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Alphabetical list of terms

Record 1 2012-01-17

English

Subject field(s)
  • Military Occupational Codes - Officers
Universal entry(ies)
DN
occupation code
OBS

DN: occupational specialty qualification code for officers.

OBS

Title and code of occupational specialty qualification officially approved by the Department of National Defence.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Groupes professionnels militaires des officiers
Entrée(s) universelle(s)
DN
occupation code
OBS

DN : code de qualification de spécialiste pour officiers.

OBS

Titre et code de qualification de spécialiste officialisés par le ministère de la Défense nationale.

OBS

Les titres et codes de qualifications de spécialistes en anglais et en français figureront dans la version mise à jour de la CFP-A-PD-150-001.

Spanish

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Record 2 2011-12-12

English

Subject field(s)
  • Scientific Measurements and Analyses
  • Long-Distance Pipelines
  • Oil and Natural Gas Distribution
CONT

The gathering pipelines would consist of: the 14.7-km NPS 16 (nominal pipe size of 16 inches) Niglintgak lateral ...

French

Domaine(s)
  • Mesures et analyse (Sciences)
  • Canalisations à grande distance
  • Distribution du pétrole et du gaz naturel
OBS

tuyauterie : Ensemble des tuyaux d'une machine, des conduites d'eau, de gaz d'un lieu. Canalisation, tuyautage.

Spanish

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Record 3 2011-08-30

English

Subject field(s)
  • Military Occupational Codes - Non-commissionned Members
Universal entry(ies)
DN
occupation code
OBS

DN: trade specialty qualification code.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Groupes professionnels militaires pour les militaires du rang
Entrée(s) universelle(s)
DN
occupation code
OBS

DN : code de qualification de spécialiste (métiers).

Spanish

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Record 4 2011-04-21

English

Subject field(s)
  • Computer Programs and Programming
DEF

An X.500 concept for the unique name of an object derived from its location in the Directory Information Tree.

OBS

Describes an MO's [managed object's] position on a naming tree as a sequence of relative distinguished names (RDNs). Each member of the sequence represents a level on the tree. In the SDH model the name binding may also have semantic significance.

OBS

Object-oriented programming.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Programmes et programmation (Informatique)
OBS

La position d'un MO [objet de gestion] sur un arbre de dénomination sous la forme d'une suite de noms distincts relatifs (RDN), chaque élément de cette suite représentant un niveau de l'arbre.

Spanish

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Record 5 2007-02-19

English

Subject field(s)
  • Military Administration
OBS

date of birth; DOB: term and abbreviation officially approved by the Department of National Defence and the Canadian Forces.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Administration militaire
OBS

date de naissance; DN : terme et abréviation uniformisés par le Comité de terminologie française du Conseil de doctrine et de tactique de l'Armée de terre.

OBS

date de naissance; DN : terme et abréviation uniformisés par le ministère de la Défense nationale et les Forces canadiennes.

Spanish

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Record 6 2005-06-17

English

Subject field(s)
  • Position and Functional Titles (Armed Forces)
  • Military Administration
OBS

Position abolished.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Postes et fonctions (Forces armées)
  • Administration militaire
OBS

Poste aboli.

Key term(s)
  • Directeur Négociations

Spanish

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Record 7 1999-09-30

English

Subject field(s)
  • Telecommunications
  • Acoustics (Physics)
DEF

[A] unit of voltage and current attenuation in lines and amplifiers, of magnitude one-tenth of the neper.

CONT

Neper. A transmission unit. The natural logarithm of the ratio of two currents, voltages or powers. A smaller unit, the decineper, exists and both are the precursors of the bel and the more widely-used decibel.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Télécommunications
  • Acoustique (Physique)
DEF

Dixième partie du néper; symbole dNp. Le rapport de deux tensions V1 et V2 correspond à N décinépers, si on a la relation N décinépers=10 Log V1/V2 (logarithme népérien). Cette unité s'emploie aussi pour exprimer des rapports de puissance.

OBS

décineper : terme normalisé par l'AFNOR.

Spanish

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