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ATO [15 records]

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Alphabetical list of terms

Record 1 2025-02-17

English

Subject field(s)
  • Military Tactics
OBS

area of tactical operations; ATO: designations standardized by NATO.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Tactique militaire
OBS

zone d'opérations tactiques : désignation normalisée par l'OTAN.

Spanish

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Record 2 2023-07-04

English

Subject field(s)
  • Decision-Making Process
  • Security
CONT

Security Authorization involves obtaining and maintaining a security risk management decision which explicitly accepts the related residual risk, based on the results of a security assessment. This authorization is referred to as "the Authority to Operate" (ATO).

French

Domaine(s)
  • Processus décisionnel
  • Sécurité
CONT

L'autorisation de sécurité consiste à obtenir et à maintenir une décision de gestion sur le risque en matière de sécurité qui accepte explicitement le risque résiduel connexe en s'appuyant sur les résultats d'une évaluation de sécurité. Cette autorisation est appelée «autorisation d’exploitation» (AE).

Spanish

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Record 3 2023-04-01

English

Subject field(s)
  • Business and Administrative Documents
  • Tactical Operations (Air Forces)
DEF

A document issued by an aerospace operations centre under the authority of the air component commander directing subordinate forces to execute aerospace missions.

OBS

An air tasking order is authoritative and is the product of the air planning process. It is valid for a prescribed period and provides sufficient tactical detail for subordinate commanders to execute missions.

OBS

air tasking order; ATO: designations and definition officially approved by the Air Force Terminology Panel (Trenton).

OBS

air tasking order; ATO: designations officially approved by the Department of National Defence and the Canadian Forces.

OBS

air task order; air tasking order; ATO: designations standardized by NATO.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Écrits commerciaux et administratifs
  • Opérations tactiques (Forces aériennes)
DEF

Document publié par un centre d'opérations aérospatiales avec l'autorisation du commandant de la composante aérienne ordonnant à des forces subalternes d'accomplir des missions aérospatiales.

OBS

Un ordre d'attribution de mission aérienne fait autorité et il est le fruit du processus de planification des opérations aériennes. Il est valide pendant une période prescrite et il contient les données tactiques nécessaires pour permettre aux commandants subalternes d'accomplir les missions.

OBS

ordre d'attribution de mission aérienne; ATO : désignations et définition uniformisées par le Groupe d'experts en terminologie de la Force aérienne (Trenton).

OBS

ordre d'attribution de mission aérienne; ATO : désignations uniformisées par le ministère de la Défense nationale et les Forces canadiennes.

OBS

ordre d'attribution de mission aérienne; ordre de mission aérienne; ordre opérationnel Air; ATO : désignations normalisées par l'OTAN.

Spanish

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Record 4 2019-09-18

English

Subject field(s)
  • Air Materiel Maintenance
  • Aeronautical Engineering and Maintenance
  • Military Materiel Management
DEF

An organization deemed acceptable by the Technical Airworthiness Authority to perform airworthiness management roles and technical airworthiness functions in the conduct of life cycle materiel management of an approved aeronautical product type.

OBS

acceptable technical organization; ATO: designations and definition officially approved by the Air Force Terminology Panel.

Key term(s)
  • acceptable technical organisation

French

Domaine(s)
  • Maintenance du matériel de l'air
  • Aérotechnique et maintenance
  • Gestion du matériel militaire
DEF

Organisme jugé acceptable par l'Autorité de navigabilité technique pour jouer un rôle en gestion de la navigabilité et exercer des fonctions liées à la navigabilité technique dans le cadre de la gestion du cycle de vie du matériel d'un type de produit aéronautique approuvé.

OBS

organisme technique acceptable; OTechA : désignations et définition uniformisées par le Groupe d'experts en terminologie de la Force aérienne.

Spanish

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Record 5 2018-12-10

English

Subject field(s)
  • International Bodies and Committees
  • Trade
  • Wood Industries
OBS

The African Timber Organization (ATO), founded in 1976 by 14 countries, seeks to ensure that forests under its jurisdiction ... are protected and managed in a sustainable fashion ...

Key term(s)
  • African Timber Organisation
  • Inter-African Organisation for Forestry Economy and Marketing of Timber

French

Domaine(s)
  • Organismes et comités internationaux
  • Commerce
  • Industrie du bois

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Organismos y comités internacionales
  • Comercio
  • Industria maderera
OBS

Se constituyó en [1976], por Camerún, República Centroafricana, Congo, Costa de Marfil, Gabón, Ghana, Guinea Ecuatorial, Liberia, Madagascar, Nigeria, Tanzania y Zaire, al objeto de desarrollar el mercado de la madera africana, mejorar su producción, adecuar sus precios a los costes, y coordinar la comercialización, industrialización y desarrollo tecnológico. Tiene su sede en Libreville, Gabón.

