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dériver

English translation: drift


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French term or phrase:dériver
English translation:drift
Entered by: loulou79
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18:00 Feb 8, 2011
French to English translations [Non-PRO]
Medical - Computers: Software / Radiographie
French term or phrase: dériver
Good evening,

"X est un logiciel. Il ne peut pas dériver. Lors de l’installation, X est calibré par un phantom référence. Une opération de maintenance annuelle est prévue. Cette maintenance annuelle permet de vérifier le bon fonctionnement car l’appareil DXA peut dériver,..."

What is « dériver » in this context please ?

Thank you in advance :)
loulou79
drift
Explanation:
http://www.google.fr/search?sourceid=navclient&hl=fr&ie=UTF-...

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::ANZBMS:: Bone Densitometry - Quality Control - [ Traduire cette page ]18 Jun 2009... measurements which indicate that the scanner calibration has drifted, or may be about to drift, ... Jump to top. Bone Densitometry INDEX ...
www.anzbms.org.au/resources/.../index.cfm
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SJLD
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4 +1driftKevin Flanagan
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6 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +1
dériver (logiciel)
drift


Explanation:
http://www.google.fr/search?sourceid=navclient&hl=fr&ie=UTF-...

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Note added at 7 mins (2011-02-08 18:07:16 GMT)
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::ANZBMS:: Bone Densitometry - Quality Control - [ Traduire cette page ]18 Jun 2009... measurements which indicate that the scanner calibration has drifted, or may be about to drift, ... Jump to top. Bone Densitometry INDEX ...
www.anzbms.org.au/resources/.../index.cfm

SJLD
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7 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +1
dériver (logiciel)
drift


Explanation:
Looks very much to me like they're using the term that is regularly applied to DXA equipment to distinguish its behaviour from that of the software. Like various kinds of hardware, DXA is evidently subject to 'drift' (Google 'DXA drift') for further info) due to the analogue nature of the equipments. Computers and software are digital and don't 'drift', that is, software doesn't change over time. It may, by the sound of things, be necessary to recalibrate the software in question each year, to account for drift in the DXA hardware.

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Feb 8, 2011 - Changes made by Tony M:
Term askeddériver (logiciel) => dériver


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