What do we call what the French call an ordinateur?
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"the change from ""software"" to ""logiciel"", ""packet-boat"" to ""paquebot"", and ""riding-coat"" to ""redingote"". The word ""ordinateur"" for ""computer"" was however not created by the Académie, but by a linguist appointed by IBM (see ). From the 17th to the 19th centuries, France was the leading power of Europe; thanks to this, together with the influence of the Enlightenment, French was the lingua franca of educated Europe, especially with regards to the arts, literature, and diplomacy; monarchs like Frederick II of Prussia and Catherine the Great of Russia could both not just speak and write in French, but in most excellent"
"the armoire desk, is the Moore desk. The armoire desk is often called a ""computer armoire desk"", or a computer desk, since it is used in our times to house a computer and its peripherals. Holes are provided to connect the peripherals located in several nooks above or below the main work surface. Often, the work surface or surfaces, such as a writing area or a computer keyboard tray are adjustable to provide an ergonomically sound working environment. Some armoire desks have a fixed work surface, which stays in place when the doors are closed, and moves only for ergonomic"
"that of the ""comptable"" (accountant), who handles the money. From the late 17th century power in the French colonies was equally divided between a governor, responsible for the military, and an ""ordinnateur"", responsible for finances. Typically the governor was a professional soldier and the ""ordinnateur"" was from the professional class of ""men of the robe"". Usually they were commissioned naval commissaries, or officers of the pen. The position was based on the concept of the ""intendants"" who governed the provinces of France. It was also called ""commissaire-ordonnateur"" or ""premier conseilleur"". The ""ordonnateurs"" had many of the powers of an ""intendant"","
"English. The Latin American Spanish word for ""computer"" is ""computadora"", whereas the word used in Spain is ""ordenador"", and each word sounds foreign in the region where it is not used. Some differences are due to Iberian Spanish having a stronger French influence than Latin America, where, for geopolitical reasons, the United States influence has been predominant throughout the twentieth century. Pronunciation varies from country to country and from region to region, just as English pronunciation varies from one place to another. In general terms, the speech of the Americas shows many common features akin to southern Spanish variants, especially"
"in French as """"orateur,"""" a literal translation of the English term, ""speaker"". When the Assembly was renamed so too was the title of its presiding officer, becoming known as the President. Today, Quebec has a unicameral legislature, whose single house is the National Assembly. The large chamber that housed the assembly is also known as ""le salon bleu"" (the blue hall) because of the predominance of the colour on the walls. It used to be known as ""le salon vert"" (the green hall) until 1978, when the colour was changed to suit the televising of parliamentary debates. Legislative Assembly of"
"to 1966. In France, French Canada and Romania, ""octet"" is used in common language instead of ""byte"" when the 8-bit sense is required, for example, a megabyte (MB) is termed a megaoctet (Mo). Historically, in Western Europe, the term ""octad"" (or ""octade"") was used to specifically denote 8 bits; however, this usage is no longer common. Early examples of usage exist in British, Dutch and German sources of the 1960s and 1970s, and throughout the documentation of Philips mainframe computers. Similar terms are ""triad"" for a grouping of three and ""decade"" for ten. Unit multiples of the octet may be"
"term ""Micro-ordinateur"", a literal equivalent of ""Microcomputer"", to designate a solid state machine designed with a microprocessor. In the USA, the earliest models such as the Altair 8800 were often sold as kits to be assembled by the user, and came with as little as 256 bytes of RAM, and no input/output devices other than indicator lights and switches, useful as a proof of concept to demonstrate what such a simple device could do. However, as microprocessors and semiconductor memory became less expensive, microcomputers in turn grew cheaper and easier to use: All these improvements in cost and usability resulted"
"Ordonnateur An ordonnateur or commissaire-ordonnateur in the French colonial era was responsible for fiscal matters in a colony, as opposed to the governor, who was responsible for the military. The relationship between the two heads was often tense. Under modern public law, the ""ordonnateur"" (Authorizing Officer) is a French administrator who authorises collection of revenue and payment of expenses. Typically this is a government minister at the national level, a departmental prefect, the head of a local government or the executive in charge of a state institution such as a university or hospital. The function is separated by law from"
"in France, though some speakers might also use genericized trademarks, notably Melior or Bodum. In the UK and the Netherlands the device is known as a ""cafetière"", the French word for coffee maker or pot. In the United States and Canada, it is known as a ""French press"" or ""coffee press"". Over the years, the French press has undergone several design modifications. The first coffee press, which may have been made in France, was the modern coffee press in its rudimentary form—a metal or cheesecloth screen fitted to a rod that users would press into a pot of hot water"
"Spanish and some Latin American Spanish, ""la PC"" in some Latin American Spanish, due to the widespread use of the gallicism ""ordenador"" (from ""l'ordinateur"" in French) for computer in Castilian Spanish, which is masculine, instead of the Latin-American-preferred ""computadora"", which is feminine, from the English word ""computer"" (the exceptions being Colombia and Chile, where PC is known as computador, which is masculine). Also, speakers of the second dialect tend to use words and polite-set expressions that, even if recognized by the RAE, are not widely used nowadays (some of them are even deemed as anachronisms) by speakers of Castilian Spanish."
