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SYSTEME ASYMETRIQUE [4 records]

Record 1 2016-02-11

English

Subject field(s)
  • Mineralogy
DEF

One of the six crystal systems, characterized by a onefold axis of symmetry, and having three axes whose lengths and angles of intersection are unconstrained.

OBS

asymmetric: said of crystals ... of the triclinic system, which have no symmetry elements ...

French

Domaine(s)
  • Minéralogie
DEF

L'un des sept systèmes cristallins, dans lequel la maille primitive est un parallélépipède à base losange.

CONT

Le système triclinique. Le solide fondamental est un prisme oblique à base parallélogramme. Les trois axes fondamentaux du cristal correspondant font un angle quelconque entre eux.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Mineralogía
DEF

[Sistema cristalino que consta de un] prisma oblicuo cuya base es un paralelogramo.

OBS

Carece de ejes y de planos de simetría.

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Record 2 2015-12-23

English

Subject field(s)
  • IT Security
  • Encryption and Decryption
  • Banking
DEF

A cryptographic method using pairs of cryptographic keys, one of which is secret and one is public.

OBS

If encipherment is done using the public key, decipherment requires application of the corresponding secret key and vice-versa.

OBS

public key system: term and definition standardized by the International Organization for Standardization (ISO) in 1993.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Sécurité des TI
  • Chiffrage et déchiffrage
  • Banque
DEF

Méthode de chiffrement utilisant deux clés de chiffrement, dont l'une est secrète et l'autre publique.

OBS

Si le chiffrement est effectué avec la clé publique, le déchiffrement demande l'application de la clé secrète correspondante et vice-versa.

OBS

système à clés publiques : terme et définition normalisés par l'Organisation internationale de normalisation (ISO) en 1993.

Key term(s)
  • système à clé publique
  • cryptosystème à clé publique

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Seguridad de IT
  • Criptografía y desciframiento
  • Operaciones bancarias
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Record 3 2000-04-27

English

Subject field(s)
  • Telecommunications

French

Domaine(s)
  • Télécommunications

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Telecomunicaciones
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Record 4 1995-02-21

English

Subject field(s)
  • Storage Media (Data Processing)
  • Video Technology
DEF

A video storage and display system that requires more devices and processing to compress and store than to play back an image.

OBS

DVI and CD-I platforms are examples of asymmetric systems.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Supports d'information (Informatique)
  • Vidéotechnique

Spanish

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