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3 group capacity assessment
Gen Mgtthe application of work measurement techniques such as activity sampling and standard time data to clerical, administrative, and indirect staff to measure group effort and establish optimum performance levels. Group capacity assessment is used to plan and control payroll costs for groups of clerical and administrative workers.The ultimate business dictionary > group capacity assessment
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3) вместимость, объем•- backup capacity
- calls flow capacity
- carrier capacity
- channel capacity
- channel-on-cell capacity
- circuit capacity
- data capacity
- data-handling capacity
- decouple capacity
- digit capacity
- engineered capacity
- excess capacity
- exchange capacity
- extended capacity
- feed-station capacity
- flow capacity
- free number capacity
- group capacity
- head interwinding capacity
- information capacity
- installed capacity
- light-conductor capacity
- load capacity
- making capacity
- memory capacity
- nameplate capacity
- network capacity
- one-way capacity
- output capacity
- overall service capacity
- patchboard capacity
- selector-carrying capacity
- servicing devices capacity
- storage capacity
- switchboard capacity
- switching control capacity
- terminal capacity
- traffic-carrying capacity
- transmission capacity
- used capacity
- well capacity
- wire capacityEnglish-Russian dictionary of telecommunications and their abbreviations > capacity
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8 curcuit group telephone network traffic capacity
пропускная способность пучка линий (каналов) телефонной сети
пропускная способность пучка линий (каналов)
Интенсивность телефонной нагрузки, обслуженной пучком линий (каналов) телефонной сети при заданном качестве обслуживания телефонных вызовов.
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68. Пропускная способность пучка линий (каналов) телефонной сети
Пропускная способность пучка линий (каналов)
Curcuit group telephone network traffic capacity
Интенсивность телефонной нагрузки, обслуженной пучком линий (каналов) телефонной сети при заданном качестве обслуживания телефонных вызовов
Источник: ГОСТ 19472-88: Система автоматизированной телефонной связи общегосударственная. Термины и определения оригинал документа
Англо-русский словарь нормативно-технической терминологии > curcuit group telephone network traffic capacity
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Circuit group telephone network traffic capacity
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Англо-русский словарь нормативно-технической терминологии > Circuit group telephone network traffic capacity
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10 trunk group carrying capacity
емкость пучка
пропускная способность пучка
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Англо-русский словарь нормативно-технической терминологии > trunk group carrying capacity
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11 clerical work measurement
Gen Mgtan umbrella term for a collection of methods for measuring administrative and clerical work activities. Clerical work measurement is a variation on conventional work measurement practices. The main clerical work measurement techniques include clerical work improvement programs and group capacity assessment.The ultimate business dictionary > clerical work measurement
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1) ((an) ability: A witch has magic power; A cat has the power of seeing in the dark; He no longer has the power to walk.) poder; facultad, capacidad, habilidad2) (strength, force or energy: muscle power; water-power; (also adjective) a power tool (=a tool operated by electricity etc. not by hand).) energía, fuerza3) (authority or control: political groups fighting for power; How much power does the Queen have?; I have him in my power at last) poder4) (a right belonging to eg a person in authority: The police have the power of arrest.) poder; autoridad5) (a person with great authority or influence: He is quite a power in the town.) persona poderosa/influyente, pez gordo6) (a strong and influential country: the Western powers.) potencia7) (the result obtained by multiplying a number by itself a given number of times: 2 × 2 × 2 or 23 is the third power of 2, or 2 to the power of 3.) potencia•- powered- powerful
- powerfully
- powerfulness
- powerless
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- failure