"object under discussion using the metalanguage. For instance, someone who says ""In French, you say ""Bonjour"" to greet someone"" uses English as a metalanguage to describe the object language French. There are two ways the term ""object language"" can be used in computing: a language which is the object of formal specification, and a language which is the object (goal) of a compiler or interpreter. Computer languages are object languages of the metalanguage in which their specification is written. In computer science this is referred to as the specification language. Backus–Naur form was one of the earliest used specification languages."
"Huissier The French word huissier (""doorman"", from ""huis"", an archaic term for a door) designates ceremonial offices in France and Switzerland. In French government ministries and Parliament, a ""huissier"", which can be translated as usher, is an employee who provides general service to the minister or assembly (transmitting messages, ensuring that doors are closed or open appropriately, handling ballot boxes, etc.). Traditionally, they wear a chain around the neck, because their original function was to lock and unlock doors. In Switzerland, ""huissier"" is the French equivalent of German ""Weibel"" (also ""Amtsweibel""), the term for a ceremonial office in Swiss cantonal"
"separator (' for ', meaning ""hour""). Example: (1405 [14:05] hours or 2:05 pm). Though the correct form includes spaces on both sides of the ', it is common to see them omitted: . The minutes are usually written with two digits; the hour numbers can be written with or without leading zero. Generally speaking, French speakers also use the 24-hour clock when they speak. Sometimes the 12-hour clock is used orally, but only in informal circumstances. Since there is no one-to-one equivalent of ""am"" and ""pm"" in French, context must be relied on to figure out which one is meant."
"valid. 'Diplôme' is the French word for degree or diploma. The French engineering diploma is called Diplôme d'Ingénieur (often abbreviated as ""Dipl. Ing.""). The French government also grants to all holders of a Diplôme d'Ingénieur the academic title of ""Ingénieur Diplômé"", which is official and legally protected in France. Before the introduction of the bachelor's and master's degrees in Germany, the standard Science, Engineering or Business degree was the ""Diplom"" and could be, in several variations, obtained at several types of institutes of higher education. Obtained at a university, the degree was simply called a ""Diplom"" or rarely a ""Diplom"
"Warehouse in King's Lynn, England, survives – but it was converted into offices in 1971. Through Middle Low German ""Kontor"", from French ""comptoir"", from Latin ""computāre"" ""calculate, compute"". After spreading via the League, the word ""kontor"" continues to mean ""office"" in the Scandinavian languages and in Estonian, while ""kantoor"" is used in Dutch. Probably from Dutch, and quite possibly thanks to Peter the Great, the word, as ""контора"" (""kantora""), is also one term for ""office"" in Russian and Ukrainian. The latest word for ""office"" in Russian is ""офис"" (""ofis""). Kontor A kontor () was a foreign trading post of the"
"user or dealer of marijuana). This originates in the Norman language. The adjectival suffix -""euse"" is added to verbal stems to form ""the machine that verbs."" For example, ""laver"" → ""laveuse"" ""washing machine""; ""balayer"" → ""balayeuse"" ""vacuum cleaner"" (but ""streetsweeper"" in France). In France ""vacuum cleaner"" is ""aspirateur"". Many differences that exist between Quebec French and Metropolitan French arise from the preservation of certain forms that are today archaic in Europe. For example, ""espérer"" for ""to wait"" (""attendre"" in France). ""Cour"" in Quebec is a backyard (""jardin"" in French), whereas in France cour has dropped this meaning and primarily means"
