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annexe de scrutation

English translation: polling unit


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French term or phrase:annexe de scrutation
English translation:polling unit
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16:20 Jun 3, 2004
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Tech/Engineering - Computers (general)
French term or phrase: annexe de scrutation
Unix security standards document.
something to do with scanners?
Andre de Vries
Local time: 01:28
polling unit
Explanation:
"scrutation n. f.
Domaine : Informatique.
Définition : Examen répété de l’état d’un ou plusieurs éléments d’un système pour y détecter un changement
éventuel.
Note : Cette notion a également été définie par la commission spécialisée de terminologie des
télécommunications sous la désignation d’« invitation à émettre » (arrêté du 3 octobre 1984, Journal Officiel
du 10 novembre 1984).
Équivalent étranger : polling."
http://ensmp.net/cstic/020112fascicule_internet.pdf

"Monitoring Summary Report

Column Description
Polling Unit
Identifies the category of information for which monitored values were updated.

Last Polling Update
Displays the time and date at which polling occurred most recently, in this format: HH:MM:SS CiscoWorks_Server_timezone YYYY/MM/DD."
http://www.cisco.com/en/US/products/sw/cscowork/ps5387/produ...
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jgal
Local time: 02:28
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good answer!
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Summary of answers provided
4 +1polling unit
jgal
2scanner stationRHELLER


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12 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +1
polling unit


Explanation:
"scrutation n. f.
Domaine : Informatique.
Définition : Examen répété de l’état d’un ou plusieurs éléments d’un système pour y détecter un changement
éventuel.
Note : Cette notion a également été définie par la commission spécialisée de terminologie des
télécommunications sous la désignation d’« invitation à émettre » (arrêté du 3 octobre 1984, Journal Officiel
du 10 novembre 1984).
Équivalent étranger : polling."
http://ensmp.net/cstic/020112fascicule_internet.pdf

"Monitoring Summary Report

Column Description
Polling Unit
Identifies the category of information for which monitored values were updated.

Last Polling Update
Displays the time and date at which polling occurred most recently, in this format: HH:MM:SS CiscoWorks_Server_timezone YYYY/MM/DD."
http://www.cisco.com/en/US/products/sw/cscowork/ps5387/produ...

jgal
Local time: 02:28
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish, Native in FrenchFrench
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good answer!

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agree  Vicky Papaprodromou
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2 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 2/5Answerer confidence 2/5
scanner station


Explanation:
guessing here due to lack of context...annexe can be several things

Unix Host and Network Security Tools
... A multi-level security scanner that checks a UNIX system for a number of known security holes such as problems with sendmail, improperly configured NFS file ...
csrc.nist.gov/tools/tools.htm

RHELLER
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Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
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