- power-driven
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power n1. poder2. energía / potencia / fuerza3. fuerza / electricidadtr['paʊəSMALLr/SMALL]3 (faculty) facultad nombre femenino4 (control, influence, authority) poder nombre masculino; (of country) poderío, poder nombre masculino5 (nation) potencia; (person, group) fuerza8 SMALLMATHEMATICS/SMALL potencia1 propulsar, impulsar\SMALLIDIOMATIC EXPRESSION/SMALLto be in power estar en el poderto come to power llegar al poderto do somebody a power of good hacer a alguien mucho biento have somebody in one's power tener a alguien en su poderto rise to power subir al poderto seize/take power tomar el poder, hacerse con el poderpower base zona de influenciapower drill taladradora mecánicapower failure corte nombre masculino del suministro eléctricopower point enchufe nombre masculino, toma de corrientepower saw sierra mecánica, motosierrapower station central nombre femenino eléctricapower steering dirección nombre femenino asistidapower struggle lucha por el podersolar power energía solarthe powers that be las autoridades nombre femenino pluralpower ['paʊər] vt: impulsar, propulsarpower n1) authority: poder m, autoridad fexecutive powers: poderes ejecutivos2) ability: capacidad f, poder m3) : potencia f (política)foreign powers: potencias extranjeras4) strength: fuerza f5) : potencia f (en física y matemáticas)n.• autoridad s.f.• dominación s.f.• efecto s.m.• eminencia s.f.• empuje s.m.• energía (Electricidad) s.f.• facultad s.m.• fuero s.m.• fuerza s.f.• mando s.m.• poder s.m.• poderío s.m.• potencia (Física) s.f.• potestad s.f.v.• accionar v.• impulsar v.'paʊər, 'paʊə(r)
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1)a) u (control, influence) poder m; ( of country) poderío m, poder mpower OVER somebody/something — poder sobre alguien/algo
to be in power — estar* en or ocupar el poder
balance of power — equilibrio m de fuerzas
to seize power — tomar el poder, hacerse* con el poder
to come to power — llegar* or subir al poder; (before n)
power sharing — compartimiento m del poder
power struggle — lucha f por el poder
b) u c ( official authority) poder mpower to + INF — poder para + inf
power of veto — derecho m de veto
2) ca) ( nation) potencia fb) (person, group)the powers that be — los que mandan, los que detentan el poder
3) ua) (physical strength, force) fuerza fmore power to your elbow — (colloq) bien hecho!
b) (of engine, loudspeaker, transmitter, telescope) potencia fprocessing power — capacidad f de procesamiento
c) (of tradition, love) poder m, fuerza f; ( of argument) fuerza f, lo poderoso or convincente4)a) u (ability, capacity)I did everything in my power — hice todo lo que estaba en mi(s) mano(s), hice todo lo que me era posible
b) ( specific faculty) (often pl)power(s) of concentration — capacidad f or poder m de concentración
mental powers — inteligencia f, facultades fpl mentales
he was at the height of his power(s) — estaba en su mejor momento or en la plenitud de sus facultades
5) ua) (Eng, Phys) potencia f; ( particular source of energy) energía fsolar power — energía solar; (before n)
power brakes — servofrenos mpl
power steering — dirección f asistida
b) ( electricity) electricidad f; (before n)power cable — cable m de energía eléctrica
power lines — cables mpl de alta tensión
power point — (BrE) toma f de corriente, enchufe m, tomacorriente(s) m (AmS)
power tool — herramienta f eléctrica
6) u ( Math) potencia f10 to the power of 4/of 3 — 10 (elevado) a la cuarta potencia/al cubo
7) ( a lot)to do somebody a power of good — hacerle* a alguien mucho bien
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steam-powered — a or de vapor
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vi ( move rapidly) (colloq) (+ adv compl)[paʊǝ(r)]1. N•
to have power over sb — tener poder sobre algn•
to have sb in one's power — tener a algn en su poder•
to have the power of life and death over sb — tener poder para decidir sobre la vida de algn2) (Pol) poder m, poderío m•
to be in power — estar en el poder•
to come to power — subir al poder•
to fall from power — perder el poder•
power to the people! — ¡el pueblo al poder!3) (Mil) (=capability) potencia f, poderío m•
a nation's air/ sea power — la potencia aérea/naval de un país, el poderío aéreo/naval de un país4) (=authority) poder m, autoridad fshe has the power to act — tiene poder or autoridad para actuar
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it was seen as an abuse of his power — se percibió como un abuso de poder por su parte•
