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BUILDING SYSTEM [45 records]

Record 1 2023-09-11

English

Subject field(s)
  • Applications of Automation
  • Real Estate
CONT

The building automation system (BAS) core functionality is to keep building climate within a specified range, light rooms based on an occupancy schedule, monitor performance and device failures in all systems and provide malfunction alarms. Automation systems reduce building energy and maintenance costs compared to a non-controlled building.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Automatisation et applications
  • Immobilier

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Automatización y aplicaciones
  • Bienes raíces
CONT

El sistema de automatización de edificios es un término general (que también se conoce como sistema de gestión de edificios) que se utiliza para referirse a una amplia gama de sistemas computarizados de control de edificios [...].

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Record 2 2023-09-11

English

Subject field(s)
  • Applications of Automation
  • Real Estate
CONT

… BEMSs are commonly implemented in buildings for the management of the energy facilities and, as pointed in some studies, they could represent up to 40% of the energy savings.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Automatisation et applications
  • Immobilier

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Automatización y aplicaciones
  • Bienes raíces
CONT

El proyecto europeo Precept creará un sistema de gestión energética de edificios predictivo y proactivo

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Record 3 2018-02-12

English

Subject field(s)
  • Titles of Reports
  • Federal Administration
Key term(s)
  • Building Success
  • A Guide to Establishing and Maintaining a Psychological Health and Safety Management System

French

Domaine(s)
  • Titres de rapports
  • Administration fédérale
Key term(s)
  • Viser la réussite
  • Un guide pour établir et maintenir un système de gestion de la santé et de la sécurité psychologiques

Spanish

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Record 4 2015-01-09

English

Subject field(s)
  • Modern Construction Methods
DEF

... a system of construction in which design, production, erection, and overall administration of the building and its construction are coordinated, or pre-engineered.

DEF

Combining prefabricated assemblies, components, and parts into single integrated units utilizing industrialized production, assembly, and methods.

CONT

Systems building, while relying on the definitions of building systems, is not hardware oriented. It is instead a management process that manipulates the design and construction of the facility through the design and installation of the various building systems.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Procédés de construction modernes
CONT

[...] on a parfois confondu "préfabrication" et "industrialisation" de la construction [...] l'industrialisation du bâtiment [...] c'est la mise en application des conditions optimales d'exécution des travaux de construction par une préparation méthodique de toutes les fonctions concernant l'art de bâtir. L'industrialisation se rapporte à la fois à la fabrication, à la manutention et à la mise en œuvre des matériaux, ainsi qu'à l'organisation scientifique des chantiers, au point de vue des programmes, des études préliminaires, de l'ordonnancement [...] La préfabrication apparaît dès lors comme un des moyens techniques (mais un moyen essentiel) qui permettent à l'industrialisation du bâtiment de prendre son essor.

Spanish

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Record 5 2014-01-07

English

Subject field(s)
  • Titles of Standards
  • Construction Standards and Regulations
OBS

LEED: Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Titres de normes
  • Réglementation et normalisation (Construction)
OBS

LEED : Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design.

Spanish

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Record 6 2010-02-24

English

Subject field(s)
  • Modern Construction Methods
DEF

An arrangement of the building elements to form a connected whole. Box frame construction is one building system, loadbearing walls with timber floors and roofs another.

CONT

A building is usually thought of as an assembly of systems, such as structural; exterior skin; heating, ventilating, and air conditioning; plumbing; power, signal, and lighting; walls; and ceilings. ... many building systems can be obtained as a package ...

OBS

Building systems. ... A system may be either open or closed.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Procédés de construction modernes
DEF

Emploi d'éléments déterminés pour réaliser une construction, notamment de façon industrielle.

DEF

Combinaisons d'éléments composés qui se coordonnent de manière à former des sous-ensembles ou des ensembles.

OBS

«sous-système de construction» : employé par l'Ordre des architectes du Québec.

Spanish

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Record 7 - external organization data 2005-11-03

English

Subject field(s)
  • Nuclear Power Stations
  • Nuclear Plant Safety
  • Radiation Protection
  • Compartment - Canadian Nuclear Safety Commission
CONT

Multi-unit stations share a vacuum building containment system.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Centrales nucléaires
  • Sûreté des centrales nucléaires
  • Radioprotection
  • Tiroir - Commission canadienne de sûreté nucléaire
CONT

Les centrales à plusieurs tranches utilisent pour leur part un système de confinement avec bâtiment sous vide.

