mode passant

15:50 Apr 1, 2001
French to English translations [Non-PRO]
Tech/Engineering
French term or phrase: mode passant
any ideas for mode passant?

les machines à commande numerique sont en mode passant,liaison PC connectés sur réseau CFAO
sarah


Summary of answers provided
nacrossover mode?
Parrot
napass-through mode
Didier Fourcot


  

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8 mins
crossover mode?


Explanation:
Does this refer to compatibility PC-CFAO?


    Cf. Computing and Information Technology, Collin, Larendeau & Mouget.
Parrot
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7 days
pass-through mode


Explanation:
Probably a translation of this English term: the machines receive the data and may transmit them back to the network
The only other "mode passant" I could think of is for transistors that may have two modes "passant" or "bloqu", but this does not fir in the context


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