to exceed one's powers — excederse en el ejercicio de sus atribuciones or facultades•
he has full powers to negotiate a solution — goza de plenos poderes para negociar una solución•
that does not fall within my power(s) — eso no es de mi competencia5) (=ability, capacity)•
it is beyond his power to save her — no está dentro de sus posibilidades salvarla, no puede hacer nada para salvarla•
to be at the height of one's powers — estar en plenitud de facultadespurchasing 2.•
to do all or everything in one's power to help sb — hacer todo lo posible por ayudar a algn6) (=mental faculty) facultad f7) (=nation) potencia f•
the Great Powers — las grandes potencias•
one of the great naval powers — una de las grandes potencias navales•
the leaders of the major world powers — los líderes de las principales potencias mundiales8) (=person in authority)•
the powers that be — las autoridades, los que mandan9) (=forcefulness) [of argument] fuerza fthe power of love/thought — el poder del amor/del intelecto
a painting of great power — un cuadro de gran impacto, un cuadro que causa honda impresión
10) [of engine, machine] potencia f, fuerza f ; [of telescope] aumento m ; (=output) rendimiento m•
microwave on full power for one minute — póngalo con el microondas a plena potencia durante un minuto•
the ship returned to port under her own power — el buque volvió al puerto impulsado por sus propios motores11) (=source of energy) energía f ; (=electric power) electricidad f•
they cut off the power — cortaron la corriente12) (Math) potencia f7 to the power (of) 3 — 7 elevado a la 3 a potencia, 7 elevado al cubo
13) * (=a lot of)the new training methods have done their game a power of good — el nuevo método de entrenamiento ha supuesto una notable mejoría en su juego
2.VTa racing car powered by a 4.2 litre engine — un coche de carreras impulsado por un motor de 4,2 litros
- poweredthe electric lighting is powered by a generator — un generador se encarga de alimentar el alumbrado eléctrico
3.CPDpower base N — base f de poder
power breakfast N — desayuno m de negocios
power broker N — (Pol) poder m en la sombra
power cable N — cable m de energía eléctrica
power cut N — (Brit) corte m de luz or de corriente, apagón m
power dressing N — moda f de ejecutivo
power drill N — taladro m eléctrico, taladradora f eléctrica
power failure N — fallo m del suministro eléctrico
power game N — (esp Pol) juego m del poder
power line N — línea f de conducción eléctrica, cable m de alta tensión
power list N — lista f de las personas más influyentes
power lunch N — comida f de negocios
power outage (US) N — = power cut
power pack N — transformador m
(US) = power stationpower plant N — (=generator) grupo m electrógeno
power play N — (Sport) demostración f de fuerza (en el juego ofensivo); (from temporary suspension) superioridad f (en el ataque); (fig) (=use of power) maniobra f de poder, demostración f de fuerza; (=power struggle) lucha f por el poder
power point N — (Brit) (Elec) enchufe m, toma f de corriente
power politics N — política fsing de fuerza
power saw N — motosierra f, sierra f mecánica
power shovel N — excavadora f
power shower N — ducha f de hidromasaje
power station N — central f eléctrica, usina f eléctrica (S. Cone)
power steering N — (Aut) dirección f asistida
power structure N — estructura f del poder
power struggle N — lucha f por el poder
power supply N — suministro m eléctrico
power surge N — (Elec) subida f de tensión
power tool N — herramienta f eléctrica
power trio N — (Mus) trío m eléctrico
power unit N — grupo m electrógeno
power vacuum N — vacío m de poder
power walking N — marcha f
power workers NPL — trabajadores mpl del sector energético
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1)a) u (control, influence) poder m; ( of country) poderío m, poder mpower OVER somebody/something — poder sobre alguien/algo
to be in power — estar* en or ocupar el poder
balance of power — equilibrio m de fuerzas
to seize power — tomar el poder, hacerse* con el poder
to come to power — llegar* or subir al poder; (before n)
power sharing — compartimiento m del poder
power struggle — lucha f por el poder
b) u c ( official authority) poder mpower to + INF — poder para + inf
power of veto — derecho m de veto
2) ca) ( nation) potencia fb) (person, group)the powers that be — los que mandan, los que detentan el poder
3) ua) (physical strength, force) fuerza fmore power to your elbow — (colloq) bien hecho!
