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HETERONOMY [2 records]

Record 1 2024-06-26

English

Subject field(s)
  • Artificial Intelligence
  • Computer Programs and Programming
DEF

Characteristic of a system operating under the constraint of external intervention, control or oversight.

OBS

heteronomy: designation and definition standardized by ISO in collaboration with the International Electrotechnical Commission.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Intelligence artificielle
  • Programmes et programmation (Informatique)
DEF

Caractéristique d'un système fonctionnant sous la contrainte d'une intervention, d'un contrôle ou d'une supervision externes.

OBS

hétéronomie : désignation et définition normalisées par l'ISO en collaboration avec la Commission électrotechnique internationale.

Spanish

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Record 2 1977-09-30

English

Subject field(s)
  • Human Behaviour
  • Social Psychology
  • Sociology of Human Relations
DEF

an activity that has its occasion outside the "self" rather than within.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Comportement humain
  • Psychologie sociale
  • Sociologie des relations humaines
DEF

Contraire de autonomie. On tient ses normes de conduite, ses règles ou ses principes, d'une autre source (extérieure) que de la conscience personnelle.

Spanish

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