TERMIUM Plus®

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CANAL COMMUNICATION [3 records]

Record 1 2016-03-07

English

Subject field(s)
  • Communication and Information Management
CONT

Email is a channel of communication for citizens/business to access GC [Government of Canada] programs but not used extensively for transactions.

Key term(s)
  • channel of communication

French

Domaine(s)
  • Gestion des communications et de l'information
DEF

Moyen permettant de véhiculer un message jusqu'au destinataire.

CONT

Le courriel est une voie de communication que les citoyens et les entreprises utilisent pour accéder aux programmes du gouvernement du Canada, mais qu'ils n'utilisent pas couramment pour faire leurs transactions.

OBS

[...] dans une entreprise[, la] communication peut être ascendante (aller des employés à la direction) ou descendante (aller de la direction aux employés).

Spanish

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Record 2 2011-07-20

English

Subject field(s)
  • Software
DEF

A software-controlled conduit that allows the transfer of data during processing from one program or task to another program or task.

Key term(s)
  • conduit

French

Domaine(s)
  • Logiciels

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Soporte lógico (Software)
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Record 3 2001-08-06

English

Subject field(s)
  • Artificial Intelligence
  • Telecommunications Transmission
  • Internet and Telematics
DEF

A channel for transmitting data between distant points; e.g. to connect a remote data station to a central computer system.

CONT

The computer communication channel is very restricted, usually a keyboard and a screen, whereas people combine data from a wide variety of sources, like voice effects or facial expressions.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Intelligence artificielle
  • Transmission (Télécommunications)
  • Internet et télématique
DEF

Ensemble de deux voies de transmission associées pour permettre la transmission des données dans les deux sens.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Inteligencia artificial
  • Transmisión (Telecomunicaciones)
  • Internet y telemática
DEF

Canal para la transmisión de datos entre puntos distantes; por ejemplo, para conectar una estación de datos situada a distancia con un sistema central de computadora (ordenador).

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