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Record 6 2018-05-11

English

Subject field(s)
  • Operations (Air Forces)
  • Air Defence
OBS

air tracking order; ATO: designations standardized by NATO.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Opérations (Forces aériennes)
  • Défense aérienne
OBS

ordre de poursuite aérienne; ATO : désignations normalisées par l'OTAN.

Spanish

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Record 7 2018-01-09

English

Subject field(s)
  • Milking Equipment (Agriculture)
DEF

An apparatus that registers the end of milk flow in a milking machine, shuts off the vacuum, and retracts the milking unit from a cow's udder.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Traite mécanique (Agriculture)

Spanish

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Record 8 2017-05-30

English

Subject field(s)
  • Closing Devices and Nozzles (Mechanical Components)
CONT

A control valve (actuator plus body sub-assembly) is of air-to-open construction if an increase in pressure to the actuator causes the plug to move away from the seated position.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Obturateurs et buses (Composants mécaniques)

Spanish

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Record 9 2017-03-29

English

Subject field(s)
  • Occupation Names (General)
  • Field Artillery
OBS

ammunition technical officer; ATO: designations officially approved by the Department of National Defence and the Canadian Forces.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Désignations des emplois (Généralités)
  • Artillerie de campagne
OBS

officer technicien des munitions; officier technicien en munitions; OTM : désignations uniformisées par le ministère de la Défense nationale et les Forces canadiennes.

Spanish

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Record 10 2012-03-23

English

Subject field(s)
  • Rail Transport Operations
  • Rail Traffic Control
CONT

ATC [automatic train control] ... is the package which includes ATP [automatic train protection], ATO [automatic train operation] and ATS [automatic train supervision]. ... There are lots of variations of ATC around the world but all contain the basic principle that ATP provides safety and is the basis upon which the train is allowed to run. ATO provides controls to replace the driver, while ATS checks the running times and adjusts train running accordingly.

OBS

automatic train operation; ATO: term and abbreviation recommended by the Terminology Committee and standardized by the Validation Committee of the Sustainable Mobility Glossary.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Exploitation (Transport par rail)
  • Circulation des trains
OBS

conduite automatique des trains : terme recommandé par le Comité de terminologie et normalisé par le Comité de validation du Lexique de la mobilité durable.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Explotación (Transporte ferroviario)
  • Circulación de trenes
OBS

ATO: según su sigla en inglés (automatic train operation).

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Record 11 2009-07-29

English

Subject field(s)
  • Employment Benefits
CONT

[The claimant] also indicated that her $1,688.00 of vacation pay was offset by 71 hours of Accumulated Time Off (ATO) and therefore the amount of holiday pay should be reduced to $363.03.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Avantages sociaux
CONT

Dans certaines conventions, si l'employé n'a pas pris la totalité ou une partie des congés accumulés une fois atteinte la limite fixée, l'employeur lui versera un paiement en argent au taux des heures supplémentaires.

Spanish

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Record 12 2006-11-09

English

Subject field(s)
  • Accounting
CONT

An approved training office must be a chartered accountancy office or office of a federal or provincial auditor that is: in good standing with their Provincial Institute/Ordre; able to provide a working environment capable of preparing candidates to become CAs; able to provide candidates with the minimum chargeable hours, as specified by their Provincial Institute/Ordre, under appropriate supervision by experienced CAs; able to provide appropriate supervision and training of the CA candidate; and prepared to provide access to their Provincial Institute/Ordre for practice inspection.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Comptabilité
DEF

Bureau professionnel habilité à recevoir, à titre de stagiaires, des candidats à la profession.

OBS

En France, seules des personnes physiques peuvent être maîtres de stage.

Spanish

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Record 13 2000-01-21

English

Subject field(s)
  • Educational Institutions

French

Domaine(s)
  • Établissements d'enseignement

Spanish

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Record 14 1996-01-31

English

Subject field(s)
  • International Bodies and Committees
  • Government Bodies and Committees (Non-Canadian)
OBS

League of Arab States

French

Domaine(s)
  • Organismes et comités internationaux
  • Organismes et comités gouvernementaux non canadiens

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Organismos y comités internacionales
  • Organismos y comités gubernamentales no canadienses
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Record 15 1988-08-30

English

Subject field(s)
  • Aircraft Maneuvers
DEF

Take-off through use of rocket or gas bottles to provide extra thrust.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Manœuvres d'aéronefs

Spanish

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