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Record 1 1997-02-24

English

Subject field(s)
  • Titles of Monographs
  • Training of Personnel
  • Public Service
OBS

Initiative to provide employees with opportunities to acquire on-the-job experience in new environments.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Titres de monographies
  • Perfectionnement et formation du personnel
  • Fonction publique
OBS

Initiative destinée à donner au personnel des occasions d'acquérir de l'expérience pratique dans de nouveaux environnements.

OBS

Titre d'un document.

Spanish

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Record 2 2012-06-20

English

Subject field(s)
  • Sea Operations (Military)
CONT

Whitehorse initially took a lifeguard station astern of the Sun Sea and then led the vessel into the Strait of Juan de Fuca.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Opérations en mer (Militaire)

Spanish

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Record 3 2007-01-31

English

Subject field(s)
  • Electromagnetic Radiation
  • Space Physics
DEF

A change in the direction of propagation, frequency, or polarization of electromagnetic radiation caused by interaction with the atoms of the atmosphere.

CONT

Atmospheric occurs when the energy's direction is unpredictably changed as it encounters particles in the atmosphere.

OBS

atmospheric scattering: term standardized by ISO and officially approved by the RADARSAT-2 Terminology Approval Group (RTAG).

French

Domaine(s)
  • Rayonnements électromagnétiques
  • Physique spatiale
DEF

Changement de direction de propagation, de fréquence ou de polarisation du rayonnement électromagnétique dû à un phénomène d'interaction avec les atomes de l'atmosphère.

CONT

La diffusion atmosphérique est due à l'interaction des photons avec les molécules (diffusion de Rayleigh) et les aérosols (diffusion de Mie) en suspension dans l'air.

OBS

diffusion atmosphérique : terme normalisé par l'ISO et uniformisé par le Groupe de travail de la terminologie de RADARSAT-2 (GTTR).

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Radiación electromagnética
  • Física espacial
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Record 4 1996-05-21

English

Subject field(s)
  • Telecommunications Switching
  • Telegraphic Switching
  • Data Transmission
DEF

In packet switching, a method of routing in which the decisions are made on the basis of exchange of information between the nodes of a network.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Commutation (Télécommunications)
  • Commutation télégraphique
  • Transmission de données

Spanish

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Record 5 2019-06-20

English

Subject field(s)
  • Occupation Names (General)
  • School and School-Related Administration
Key term(s)
  • school lunch time supervisor
  • lunch time supervisor

French

Domaine(s)
  • Désignations des emplois (Généralités)
  • Administration scolaire et parascolaire

Spanish

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Record 6 1996-10-02

English

Subject field(s)
  • Translation (General)

French

Domaine(s)
  • Traduction (Généralités)

Spanish

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Record 7 2013-09-23

English

Subject field(s)
  • Law of Evidence

French

Domaine(s)
  • Droit de la preuve

Spanish

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Record 8 2004-07-07

English

Subject field(s)
  • Artificial Intelligence
  • Continuing Education
  • Training of Personnel
  • Internet and Telematics
DEF

... an extensive library of common misconceptions and errors in a domain.

CONT

An error library reifies the errors, as it were, by making a decision as to what is a primitive error and what is a compound error.

CONT

Components of Intelligent Tutoring Systems. 1. Domain Knowledge + Inference Engine; 2. Bug Catalogue + User Modeler; 3. Tutoring Skills + Planner; 4. Explanation Patterns + Interface.

OBS

See the enumerative theory of bugs.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Intelligence artificielle
  • Éducation permanente
  • Perfectionnement et formation du personnel
  • Internet et télématique
DEF

Répertoire des erreurs usuelles observées chez les élèves.

CONT

Est-ce que l'élève a besoin d'aide? L'élève peut en faire la demande explicite en appuyant sur une touche d'aide. Le système d'aide peut le découvrir en observant l'élève et en s'aidant d'un catalogue des erreurs courantes [...]

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Inteligencia artificial
  • Educación permanente
  • Capacitación del personal
  • Internet y telemática
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Record 9 1996-06-05

English

Subject field(s)
  • Waste Management
  • Nuclear Waste Materials
CONT

Class 1 wastes are currently stored at the Chalk River Nuclear Laboratory in well-drained sand trenches well above the water table and at the Bruce Nuclear Power Development in above-ground storage facilities.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Gestion des déchets
  • Déchets nucléaires

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Gestión de los desechos
  • Desechos nucleares
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Record 10 2006-11-09

English

Subject field(s)
  • Occupation Names (General)
  • Ship's Organization (Military)
DEF

The designated duty officer.

OBS

officer of the watch; OOW: term and abbreviation officially approved by the Department of National Defence and the Canadian Forces.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Désignations des emplois (Généralités)
  • Organisation du navire (Militaire)
DEF

Officier en devoir désigné sur la passerelle.

OBS

officier de quart; O Quart : terme et forme abrégée uniformisés par le Comité de normalisation de la terminologie navale.

OBS

officier de quart; O Quart : terme et forme abrégée uniformisés par le ministère de la Défense nationale et les Forces canadiennes.

Spanish

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