Spanish

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Record 8 2005-04-19

English

Subject field(s)
  • Symposium Titles
  • Mathematical Geography
OBS

This workshop will describe the initial system considerations and limitations leading to the final build, and the full data path for capture, downlink, post-processing and distribution. Sensor geometry and radiometric characteristics will also be covered. An overview of uses and limitations of the EarlyBird data in resource management, agriculture, and urban applications will be presented. International Symposium "Geomatics in the Era of RADARSAT", Ottawa, 1997.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Titres de symposiums
  • Géographie mathématique
OBS

Dans le cadre de cet atelier, on décrira les considérations et les limites initiales du système qui ont mené à sa fabrication finale ainsi que le chemin complet de saisie, de téléchargement de post-traitement et de distribution des données. La géométrie du capteur et ses caractéristiques radiométriques seront également abordées. Un aperçu des utilisations et des limites des données EarlyBird en gestion des ressources, en agriculture et dans des applications urbaines sera de plus présenté. Symposium international «La géomatique à l'ère de RADARSAT» qui eut lieu à Ottawa en 1997.

Spanish

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Record 9 2004-01-07

English

Subject field(s)
  • Federal Government Bodies and Committees (Canadian)
  • Hygiene and Health

French

Domaine(s)
  • Organismes et comités fédéraux (Gouvernement canadien)
  • Hygiène et santé
OBS

Projet de programme en matière de santé pour le prochain mandat, publié le 16 mai 1997 (Aperçu et Approche en matière de communications).

OBS

Source : Santé Canada.

Spanish

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Record 10 2002-11-06

English

Subject field(s)
  • System Names
  • Real Estate
OBS

Public Works and Government Services Canada.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Noms de systèmes
  • Immobilier
OBS

Travaux publics et Services gouvernementaux Canada.

Spanish

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Record 11 2002-10-23

English

Subject field(s)
  • Real Estate
DEF

Architectural, mechanical and electrical items that are required to provide the intended building interior and exterior environments or to satisfy legislation or other Government objectives such as tenant health and safety, accessibility, or energy conservation.

Key term(s)
  • base building system

French

Domaine(s)
  • Immobilier
DEF

Biens d'architecture, de mécanique et d'électricité nécessaires pour fournir les environnements intérieurs et extérieurs de l'immeuble visé ou pour respecter les lois ou les autres objectifs de la Couronne, par exemple la santé et la sécurité des occupants, l'accessibilité ou l'économie de l'énergie.

Key term(s)
  • installations techniques du bâtiment de base
  • installation technique de l'immeuble de base
  • équipement mécanique de l'immeuble de base
  • équipement technique de l'immeuble de base

Spanish

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Record 12 2002-05-30

English

Subject field(s)
  • Construction
  • Real Estate
CONT

Among the many tasks that the PM [property manager] is required to perform, a PM must be able to advise tenants on a long list of issues related to property management -- environmental safety, security, real estate trends, contracting, building systems, investment analysis, and so on.

Key term(s)
  • building system

French

Domaine(s)
  • Construction
  • Immobilier
CONT

Dans le contexte de l'an 2000, TPSGC [Travaux publics et Services gouvernementaux Canada] devra effectuer une vérification des installations techniques des immeubles (gicleurs, ascenseurs, alarmes, chauffage et air climatisé). Les sous-systèmes de construction sont : enveloppe de bâtiment, systèmes électriques et mécaniques, éclairage, sécurité, toiture, etc.

Key term(s)
  • système de bâtiment
  • installation technique d'un immeuble

Spanish

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Record 13 2001-08-16

English

Subject field(s)
  • Modern Construction Methods
  • Prefabrication

French

Domaine(s)
  • Procédés de construction modernes
  • Préfabrication
DEF

Méthode de construction qui utilise des éléments appartenant à différents systèmes, conçus pour être compatibles entre eux.

