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Record 1 2010-04-21

English

Subject field(s)
  • Loans

French

Domaine(s)
  • Prêts et emprunts
OBS

Personne qui mène des enquêtes au sujet d'individus ou sociétés pour savoir s'ils sont solvables.

OBS

Équivalent proposé par Crédit conseil SCCQ Limitée, Montréal.

Spanish

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Record 2 1986-01-21

English

Subject field(s)
  • Penal Administration
OBS

Officially approved by the Terminology Committee of the Department of the Solicitor General.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Administration pénitentiaire
OBS

Terme uniformisé par le Comité de terminologie du ministère du Solliciteur général.

Spanish

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Record 3 1984-08-02

English

Subject field(s)
  • Fire Warning Devices

French

Domaine(s)
  • Alarme-incendie

Spanish

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Record 4 - external organization data 2021-03-18

English

Subject field(s)
  • Compartment – Nomenclature 4.0
  • Museums and Heritage (General)
OBS

shirt: an item in the "Clothing" class of the "Personal Objects" category.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Tiroir – Nomenclature 4.0
  • Muséologie et patrimoine (Généralités)
OBS

chemise : objet de la classe «Vêtements» de la catégorie «Objets personnels».

Spanish

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Record 5 2006-05-09

English

Subject field(s)
  • Names of Events
  • Festivals, Carnivals and Social Events
OBS

The Bloor West Village Ukrainian Festival was inaugurated in 1997 as the Ukrainian Canadian community's response to the city of Toronto's call for the revival of a 1991 Twinning Agreement between Toronto and Ukraine's capital, Kyiv.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Noms de manifestations et d'activités diverses
  • Festivals, carnavals et fêtes

Spanish

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Record 6 2020-05-26

English

Subject field(s)
  • Titles of Federal Laws and Regulations (Canadian)
  • Environmental Law
OBS

Law List Regulations: short title.

OBS

Regulations prescribing provisions of Acts of Parliament and Regulations made pursuant to any such Act that confer powers, duties or functions on federal authorities or on the Governor in Council, the exercise of which requires an Environmental Assessment: long title.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Titres de lois et de règlements fédéraux canadiens
  • Droit environnemental
OBS

Règlement sur les dispositions législatives et réglementaires désignées : titre abrégé.

OBS

Règlement désignant les dispositions législatives et réglementaires fédérales prévoyant les attributions des autorités fédérales et du gouverneur en conseil dont l'exercice rend nécessaire une évaluation environnementale : titre intégral.

Spanish

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Record 7 2024-02-22

English

Subject field(s)
  • Computer Memories
DEF

A storage device in which data can be written and read.

OBS

In some sources (e.g., EDOFA - Office Automation: A Glossary and Guide, 1982), "read-write memory" has been defined as a type of modified programmable read-only memory which has control lines available for modifying the stored program. Otherwise, "read-write memory" has often been equated with "random-access memory".

OBS

RAM is the abbreviation for "Random-Access Memory", and it is deprecated in the sense of direct access storage device.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Mémoires (Informatique)
DEF

Mémoire dans laquelle des données peuvent être lues et écrites.

OBS

En anglais, RAM est l'abréviation de «Random-Access Memory», expression dont la signification ne correspond pas à ce que cette abréviation désigne maintenant.

OBS

mémoire vive : terme normalisé par l'ISO et la CSA.

Key term(s)
  • mémoire active

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Memorias (Computadoras)
DEF

Memoria que puede leerse o escribirse.

OBS

Compárese con "ROM" (read only memory), "memoria de sólo lectura".

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Record 8 1998-09-21

English

Subject field(s)
  • Telecommunications

French

Domaine(s)
  • Télécommunications

Spanish

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Record 9 1982-08-30

English

Subject field(s)
  • Foundation Engineering
OBS

Benoto caisson, machine-dug with hammer-grab orange-peel-type bucket; casing continually hydraulically advanced as excavation is made, and retracted hydraulically as concrete is poured; bell hand-dug.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Technique des fondations
OBS

Puits Benoto, creusés mécaniquement au hammer-grab. Le tubage est foncé hydrauliquement au fur et à mesure que le forage avance, il est retiré hydrauliquement pendant qu'on coule le béton. Le bulbe est creusé à la main.

Spanish

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Record 10 2018-08-30

English

Subject field(s)
  • Occupation Names (General)
  • Television Arts
  • Cinematography
Key term(s)
  • re-writer

French

Domaine(s)
  • Désignations des emplois (Généralités)
  • Télévision (Arts du spectacle)
  • Cinématographie

Spanish

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