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ANCILLARY DATA [2 records]

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Alphabetical list of terms

Record 1 2008-02-18

English

Subject field(s)
  • Data Banks and Databases
  • Police
OBS

The Canadian Police Information Centre (CPIC) provides approved agencies across North America with four data banks of operational information, comprising investigative, identification, intelligence, and ancillary data.

Key term(s)
  • ancillary databank

French

Domaine(s)
  • Banques et bases de données
  • Police
OBS

Le Centre d'information de la police canadienne (CIPC) offre à tous les services reconnus de l'Amérique du Nord quatre banques d'informations opérationnelles y compris les données d'enquête, les données de l'identité judiciaire, les renseignements criminels et les données auxiliaires.

Spanish

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Record 2 2007-01-31

English

Subject field(s)
  • Spacecraft
DEF

[A set of data] other than instrument data required to perform an instrument's data processing.

OBS

[Ancillary data] include orbit data, attitude data, time information, spacecraft engineering data, calibration data, data quality information, and data from other instruments.

OBS

ancillary datum: term usually used in the plural.

OBS

ancillary datum: term officially approved by the RADARSAT-2 Terminology Approval Group (RTAG).

Key term(s)
  • ancillary data

French

Domaine(s)
  • Engins spatiaux
DEF

Donnée autre qu'une donnée instrumentale nécessaire au traitement et à la bonne interprétation des données instrumentales de mission (p. ex. orbite et attitude du satellite, pointage des capteurs, etc.).

OBS

donnée accessoire : terme habituellement utilisé au pluriel.

OBS

donnée accessoire : terme uniformisé par le Groupe de travail de la terminologie de RADARSAT-2 (GTTR).

Key term(s)
  • données accessoires

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Naves espaciales
OBS

Término generalmente utilizado en plural: datos auxiliares.

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