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TRANSFER OPERATION [3 records]

Record 1 2016-02-25

English

Subject field(s)
  • Information Processing (Informatics)
  • Computer Memories
DEF

An operation that moves information from one storage location or one storage medium to another, e.g. read, record, copy, transmit or exchange.

OBS

Transfer is sometimes taken to refer specifically to movement between different storage media.

French

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

[...] Si à un instant donné, deux zones non contiguës de mémoire centrale sont disponibles, une opération de translation permet d'obtenir un espace mémoire plus grand, qui peut être nécessaire à l'exécution d'un autre programme.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Tratamiento de la información (Informática)
  • Memorias (Computadoras)
DEF

Operación que mueve la información de una posición o medio de almacenamiento a otra u otro; por ejemplo, lectura, registro, copia, transmisión o intercambio.

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Record 2 2014-05-20

English

Subject field(s)
  • Emergency Management
CONT

... at a disaster site ... the transfer operation ... involves the staging and transfer of remains, personal effects, and loose items that have been recovered from the disaster site to the victim identification center.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Gestion des urgences
CONT

[...] les opérations de transfert des cadavres [...] L’exhumation de milliers de cadavres [...] et leur transport en des lieux isolés est une opération [d']envergure [...]

Spanish

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Record 3 1988-05-04

English

Subject field(s)
  • Cargo (Water Transport)

French

Domaine(s)
  • Cargaisons (Transport par eau)
OBS

Source : Règles relatives à la prévention de la pollution par les substances liquides nocives transportées en vrac (publication de l'Organisation maritime internationale)

Spanish

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