déclenchés dès que certaines conditions sont vérifiées.

OBS

démon : terme et définition normalisés par ISO/CEI [Commission électrotechnique internationale].

OBS

démon : dérivé du sens mythologique rationalisé ici pour former l'acronyme de Disk And Execution MONitor.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Programas y programación (Informática)
DEF

En la programación de computadoras (ordenadores), es una sección de un programa o un programa autónomo que espera hasta que ocurra un evento determinado antes de ponerse en ejecución.

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Record 3 2001-10-29

English

Subject field(s)
  • Internet and Telematics
  • Informatics
CONT

UUCP operates in batch mode; files are created in a spool directory for subsequent processing by a UUCP daemon program, thus eliminating the need for tying up a user port while the actual file transfer takes place.

OBS

port: The entry channel to which a data set is attached. The port is in the central computer, and each user is assigned one port.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Internet et télématique
  • Informatique

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Internet y telemática
  • Informática
DEF

Enchufe eléctrico en una microcomputadora (microordenador) que, con los circuitos apropiados, permite que un usuario conecte dispositivos periféricos adicionales.

OBS

El puerto se puede usar para controlar o adquirir datos desde dispositivos externos.

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Record 4 1996-08-26

English

Subject field(s)
  • Internet and Telematics
DEF

A UUCP mail path that specifies every site along the way from the sender to the receiver.

OBS

bang : an exclamation point. It precedes each site in a UUCP mail path.

Key term(s)
  • bang

French

Domaine(s)
  • Internet et télématique
OBS

Voir adresse UUCP.

Spanish

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Record 5 1995-07-10

English

Subject field(s)
  • Internet and Telematics
DEF

An address involving a series of hostnames separated by exclamation points and ending with a user name. (J.S. Quarterman, The E-Mail Companion, 1994, p. 298).

OBS

UUCP : Unix to Unix copy program; bang : exclamation point.

CONT

The bang address specifies the exact path (host by host) of the mail if necessary. It is in the form machine! machine! user ID, where the number of machines listed depends on the connections needed to reach the machine where the account user ID is. (M.A. Pike, The Internet QuickStart, 1994, p. 34).

French

Domaine(s)
  • Internet et télématique

Spanish

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Record 6 1985-04-15

English

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

UUCP operates in batch mode; files are created in a spool directory for subsequent processing by a UUCP daemon program, thus eliminating the need for tying up a user port while the actual file transfer takes place.

French

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

Spanish

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Record 7 1984-06-28

English

Subject field(s)
  • Computer Programs and Programming
CONT

UUCP consists of a series of programs designed to permit communications between CPU's running under a GENIX or a UNIX operating system using either dial-up or hard-wired communication lines.

Key term(s)
  • hard-wired transmission line

French

Domaine(s)
  • Programmes et programmation (Informatique)

Spanish

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