"tables are sometimes called leg desks. The writing table is often called a ""bureau plat"" when it is done in a French style such as Louis XVI, Art Nouveau, etc. When a writing table is supported by two legs instead of four, it is usually called a trestle desk. The writing table is also sometimes called a library table, because it was often placed in a home library. This was the room in a house where a gentleman would keep literature and also do his business transactions. The library often housed, in addition, a round desk called a rent table"
"places down to the French Revolution. The jetons were strictly speaking counters, i.e., they were thin pieces of metal, mostly latten, a sort of brass, stamped on both sides with some device and originally used in conjunction with a ""comptoir"" (i.e., an abacus or counting board) to perform arithmetical computations. The name comes from ""jeter"", through the form ""jectoir"", because they were ""thrown down"" upon this board. It soon became the fashion for every personage of distinction, especially those who had anything to do with finance, to have special jetons bearing his own device, and upon some of these considerable"
"Western language but can be translated in Japanese where a comparable mechanism exists. The Japanese word is ""amakudari"" (""fallen from the sky""). THE FALCON AND THE MIRAGE: MANAGING FOR COMBAT EFFECTIVENESS Corps de l'armement The Corps de l'armement, or corps des ingénieurs de l'armement is a Technical Grand Corps of the French State (grand corps de l'Etat), aimed at providing the French Armed Forces with all appropriate equipment and at supervising the French Aerospace & Defence industry. Its members are the ingénieurs de l'armement, or ingénieurs du corps de l'armement, nicknamed ""IA"" in French. They are high level engineers and"
"educated) to understand what professional engineers actually do, from fixing car engines, television sets and refrigerators to designing and managing the development of aircraft, spacecraft, power stations, infrastructure, and other complex technological systems. In France, the term 'ingénieur"" (engineer) is not a protected title and can be used by anyone, even by those who do not possess an academic degree. However, the title ""Ingénieur Diplomé"" (Graduate Engineer) is an official academic title that is protected by the government and is associated with the ""Diplôme d'Ingénieur"", which is one of the most prestigious academic degrees in France. Anyone misusing this title"
"reckon"". The base of ""computare"" is ""putare"", which ""variously meant to prune, to purify, to correct an account, hence, to count or calculate, as well as to think."" The word ""accountant"" is derived from the French word , which is also derived from the Italian and Latin word . The word was formerly written in English as ""accomptant"", but in process of time the word, which was always pronounced by dropping the ""p"", became gradually changed both in pronunciation and in orthography to its present form. Accounting has variously been defined as the keeping or preparation of the financial records"
"multiplier or divisor digits, in a procedure equivalent to the familiar long multiplication and long division procedures taught in school. Sequences of these operations can be performed on the number in the accumulator; for example it can calculate roots by a series of divisions and additions. Leibniz got the idea for a calculating machine in 1672 in Paris, from a pedometer. Later he learned about Blaise Pascal's machine when he read Pascal's ""Pensees"". He concentrated on expanding Pascal's mechanism so it could multiply and divide. He presented a wooden model to the Royal Society of London on 1 February 1673"
"not necessarily acquire the same formally binding character that it assumes in the common law traditions typical of most English-speaking countries. In fact, more recently the same court has repeatedly upheld the rejection of patent claims to computers and programs operating thereon, as in ""Rentabilitätsermittlung"" as well as in ""Informationsübermittlungsverfahren"". France was the first European nation that excluded «les programmes ou séries d'instructions pour le déroulement des opérations d'une machine calculatrice» (""programs or series of instructions for the procession of operations of a calculating machine"", i.e. computer programs) from being an industrial invention in 1968 in Loi n°68-1 Article 7."
