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| classe d'unités | unit class (A classification of units of measurement) |
| facteur de conversion d'unités | unit conversion factor (The factor used to convert from one unit of measure to another unit of measure, such as from centimeters to meters) |
| groupe d'unités | unit group (A compilation of the different measurements that a product is available in. A unit group contains the base unit in which a product is available, for example, a two-liter. It then lists all the different increments that this base unit is packaged in for sale, such as an individual two-liter bottle or a case of 6 two-liter bottles, and also indicates which measurement is the primary unit) |
| montant de l'écart par unité | unit variance amount (The amount of variance between the invoice net unit price and the purchase order net unit price when invoice lines and purchase order lines are compared) |
| numéro d'unité logique | LUN (A logical reference to a portion of a storage subsystem. For example, in a disk storage subsystem, a LUN can comprise a disk, a section of a disk, a whole disk array, or a section of a disk array in the subsystem) |
| numéro d'unité logique | logical unit number (A logical reference to a portion of a storage subsystem. For example, in a disk storage subsystem, a LUN can comprise a disk, a section of a disk, a whole disk array, or a section of a disk array in the subsystem) |
| segmentation du texte en unités lexicales | tokenization (" In text mining or Full-Text Search, the process of identifying meaningful units within strings, either at word boundaries, morphemes, or stems, so that related tokens can be grouped. For example, although "San Francisco" is two words, it could be treated as a single token.") |
| système d'unités | system of units (A set of units used for measurement or exchange) |
| système d'unités américaines | U.S. Customary System (The system of weights and measurements maintained by the National Bureau of Standards in the United States) |
| Système international d'unités | International System of Units (The international metric system of units of measurement) |
| type d'unité | allotment type (A unit of service, such as a case or a range of coverage dates, specified in a service contract that indicates how much access a customer has to customer service) |
| unité américaine | U.S. unit (A unit used in the United States' measurement system, such as inches, feet, yards, and miles) |
| unité américaine | US unit (A unit used in the United States' measurement system, such as inches, feet, yards, and miles) |
| unité arithmétique et logique | arithmetic logic unit (A component of a microprocessor chip used for arithmetic, comparative, and logical functions) |
| unité biométrique | biometric unit (A software object that consists of three software plug-in components: a sensor adapter, engine adapter and storage adapter. These adapters are plug-ins for the Windows Biometric Service and are used to capture and process biometric samples, as well as create, store, and match biometric templates) |
| unité centrale | central processing unit (The computational and control unit of a computer. The CPU is the device that interprets and executes instructions. Mainframes and early minicomputers contained circuit boards full of integrated circuits that implemented the CPU. Single-chip central processing units, called microprocessors, made possible personal computers and workstations) |
| unité centrale graphique | graphics processing unit (A processor on a graphics card that is used as a video encoding accelerator) |
| unité commerciale | commercial unit (A Surface unit that is optimized to use in a user environment (or venue). A commercial unit does not include the software that is required to develop applications by using the Surface SDK, such as Microsoft Visual C 2008 Express Edition) |
| unité commerciale, centre de profit | business unit (A semi-autonomous operating unit that is created to meet strategic business objectives) |
| unité d'achat | purchase unit (A unit of measure for expressing quantities of purchased product) |
| unité d'allocation | allocation unit (The smallest amount of disk space that can be allocated to hold a file) |
| unité d'angle | angular unit (The unit in which angles are expressed in ShapeSheet cells) |
| unité de base | base unit (A fundamental unit of measure in a system of measurement from which other units are derived) |
| unité de boîte de dialogue | dialog unit (A device-independent measure to use for layout. One horizontal unit is equal to one-fourth of the average character width for the current system font. One vertical unit is equal to one-eighth of an average character height for the current system font) |
| unité de cohérence | consistency unit (The minimal unit of data synchronization. Because all changes that have the same consistency unit are sent together, synchronization can never be interrupted with part of a consistency unit applied) |
| unité de consommation | consumption unit (A unit that is used to enter unit price and calculate depreciation proposals for value models associated with depreciable fixed assets) |
| unité de détail | detail unit (A reporting unit that draws information directly from the general ledger) |
| unité de développement | developer unit (A Surface unit that is optimized for developers to create new Surface applications. A developer unit includes software that is required to develop applications with the Surface SDK, including Microsoft Visual C 2008 Express Edition, Microsoft Expression Web, and Microsoft XNA Framework. In contrast, a commercial unit is optimized for user environments and includes only the software that is needed to run Surface applications) |
| unité de gestion de stock | stockkeeping unit (An inventory dimension) |
| unité de manutention | handling unit (A uniquely identifiable logistics unit of material that can be transferred, stored, received, and shipped) |
| unité de mesure | unit of measurement (A division of quantity established in calibrated or normative systems of measurement) |
| unité de mesure | unit of measure (A division of quantity established in calibrated or normative systems of measurement) |
| unité de mesure | measurement unit (The size or distance in the real world) |