Key term(s)
  • meccano

Spanish

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Record 14 2001-05-10

English

Subject field(s)
  • Real Estate
CONT

Project priorities shall be assigned as follows: Priority A - A. Emergency: a deficiency or condition which has already occurred, and has already or will shortly result in the shutdown of a building or support system, such as Labour Code requirements not being met or a critical building system has become inoperative.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Immobilier

Spanish

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Record 15 2000-05-02

English

Subject field(s)
  • Modern Construction Methods
  • Prefabrication
CONT

Factory-building systems in Rocky Mountain region can be characterized in three groups: open panel systems ... closed panel systems ... and three-dimensional systems, which include modular and manufactured homes built to near completion in the factory.

Key term(s)
  • three-dimensional system

French

Domaine(s)
  • Procédés de construction modernes
  • Préfabrication
CONT

La préfabrication par cellules tridimensionnelles. Fabriquées et équipées en usine, les cellules tridimensionnelles sont conçues pour être juxtaposées ou superposées. Ce procédé nécessite des engins de levage puissants, une cellule pouvant représenter un poids de l'ordre de huit à dix tonnes.

Spanish

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Record 16 2000-03-21

English

Subject field(s)
  • Environmental Management
  • Construction Materials
CONT

This testing applies first to individual components, and then to the integrated systems of the building or facility, such as the heating, ventilation and air conditioning systems; the plumbing and fire suppression systems ...

French

Domaine(s)
  • Gestion environnementale
  • Matériaux de construction
CONT

Cette vérification s'applique d'abord aux éléments puis aux systèmes intégrés du bâtiment ou de l'installation, par exemple les systèmes de chauffage, de ventilation et de climatisation; le système de plomberie et d'extinction des incendies [...]

Spanish

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Record 17 1999-09-16

English

Subject field(s)
  • Sewers and Drainage
  • Pipes and Fittings
DEF

All piping provided for carrying wastewater or other drainage from the building to the place of disposal.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Égouts et drainage
  • Tuyauterie et raccords
DEF

Ensemble de la tuyauterie destinée à déverser les eaux usées d'un bâtiment dans le branchement à l'égout.

Spanish

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Record 18 1999-03-26

English

Subject field(s)
  • Systems Analysis (Information Processing)
  • Space Centres

French

Domaine(s)
  • Analyse des systèmes informatiques
  • Centres spatiaux

Spanish

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Record 19 1998-12-17

English

Subject field(s)
  • System Names
  • Protection of Property
  • Security Devices

French

Domaine(s)
  • Noms de systèmes
  • Sécurité des biens
  • Dispositifs de sécurité
OBS

Système de surveillance aménagé par TPSGC [Travaux publics et Services gouvernementaux Canada] pour le complexe des Terrasses de la Chaudière [à Hull, Québec].

OBS

Source(s) : Direction générale de la sécurité, Patrimoine canadien.

Spanish

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Record 20 1998-07-16

English

Subject field(s)
  • System Names
  • Informatics
Key term(s)
  • Automated Building System

French

Domaine(s)
  • Noms de systèmes
  • Informatique
OBS

Source(s) : Direction de la planification et de la direction de la GTI.

Key term(s)
  • Système technique de bâtiments

Spanish

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Record 21 1997-08-26

English

Subject field(s)
  • Conference Titles
  • Blood
Key term(s)
  • Building a Blood System for the XXIst Century

French

Domaine(s)
  • Titres de conférences
  • Sang
OBS

Titre d'une conférence devant avoir lieu à Toronto en novembre 1997.

Key term(s)
  • Mise en place d'un système du sang pour le 21e siècle

Spanish

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Record 22 1997-05-09

English

Subject field(s)
  • System Names
  • Real Estate

French

Domaine(s)
  • Noms de systèmes
  • Immobilier

Spanish

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Record 23 1996-06-26

English

Subject field(s)
  • System Names
  • Real Estate

French

Domaine(s)
  • Noms de systèmes
  • Immobilier

Spanish

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Record 24 1996-04-15

English

Subject field(s)
  • Titles of Federal Government Programs (Canadian)
OBS

Public Works and Government Services Canada. The Realty group is working to increase the representation of women within the trades area (non-traditional occupations) of the department through this program.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Titres de programmes fédéraux (Gouvernement canadien)
OBS

Par l'entremise de ce programme, la Direction générale des services immobiliers de Travaux publics et Services gouvernementaux Canada travaille à améliorer la représentation des femmes au sein des groupes techniques (occupations non traditionnelles) du Ministère.

