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ADJACENCY [5 records]

Record 1 2012-06-12

English

Subject field(s)
  • Advertising
DEF

A commercial time period just prior to or just following, rather than within the body of a program.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Publicité
OBS

écran : temps de télévision destiné à recevoir la publicité.

Spanish

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Record 2 2012-06-05

English

Subject field(s)
  • Software
DEF

In character recognition, a condition in which two consecutive characters are separated by less than a specified distance. [Definition officially approved by GESC.]

OBS

adjacency: term officially approved by the Government EDP (Electronic Data Processing) Standards Committee (GESC).

French

Domaine(s)
  • Logiciels
DEF

En reconnaissance de caractères, deux caractères sont dits contigus quand ils sont séparés par une distance inférieure à une distance spécifiée à l'avance. [Définition uniformisée par le CNGI.]

OBS

contiguïté : terme uniformisé par le Comité des normes gouvernementales en informatique (CNGI).

Spanish

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Record 3 1995-12-20

English

Subject field(s)
  • General Vocabulary

French

Domaine(s)
  • Vocabulaire général
DEF

État de deux éléments dont une partie des surfaces est en contact.

OBS

Contigu, contigüe : qualifie un élément juxtaposé à son voisin, sans intermédiaire. Un mur contigu est un mur séparatif entre deux terrains, deux appartements, etc.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Vocabulario general
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Record 4 1992-08-20

English

Subject field(s)
  • Motivation and Advertising Psychology

French

Domaine(s)
  • Motivation et psychologie de la publicité
OBS

Ce qui précède et suit une annonce.

Spanish

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Record 5 1976-06-19

English

Subject field(s)
  • Telecommunications
OBS

A program of any type being presented next to a major one that is much viewed or listened to, with a view, on the part of sponsors, to more effective advertising ( Terminology Service)

French

Domaine(s)
  • Télécommunications
OBS

(Radio-Canada)

Spanish

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