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BWA [8 records]

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Record 1 2023-07-18

English

Subject field(s)
  • CBRNE Weapons
  • CBRNE Operations
DEF

A biological agent confirmed to have been modified, processed or weaponized to be deliberately used to cause disease or death in humans, animals, plants or material deterioration.

OBS

biological warfare agent; BWA: designations and definition standardized by NATO.

Key term(s)
  • biological-warfare agent

French

Domaine(s)
  • Armes CBRNE
  • Opérations CBRNE
DEF

Agent biologique confirmé comme ayant été modifié, transformé ou militarisé pour être employé délibérément en vue de provoquer des maladies ou la mort parmi les êtres humains, les animaux ou les végétaux, ou de détériorer les matériaux.

OBS

agent de guerre biologique : désignation et définition normalisées par l'OTAN.

Spanish

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Record 2 2017-03-08

English

Subject field(s)
  • Place Names (outside Canada)
Universal entry(ies)
BW
classification system code, see observation
BWA
classification system code, see observation
OBS

Capital: Gaborone.

OBS

Inhabitant: Botswanan.

OBS

Botswana: common name of the country.

OBS

BW; BWA: codes recognized by ISO.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Toponymes (hors Canada)
Entrée(s) universelle(s)
BW
classification system code, see observation
BWA
classification system code, see observation
OBS

État d'Afrique australe.

OBS

Capitale : Gaborone.

OBS

Habitant : Botswanais, Botswanaise.

OBS

Botswana : nom usuel du pays.

OBS

BW; BWA : codes reconnus par l'ISO.

PHR

aller au Botswana, visiter le Botswana

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Topónimos (fuera de Canadá)
Entrada(s) universal(es)
BW
classification system code, see observation
BWA
classification system code, see observation
OBS

Capital: Gaborone.

OBS

Habitante: botsuano, botsuana.

OBS

Botsuana; Botswana: nombres usuales del país.

OBS

BW; BWA: códigos reconocidos por la ISO.

OBS

Botsuana; República de Botsuana: nombres en español recomendados por la Real Academia Española y la Unión Europea.

OBS

Botswana; República de Botswana: nombres reconocidos por las Naciones Unidas.

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Record 3 2015-02-02

English

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

Intersil's broadband wireless access (BWA) product line offers highly programmable, cost-effective modem solutions which deliver fiber-like performance, and reliability to equipment manufacturers serving fixed wireless infrastructure and access markets.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Télécommunications
  • Internet et télématique

Spanish

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Record 4 2015-01-20

English

Subject field(s)
  • Protection of Life
  • Hygiene and Health
  • Water Pollution
CONT

Boil water advisories are public announcements ... advising the public that they should boil their drinking water prior to consumption. They are generally issued as a result of a possible or confirmed microbiological contamination.

CONT

Boil water advisories are issued by either the local public health unit or other responsible authority, or by the water utility.

OBS

Water should be ... brought to a rolling boil for 1 minute to kill all disease-causing organisms.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Sécurité des personnes
  • Hygiène et santé
  • Pollution de l'eau
CONT

Les avis d'ébullition de l'eau sont des annonces publiques émises [...] pour conseiller au public de faire bouillir leur eau potable avant de la consommer. Ils sont généralement diffusés en raison d'une contamination microbiologique possible ou confirmée.

CONT

Les avis d'ébullition de l'eau sont émis par le service local de santé publique, par d'autres autorités compétentes ou par le fournisseur d'eau.

OBS

L'eau doit être [...] portée à ébullition pendant une minute afin d'en éliminer tous les organismes pathogènes.

Spanish

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Record 5 - external organization data 2009-08-04

English

Subject field(s)
  • Compartment - ISO/IEC JTC 1 Information Technology Vocabulary
Universal entry(ies)
03.02.21 (19762)
ISO/IEC standard entry number
DEF

amount of decrease in bar width reduction or increase in bar width increase by which the bars of a bar code master are adjusted to compensate for gain or loss of bar width, respectively, during reprographic and printing processes

OBS

bar width adjustment; BWA: term, abbreviation and definition standardized by ISO/IEC [ISO/IEC 19762-2:2008].

French

Spanish

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Record 6 2008-02-07

English

Subject field(s)
  • International Bodies and Committees
  • Religion (General)
OBS

The Baptist World Alliance is a global movement of Baptists sharing a common confession of faith in Jesus Christ, bonded together by Dad's love to support, encourage and strengthen one another, while proclaiming and living the Gospel of Jesus Christ in the power of the Holy Spirit to a lost world.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Organismes et comités internationaux
  • Religion (Généralités)

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Organismos y comités internacionales
  • Religión (Generalidades)
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Record 7 2005-07-28

English

Subject field(s)
  • Ship and Boat Parts
  • Submarines (Naval Forces)

French

Domaine(s)
  • Parties des bateaux
  • Sous-marins (Forces navales)

Spanish

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Record 8 2003-07-21

English

Subject field(s)
  • Satellite Telecommunications
  • Radio Waves
CONT

... the backward wave amplifier is a voltage tuned amplifier and the modulator voltage applied to it must be varied with frequency.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Télécommunications par satellite
  • Ondes radioélectriques
Key term(s)
  • amplificateur à ondes régressives
  • amplificateur à ondes inverses

Spanish

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