Spanish

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Record 25 1996-01-18

English

Subject field(s)
  • Artificial Intelligence
DEF

Knowledge engineering tools ... are designed to facilitate the rapid development of knowledge systems ... They incorporate ... specific strategies for representation, inference and control. They contain elementary constructs for modeling the world that determine the sorts of problems they can easily handle.

DEF

The programming language and support package used to build the expert system.

CONT

Most tools contain an inference engine and various user interface and knowledge acquisition aids and lack a knowledge base. Expert system building tools tend to incorporate restrictions that make them easy to use for certain purposes and hard to impossible to use for other purposes. In acquiring a tool, one must be careful to select a tool that is appropriate for the type of expert system one wishes to build. More broadly, a tool is a shell that allows the user to rapidly develop a system that contains specific data. In this sense, an electronic spreadsheet program is a tool. When the user enters financial data, he or she creates a system that will do specific financial projections just as the knowledge engineer uses a tool to create an expert system that will offer advice about a specific type of problem.

OBS

See also knowledge engineering toolkit.

OBS

knowledge engineering tool: Term standardized by ISO/IEC. See also "knowledge engineering toolkit".

French

Domaine(s)
  • Intelligence artificielle
DEF

Programme, progiciel ou système conçu spécifiquement pour simplifier et accélérer le construction de systèmes experts.

DEF

Outils incluant divers types de représentations, des éditeurs spécialisés, des outils de mise au point de bases de connaissance, des outils de simulation du raisonnement, etc. Les plus connus sont KEE, ART, Knowledge Craft, S1, Nexpert Object, KOOL, SMECI, EMICAT, etc.

OBS

Ces outils comportent des stratégies de représentation des connaissances, d'inférence et de contrôle, ainsi que des structures de modélisation par classes de problèmes. Il fournissent au développeur une quantité importante d'éléments préprogrammés qui seraient autrement écrits, vérifiés et corrigés pour chaque système expert. Notion générale qui inclut les environnements, les génériques et les spécifiques de développement, les générateurs de SE et les systèmes essentiels.

OBS

outil de génie cognitif : terme normalisé par ISO/CEI.

Spanish

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Record 26 1994-11-07

English

Subject field(s)
  • Energy Transformation
  • Urban Housing

French

Domaine(s)
  • Transformation de l'énergie
  • Habitation et logement (Urbanisme)

Spanish

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Record 27 1994-03-01

English

Subject field(s)
  • System Names
  • Urban Housing

French

Domaine(s)
  • Noms de systèmes
  • Habitation et logement (Urbanisme)

Spanish

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Record 28 1994-01-26

English

Subject field(s)
  • Corporate Security
  • Security Devices
DEF

an integrated system to protect against a wide variety of events such as intrusion, espionage, vandalism, theft, fire, unsafe conditions and faulty equipment operation. A building security system usually features the control of traffic and operation of entrances and exits from a remote location. Use is made of humans, procedures, physical safeguards, mechanical, electrical and electronic devices, and combinations thereof.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Sécurité générale de l'entreprise
  • Dispositifs de sécurité

Spanish

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Record 29 1993-04-01

English

Subject field(s)
  • System Names
  • Telecommunications
  • Electrical Engineering
  • Security Devices

French

Domaine(s)
  • Noms de systèmes
  • Télécommunications
  • Électrotechnique
  • Dispositifs de sécurité
OBS

Source : DSTM [Direction des services de traduction ministériels] Communications.

Key term(s)
  • système de blocs fonctionnels à courant porteur

Spanish

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Record 30 1993-04-01

English

Subject field(s)
  • Titles of Federal Government Programs (Canadian)
  • Economic and Industrial Sociology
  • Social Law

French

Domaine(s)
  • Titres de programmes fédéraux (Gouvernement canadien)
  • Sociologie économique et industrielle
  • Droit social
OBS

Document publié par la Condition féminine Canada.

OBS

Source : La Condition féminine Canada.

Spanish

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Record 31 1993-01-22

English

Subject field(s)
  • Titles of Documents and Works
OBS

Report of the Task Force on National Sport Policy Fitness and Amateur Sport

French

Domaine(s)
  • Titres de documents et d'œuvres
OBS

Rapport du Groupe de travail sur la politique nationale du sport, Condition physique et Sport Amateur

Spanish

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Record 32 1992-01-28

English

Subject field(s)
  • Building Management and Maintenance
CONT

Diagnoses, through on-site inspections and operational faults, areas where energy can be conserved, determines the extent of service, repair or waste of energy while using Johnson Control JC85/40 Building Information System ....

