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Glossary entry

English term or phrase:

Local processor

French translation:

processeur local

Added to glossary by Johannes Gleim
Oct 28, 2022 13:28
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English term

Local processors

English to French Other Electronics / Elect Eng steam turbines
Local processors run algorithms at a faster speed than the overall control system
Proposed translations (French)
4 +1 processeur local
Change log

Nov 6, 2022 20:33: Johannes Gleim Created KOG entry

Nov 6, 2022 20:33: Johannes Gleim changed "Edited KOG entry" from "<a href="/profile/35790">Johannes Gleim's</a> old entry - "Local processors"" to ""processeur local""

Discussion

Patrick Arbaut Oct 31, 2022:
@daryo
"we have NO IDEA whatsoever of the overall architecture of this "control system", of the hardware and software involved."
Oui, c'est aussi ce que j'ai dit, donc nous sommes d'accord :)

PRESUMING that these "processors" are CPUs in a Windows OS looks to me like a rather rush assumption.
À aucun moment, je n'ai parlé de Windows. En outre, les processeurs, on en trouve partout, même dans les machines à laver (ici, les turbines à vapeur, apparemment).

Faute de mieux, et d'une manière ou d'une autre, il faut bien le traduire, il ne reste que la traduction littérale, comme l'a proposé FPC, qui permet de "respecter" le texte sans se mouiller.

Have a good day
Johannes Gleim Oct 30, 2022:
No doubt Processors are processing units, but not always central processing units; they can also be distributed processing units.

See:

A distributed system is a system whose components are located on different networked computers, which communicate and coordinate their actions by passing messages to one another from any system. …
The terms are nowadays used in a much wider sense, even referring to autonomous processes that run on the same physical computer and interact with each other by message passing.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Distributed_computing

A distributed control system (DCS) is a computerised control system for a process or plant usually with many control loops, in which autonomous controllers are distributed throughout the system, but there is no central operator supervisory control.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Distributed_control_system

Why are you insisting on Windosws OS? What about Linux OS? The operating system is secondary.
Daryo Oct 28, 2022:
Wait a second ... we have NO IDEA whatsoever of the overall architecture of this "control system", of the hardware and software involved.

PRESUMING that these "processors" are CPUs in a Windows OS looks to me like a rather rush assumption.
Patrick Arbaut Oct 28, 2022:
Peut-être faudrait-il voir la chose comme un processeur principal (et non distant) et des processeurs locaux (sans doute sur une même carte mais physiquement séparés), locaux au sens où ils seraient dédiés à exécuter des instructions particulières afin d'accélérer un processus global. Bref, une puce principale (CPU?) et des puces secondaires (LPU?) auxquelles on délègue des tâches précises.
De toute façon, il est difficile de se prononcer sans plus de précision, toutes les opinions sont donc valables et je rejoins FPC dans son commentaire de 11h38 (l'ambiguité).
FPC Oct 28, 2022:
@ Tony Ok, sorry I don't mean to dismiss legitimate questions about the architecture of the system, but the point is, whatever they are and wherever they are located if they're called "local" they can be translated as "locaux". Unless as said there's some other compelling characteristic that calls for a different adjective. Even the English doesn't not tell us much about them except that they're "local" in some sense. I don't know, you're probably right that local and main seem to be located on the same unit, so it sounds odd perhaps.
Tony M Oct 28, 2022:
@ FPC I don't think you should so readily dismiss my question — at a level above 'simplistic', the way we look at 'local' vs. remote' in FR can throw up some curiosities that need careful unravelling.
In any case, asker's ontext here is even more special than that; note their coment below "this is an equipment I/O module; it contains a data interface board; main processor; and local processors"
So it seems that the 'main' and 'local' devices are not geographically separated, which could imply the 'local' processors are simply processing something that is considered 'local'
FPC Oct 28, 2022:
It doesn't matter anyway, with respect to what they're local. They can be called "locaux", "processeurs locaux" and the ambiguity is also translated but the term is correct.
https://www.ibm.com/docs/fr/developer-for-zos/9.5.1?topic=se...
AkretcheFazia (asker) Oct 28, 2022:
Hi Tony; this is an equipment I/O module; it contains a data interface board; main processor; and local processors
Tony M Oct 28, 2022:
@ Asker Depends a bit on the point of view of the writer: are these 'local' processors remote with respect to the system under discussion ('overall control system') — or is the point of view from that of the equipment to which these processors are 'local'?

Proposed translations

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processeur local

All WTO messages issued on a local processor pass through MPF processing on the local processor, and indicators for suppression, retention, and automation are set in its WQE.
https://www.ibm.com/docs/en/z-netview/6.2.0?topic=complex-me...

The invented controller is the combination of: an intelligent interface to a SCSI bus, a multi-port buffer memory manager, a formatter, and a local processor port. With the addition of a few components for the device-level interface, the invented controller along with a buffer RAM, a local processor system, and an optional data separator completes a high performance disk, or other mass storage, controller subsystem.
https://patents.google.com/patent/US5740466A/en
(It deals with interfaces comprising a dedicated processor)

Methods, systems and computer program products are provided for controlling a climate in a building. Sensed data is received at a local processor in the building.
La présente invention concerne des procédés, systèmes et progiciels de climatisation d'immeuble. Les mesures captées sont reçues par un processeur local dans l'immeuble.
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The vendor is provided with a portable local processor having a memory, and with a local printer connected to the local processor. The local processor is in wireless communication with a network.
Le vendeur possède un processeur local portatif qui a une mémoire, et une imprimante locale qui est connectée audit processeur local. Ce processeur local est en communication sans fil avec un réseau.
https://context.reverso.net/übersetzung/englisch-franzosisch...
(this time, it deals with an remote interface and processor)

Pour les fonctions de sécurité d'un système informatique (100) accessible via un réseau informatique, on utilise un processeur de sécurité intégré (173) conjointement avec un processeur central (110).
An embedded security processor (173) is used in conjunction with a main processor (110) to provide security for a computer system (100) that is accessible via a computer network.
https://fr.techdico.com/traduction/francais-anglais/processe...

Conclusion: The researched term does not depend on the location.

Processeur ou processeur d'interface programmable, SRAM 850 Ko, 1,5 Mo de mémoire flash, 1 emplacement d'insertion
https://www.standard-exchange-industry.com/fr/Automates/cpu/...

Outre le coeur d'un processeur de routeur, chaque interface utilise un contrôleur réseau ou un processeur local, qui exécute un logiciel spécial appelé pilote. Le code du pilote fournit des instructions spécifiques à l'interface.
https://www.cisco.com/c/fr_ca/support/docs/quality-of-servic...

Ce mode -qui n'est pas exploitable sur notre système à cause de l'unicité du FIFO sur la carte contrôleur de bande- consiste à utiliser deux zones mémoires tampons ou FIFO, pendant que la CPU ( le processeur de la carte maître ) effectue la sauvegarde des événements dans le FIFO le processeur local de la carte contrôleur vide le contenu du deuxième FIFO sur les bandes.
https://inis.iaea.org/collection/NCLCollectionStore/_Public/...
Peer comment(s):
agree FPC
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