| unité de modification | change unit (The minimal unit of change tracking in a store. In change propagation, only the units that are changed must be sent; whereas, in conflict detection, independent changes to the same unit are considered a conflict) |
| unité de prix | price unit (The quantity of items for which a price is set) |
| unité de quota | quota point (The unit by which the virtual machine quota for a self-service user or group is calculated. Each new virtual machine can add zero or more quota points toward virtual machine quotas. The virtual machine template that is used to create the virtual machine determines how many quota points the virtual machine adds. Quota points only apply to the quota while a virtual machine is deployed) |
| unité de redimensionnement proportionnel | star (A unit of measure used to allot a column or row a weighted proportion of available screen space) |
| unité de sauvegarde | backup device (A tape or disk drive containing a backup medium) |
| unité de soins intensifs | intensive care unit (A section of a hospital that provides comprehensive care for critically ill patients requiring immediate and continuous attention) |
| unité de stock | stockkeeping unit (An inventory dimension) |
| unité de synthèse | summary unit (A reporting unit that summarizes data from lower-level units. The lower-level units can be either detail units or other summary units) |
| unité de travail | unit of work (An object that uses referential integrity constraints to sequence database reading and writing operations in one atomic work process) |
| unité de vente | sales unit (A team of salespersons responsible for a common sales target) |
| unité d'emballage | packing unit (The way an item is bundled for shipment. A packing unit consists of packaging materials and one or more items or components of items) |
| unité d'insertion | cover inserter (An additional (usually optional) unit on high-end copy machines that allows users to insert pre-printed covers, tabs and chapter separators into documents) |
| unité d'organisation | organizational unit (A type of entry that is used specifically for storing information on a section of an organization. It can represent a department or a group of people, for example, ou = Accounting Dept) |
| unité d'échelle | scale unit (In Windows Azure, a base configuration of web and worker role instances and related services. A scale unit supports a defined degree of load in an application that can be easily duplicated and deployed to support additional load. A scale unit might consist of, for example, three web roles, two worker roles, one queue, and two SQL Database instances) |
| unité finie | finished unit (A Surface developer unit that has acrylic panels on all sides. You have to remove the appropriate end panel to access the I/O connections) |
| unité fonctionnelle | business unit (A semi-autonomous operating unit that is created to meet strategic business objectives) |
| unité logique | logical device (A volume that you create within an extended partition on a basic master boot record (MBR) disk. Logical drives are similar to primary partitions, except that you are limited to four primary partitions per disk, whereas you can create an unlimited number of logical drives per disk. A logical drive can be formatted and assigned a drive letter) |
| unité Microsoft Surface | Microsoft Surface unit (The set of hardware components that, together with the Microsoft Surface software, make up the Microsoft Surface product. At a high level, a Surface unit consists of a computer module and the Surface Vision System enclosed in a frame and covered by the Surface tabletop) |
| unité opérationnelle | operating unit (An organization that divides the control of economic resources and operational processes among people who have a duty to maximize the use of scarce resources, to improve processes, and to account for their performance) |
| unité organisationnelle | reporting unit (" Any unit or "box" within the reporting tree.") |
| unité par défaut | default unit (The unit of measure used to display a value if no units of measure are explicitly specified) |
| unité principale | primary unit (The measurement used to define the most commonly sold unit of a product) |
| unité réservée | allotment (A portion or unit of something that has been reserved for a particular use) |
| unité Surface | Surface unit (The set of hardware components that, together with the Microsoft Surface software, make up the Microsoft Surface product. At a high level, a Surface unit consists of a computer module and the Surface Vision System enclosed in a frame and covered by the Surface tabletop) |
| unité virtuelle | virtual drive (A non-physical disk exposed to the user as if it were a real disk. The disk may be backed by either a file or memory) |
| unités de page | page unit (The size or distance on the printed page) |
| unités de pointe | peak units (The highest level at which a resource is scheduled for all assigned tasks during a given period of time. Peak units are expressed as a percentage, number of units, or consumption rate) |
| unités disponibles | unit availability (Amount of time, expressed as a percentage or a decimal number, that a resource can be scheduled for assigned work. It refers to the availability of a resource; for example, a resource may be available 50%, 100%, or 300% of full time) |
| unités restantes | Allotments Remaining (A field in the contract line dialog where the user enters the number of allotments remaining) |
| unités restantes | allotment remaining (The number of units of allotted service that remain in the service contract) |
| Unités restantes | Allotments Remaining (A field in the contract line dialog where the user enters the number of allotments remaining) |
| unités utilisées | allotment used (The number of units of allotted service that have been used) |
| Unités utilisées | Allotments Used (A field in the contract line dialog where the user enters the number of allotments used) |
| écran de notification d'unité hors service | out-of-order screen (The screen that covers the entire device, computer, or Surface unit screen when they are out of order. This screen might appear when the current application fails and stops responding or when an administrator remotely logs on the unit for maintenance. When this screen appears, users see a sequence of images and text that indicates that the system is not currently working) |
