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Numéro "brûlé"

English translation: blacklisted number

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French term or phrase:Numéro brûlé
English translation:blacklisted number
Entered by: cooling

07:06 Apr 6, 2007
French to English translations [PRO]
Tech/Engineering - Telecom(munications) / Informatique
French term or phrase: Numéro "brûlé"
Voici une expression intéressante, "numéro brulé", dont voici l'explication :

Quand vous appelez votre fournisseur Internet et que celui-ci ne répond pas ou sonne occupé, le modem place le numéro de téléphone de celui-ci dans une liste dite black list. On dit aussi que le numéro est brûlé : il est alors nécessaire d'attendre un certain temps (environ une minute) avant de pouvoir appeler le numéro à nouveau. Durant cette période, le modem renvoie un message du type "DELAYED" à chaque tentative de composition.
Est-ce que c'est juste de le traduire par "black list number" ? Est-ce sous traduit ?
cooling
Local time: 04:13
blacklisted number
Explanation:
"Blacklist nonresponding servers for a selectable period of time."

Yes, I found a usage of "blacklist" for your context.
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Jim Tucker (X)
United States
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Jim Tucker (X)
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blacklisted number


Explanation:
"Blacklist nonresponding servers for a selectable period of time."

Yes, I found a usage of "blacklist" for your context.


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Jim Tucker (X)
United States
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blocked number


Explanation:
I know that a number of francophone sites use the term "blacklist" to explain this feature (which I think is specific to France Télécom).

However "blacklisted", to me, sounds rather more permanent than is the case here. If I were explaining this feature from scratch to an English reader, I would use the term "block(ed)", which seems more suitable for a temporary measure such as this.


Martin Cassell
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