French

Domaine(s)
  • Gestion et entretien des immeubles

Spanish

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Record 33 1989-07-24

English

Subject field(s)
  • Artificial Intelligence
DEF

A class of knowledge engineering tools that emphasizes flexibility. The systems are designed for building large knowledge bases. They usually include a hybrid collection of different inference and control strategies. Most commercial hybrid tools incorporate frames and facilitate object-oriented programming.

OBS

See also large narrow system building tools.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Intelligence artificielle
OBS

outils de construction de systèmes experts indépendants du domaine.

Spanish

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Record 34 1989-03-01

English

Subject field(s)
  • System Names

French

Domaine(s)
  • Noms de systèmes

Spanish

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Record 35 1989-01-26

English

Subject field(s)
  • System Names

French

Domaine(s)
  • Noms de systèmes

Spanish

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Record 36 1988-10-03

English

Subject field(s)
  • Prefabrication
CONT

Among the most important contributing causes to the replacement of traditional hand methods by industrialized building systems were the shortage of manpower, especially skilled craftsmen; the extensive demand for housing units due to bombing destruction; the need to reduce costs while erecting buildings rapidly; and the participation of national governments in public housing programs.

OBS

See record for the term "industrialized building".

French

Domaine(s)
  • Préfabrication
OBS

Voir les fiches consacrées aux termes "préfabrication" et "industrialisation".

Spanish

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Record 37 1988-09-19

English

Subject field(s)
  • Artificial Intelligence
DEF

A process in which a human expert teaches his trade to a computer system via a knowledge engineer.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Intelligence artificielle

Spanish

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Record 38 1987-05-14

English

Subject field(s)
  • Computer Graphics
OBS

solid modelling: the user is given a set of simple solid shapes out of which to build the model.

OBS

"The Chromium mechanism" advertisement, p. 42.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Infographie

Spanish

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Record 39 1986-05-14

English

Subject field(s)
  • Construction Methods

French

Domaine(s)
  • Procédés de construction

Spanish

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Record 40 1985-12-23

English

Subject field(s)
  • Water Distribution (Water Supply)
  • Pipes and Fittings
CONT

The basic principles of hydraulic and of plumbing ... are to be applied in the design and installation of water-supply pipes in buildings.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Distribution de l'eau
  • Tuyauterie et raccords
CONT

Le réseau de distribution intérieur aux bâtiments assure le transport de l'eau depuis le compteur jusqu'aux appareils d'utilisation.

Key term(s)
  • réseau de distribution intérieur
  • installation intérieure de distribution
  • réseau de distribution d'eau d'un bâtiment

Spanish

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Record 41 1985-06-19

English

Subject field(s)
  • Security Devices

French

Domaine(s)
  • Dispositifs de sécurité

Spanish

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Record 42 1985-03-07

English

Subject field(s)
  • Corporate Security
  • Protection of Property
  • Protection of Life
OBS

building security system: to protect against intrusion, espionage, fire, theft, smoke, vandalism, unsafe or faulty equipment operation and other conditions or acts that might endanger an installation (health or safety hazard) and includes means for the control of traffic and operations of doors and/or gates from a remote location; by combining the use of guards, mechanical, electrical and electronic devices or combinations in sufficient quantities and varieties to assure accomplishment of the desired degree of protection.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Sécurité générale de l'entreprise
  • Sécurité des biens
  • Sécurité des personnes

Spanish

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Record 43 1985-02-27

English

Subject field(s)
  • Computer Programs and Programming
DEF

A set consisting of a higher-level language, such as FORTRAN, and its compiler which translates the program written in that language into machine-readable instructions.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Programmes et programmation (Informatique)

Spanish

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Record 44 1976-06-19

English

Subject field(s)
  • Construction Methods

French

Domaine(s)
  • Procédés de construction
OBS

L'Express

Spanish

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Record 45 1975-03-11

English

Subject field(s)
  • Telephone Wires and Cables
  • Above-Ground Transmission Systems (Electr.)

French

Domaine(s)
  • Câbles et fils téléphoniques
  • Canalisations aériennes (Électricité)

Spanish

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