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Record 1 2001-06-15

English

Subject field(s)
  • Stock Exchange
  • Merchandising Techniques
  • Grain Growing
CONT

Margins are monies deposited by customers with futures commission merchants to ensure performance on futures contracts held. ...Two types of margin are required: original margin and maintenance margin. Original margin is the amount that must be deposited when the position is initiated.

CONT

A sum, usually smaller than - but part of the original margin, which must be maintained on deposit at all times. If a customer's equity in any futures position drops to, or under, the maintenance margin level, the broker must issue a margin call for the amount at money required to restore the customer's equity in the account to the original margin level.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Bourse
  • Techniques marchandes
  • Culture des céréales
CONT

Les marges sont des montants déposés par des clients qui traitent avec des marchands à commission opérant sur le marché à terme pour assurer l'exécution de leurs contrats à terme. [...] Les marges demandées sont de deux types : une marge initiale et une marge de maintien. La marge initiale est le montant qui doit être déposé lorsque le client prend position.

Spanish

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Record 2 1997-11-11

English

Subject field(s)
  • International Bodies and Committees
  • Economic Co-operation and Development

French

Domaine(s)
  • Organismes et comités internationaux
  • Coopération et développement économiques

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Organismos y comités internacionales
  • Cooperación y desarrollo económicos
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Record 3 1992-05-06

English

Subject field(s)
  • General Hardware
  • Furniture Industries
OBS

Terms for furniture fittings.

OBS

Term standardized by ISO.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Quincaillerie générale
  • Industrie du meuble
OBS

Termes pour ferrures de meubles.

OBS

Terme normalisé par l'ISO.

Spanish

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Record 4 2000-07-25

English

Subject field(s)
  • Internet and Telematics
DEF

A scanning process that employs an optics/photocell assembly that moves back and forth across the original page as it scans each line. The document is mounted on a semicylinder platen which, with each oscillation, moves laterally beneath the scan head.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Internet et télématique

Spanish

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Record 5 2020-12-16

English

Subject field(s)
  • International Bodies and Committees
  • Environmental Management
  • Birds
  • IBA
OBS

The IBA Program is an international conservation initiative coordinated by BirdLife International. The Canadian co-partners for the IBA Program are Birds Canada and Nature Canada.

OBS

Canada's Important Bird and Biodiversity Areas Program is a science-based initiative to identify, conserve, and monitor a network of sites that provide essential habitat for Canada's bird populations.

Key term(s)
  • Important Bird and Biodiversity Areas Programme
  • IBA Programme

French

Domaine(s)
  • Organismes et comités internationaux
  • Gestion environnementale
  • Oiseaux
  • ZICO
OBS

Le programme des ZICO est une initiative de conservation internationale coordonnée par BirdLife International. Les co-partenaires canadiens du programme des ZICO sont Oiseaux Canada et Nature Canada.

OBS

Le programme [...] est un projet scientifique qui a pour objectif l'identification, la conservation, et la surveillance d'un réseau de sites formant un habitat essentiel pour les populations d'oiseaux du Canada.

Spanish

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Record 6 2010-07-29

English

Subject field(s)
  • Cancers and Oncology
  • Bones and Joints
Universal entry(ies)
9270/3
classification system code
OBS

9270/3: International Classification of Diseases code.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Cancers et oncologie
  • Os et articulations
Entrée(s) universelle(s)
9270/3
classification system code
OBS

9270/3 : Code de la Classification internationale des maladies.

Spanish

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Record 7 2017-01-20

English

Subject field(s)
  • Informatics
CONT

Intuitive interfaces, powerful query formulation and evaluation techniques, comprehensive data models, and flexible presentation functionalities must be developed. To realize these components, an effective query evaluation engine with the capabilities of query resolution in different content-specific formats (e.g., by graphics, by image, by sound) and in different domain-specific models (e.g., database of movies, database of newsclips) should be present.

OBS

Resolves the logic states of the gates scheduled for changes by the event engine.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Informatique
CONT

La plate-forme de gestion d'évaluation se compose d'un moteur d'évaluation permettant de gérer l'ensemble des process d'évaluation et de modules dont l'utilité dépend de la finalité du programme d'évaluation mis en œuvre. Le moteur et chaque module comprennent naturellement la partie utilisateurs et la console d'administration.

Spanish

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Record 8 - external organization data 2015-11-25

English

Subject field(s)
  • Compartment - Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP)

French

Domaine(s)
  • Tiroir - Gendarmerie royale du Canada (GRC)

Spanish

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Record 9 1999-10-14

English

Subject field(s)
  • Small Arms
DEF

Bullet that has a burning compound in its base which permits observation of its flight.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Armes légères
DEF

Balle qui contient un composé inflammable dans le culot, ce qui permet d'en observer la trajectoire.

OBS

balle traçante : terme et définition uniformisés par le Groupe de travail de terminologie des armes légères.

Spanish

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Record 10 1994-02-18

English

Subject field(s)
  • Tools and Equipment (Textile Industries)
  • Textile Weaving (Textile Industries)
OBS

According to ISO 109.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Outillage et équipement (Industries du textile)
  • Tissage (Industries du textile)
OBS

Selon ISO 109.

Spanish

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