"at that time by the Chinese system. French high public servants are still nicknamed ""mandarins"" referring to their Chinese counterparts. The French economist Elie Cohen described the effects of French Colbertism in the field of High tech in a renowned book entitled ""High tech Colbertism - Economics of the Grand Projet"" (1995). High tech Colbertism can be characterized by a prevalent role played in France by the Administration and the Grand Corps. A typical Colbertist mechanism is the ""pantouflage"" where top civil servants become Heads of French public companies. The word ""pantouflage"" cannot be translated in English nor in any"
"nearly universally ""une chercheuse"" or ""une chercheure"" ""a researcher"", whereas in France, ""un chercheur"" and, more recently, ""un chercheur"" and ""une chercheuse"" are used. Feminine forms in ""eure as in ""ingénieure are still strongly criticized in France by institutions like the Académie française, but are commonly used in Canada and are not uncommon in Switzerland. There are other, sporadic spelling differences. For example, the Office québécois de la langue française recommends the spelling ""tofou"" for what is in France ""tofu"" ""tofu"". In grammar, the adjective ""inuit"" ""Inuit"" is invariable in France but, according to official recommendations in Quebec, has regular"
"Arithmometer The Arithmometer or Arithmomètre was the first digital mechanical calculator strong enough and reliable enough to be used daily in an office environment. This calculator could add and subtract two numbers directly and could perform long multiplications and divisions effectively by using a movable accumulator for the result. Patented in France by Thomas de Colmar in 1820 and manufactured from 1851 to 1915, it became the first commercially successful mechanical calculator. Its sturdy design gave it a strong reputation for reliability and accuracy and made it a key player in the move from to calculating machines that took place"
"Old French ""engin"", from the Latin ""ingenium""–the root of the word ""ingenious"". Pre-industrial weapons of war, such as catapults, trebuchets and battering rams, were called ""siege engines"", and knowledge of how to construct them was often treated as a military secret. The word ""gin"", as in ""cotton gin"", is short for ""engine"". Most mechanical devices invented during the industrial revolution were described as engines—the steam engine being a notable example. However, the original steam engines, such as those by Thomas Savery, were not mechanical engines but pumps. In this manner, a fire engine in its original form was merely a"
"anglicisms. The acceptance of such words varies considerably; for example, and existed before the English words ""computer"" and ""software"" reached France, so they are accepted (even outside France in the case of ). On the other hand, failed to replace ""weekend"" or """" (the latter being in current usage in Canada). The word ""courriel"", equivalent of ""e-mail"", created and used in French-speaking Canada is increasingly coming into use in written European French. However, most French Internet users generally speak about ""mail"" without the prefix ""e-"". Note that English words are often shorter, and they are usually coined first (the French"
"Greeks were still seen as the masters in this field, as in philosophy and most sciences, the leading Roman families often either sent their sons to study these things under a famous master in Greece (as was the case with the young Julius Caesar), or engaged a Greek teacher (underpay or as a slave). In the young revolutionary French Republic, ""Orateur"" (French for ""orator"", but compare the Anglo-Saxon parliamentary speaker) was the formal title for the delegated members of the Tribunat to the Corps législatif, to motivate their ruling on a presented bill. In the 19th century, orators and historians"
"end of the 20th century, the term ""human computer"" has also been applied to individuals with prodigious powers of mental arithmetic, also known as mental calculators. The approach was taken for astronomical and other complex calculations. Perhaps the first example of organized human computing was by the Frenchman Alexis Claude Clairaut (1713–1765), when he divided the computation to determine the time of the return of Halley's Comet with two colleagues, Joseph Lalande and Nicole-Reine Lepaute. Human computers were also involved in plotting the future movements of astronomical objects to create celestial tables for almanacs in the late 1760s. The computers"
"'eyes'. Three other nouns have regular plurals in spelling but have irregular pronunciations: ""bœuf"" > ""bœufs"" 'oxen, cattle'; ""œuf"" > ""œufs"" 'eggs'; and ""os"" > ""os"" 'bones'. As with English, most uncountable nouns are grammatically treated as singular, though some are plural, such as ""les mathématiques"" 'mathematics'; some nouns that are uncountable in English are countable in French, such as ""une information"" 'a piece of information'. Nouns in French are not inflected for any other grammatical categories. (However, personal pronouns are inflected for case and person; see below.) Articles and determiners agree in gender and number with the noun they"
"term which means “Let us strive”, “Let us try”. The use of this term reflects the contributions of French Engineers to the Nation’s struggle for independence and the influence of the French Engineers on the early development of the Corps. The U.S. Army Engineer School is composed of Headquarters staff, the Directorate of Training and Leader Development, the Directorate of Environmental Integration, 1st Engineer Brigade, the Counter Explosive Hazards Center and the Engineer Personnel Development Office. , the Commandant of the U.S. Army Engineer School is Brigadier General Robert F. Whittle Jr. The Interim Regimental Command Sergeant Major is SGM"