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Record 1 2015-04-15

English

Subject field(s)
  • Telecommunications
  • Air Traffic Control
DEF

A world-wide system of aeronautical fixed circuits provided, as part of the aeronautical fixed service, for the exchange of messages and/or digital data between aeronautical fixed stations having the same or compatible communications characteristics. [Definition officially approved by ICAO.]

OBS

aeronautical fixed telecommunication network; AFTN: reproduced from "Titles, Names and Acronyms related to the activities of the International Oceanographic Commission of UNESCO," with the authorization of UNESCO.

OBS

aeronautical fixed telecommunication network; AFTN: term and abbreviation standardized by the British Standards Institution (BSI) and officially approved by the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO).

French

Domaine(s)
  • Télécommunications
  • Circulation et trafic aériens
DEF

Réseau mondial de circuits fixes aéronautiques destiné, dans le cadre du service fixe aéronautique, à l'échange de messages et (ou) de données numériques entre stations fixes aéronautiques ayant des caractéristiques de communication identiques ou compatibles. [Définition uniformisée par l'OACI.]

OBS

réseau du service fixe des télécommunications aéronautiques; RSFTA : terme et abréviation uniformisés par le Comité d'uniformisation de la terminologie aéronautique (CUTA) - Opérations aériennes et par l'Organisation de l'aviation civile internationale (OACI).

OBS

réseau du service fixe des télécommunications aéronautiques; RSFTA : reproduit de «Titles, Names and Acronyms related to the activities of the International Oceanographic Commission of UNESCO», avec l'autorisation de l'UNESCO.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Telecomunicaciones
  • Control de tránsito aéreo
DEF

Sistema completo y mundial de circuitos fijos aeronáuticos dispuestos como parte del servicio fijo aeronáutico, para el intercambio de mensajes o de datos numéricos entre estaciones fijas aeronáuticas que posean características de comunicación idénticas o compatibles. [Definición aceptada oficialmente por la OACI.]

OBS

red de telecomunicaciones fijas aeronáuticas; AFTN: término y abreviatura aceptados oficialmente por la Organización de Aviación Civil Internacional (OACI).

OBS

red de telecomunicaciones fijas aeronáuticas; AFTN: reproducido del "Titles, Names and Acronyms related to the activities of the International Oceanographic Commission of UNESCO", con la autorización de la UNESCO.

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