b) (of engine, loudspeaker, transmitter, telescope) potencia fprocessing power — capacidad f de procesamiento
c) (of tradition, love) poder m, fuerza f; ( of argument) fuerza f, lo poderoso or convincente4)a) u (ability, capacity)I did everything in my power — hice todo lo que estaba en mi(s) mano(s), hice todo lo que me era posible
b) ( specific faculty) (often pl)power(s) of concentration — capacidad f or poder m de concentración
mental powers — inteligencia f, facultades fpl mentales
he was at the height of his power(s) — estaba en su mejor momento or en la plenitud de sus facultades
5) ua) (Eng, Phys) potencia f; ( particular source of energy) energía fsolar power — energía solar; (before n)
power brakes — servofrenos mpl
power steering — dirección f asistida
b) ( electricity) electricidad f; (before n)power cable — cable m de energía eléctrica
power lines — cables mpl de alta tensión
power point — (BrE) toma f de corriente, enchufe m, tomacorriente(s) m (AmS)
power tool — herramienta f eléctrica
6) u ( Math) potencia f10 to the power of 4/of 3 — 10 (elevado) a la cuarta potencia/al cubo
7) ( a lot)to do somebody a power of good — hacerle* a alguien mucho bien
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13 support
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1. verb1) (to bear the weight of, or hold upright, in place etc: That chair won't support him / his weight; He limped home, supported by a friend on either side of him.) aguantar, sostener2) (to give help, or approval to: He has always supported our cause; His family supported him in his decision.) apoyar, secundar, respaldar3) (to provide evidence for the truth of: New discoveries have been made that support his theory; The second witness supported the statement of the first one.) corroborar, confirmar4) (to supply with the means of living: He has a wife and four children to support.) mantener
2. noun1) (the act of supporting or state of being supported: That type of shoe doesn't give the foot much support; The plan was cancelled because of lack of support; Her job is the family's only means of support; I would like to say a word or two in support of his proposal.) apoyo, soporte2) (something that supports: One of the supports of the bridge collapsed.) soporte•- supporting
support1 n1. apoyo2. soportesupport2 vb1. sostener2. mantenerhe is the only one with a job and he supports the whole family es el único que trabaja y mantiene a toda la familia3. apoyar4. ser dewhich team do you support? ¿de qué equipo eres?tr[sə'pɔːt]1 (physical - gen) apoyo, sostén nombre masculino; (- thing worn on body) protector nombre masculino3 (moral) apoyo, respaldo4 (financial) ayuda económica, apoyo económico; (sustenance) sustento; (person) sostén nombre masculino5 (supporters) afición nombre femenino6 (evidence) pruebas nombre femenino plural■ I don't think that shelf can support so many books no creo que esa estantería aguante tantos libros2 (back, encourage) apoyar, respaldar, ayudar; (cause, motion, proposal) apoyar, estar de acuerdo con■ my parents have always supported me in everything I've done mis padres siempre me han apoyado en todo lo que he hecho■ which team do you support? ¿de qué equipo eres?4 (keep, sustain) mantener, sustentar, sostener; (feed) alimentar5 (corroborate, substantiate) confirmar, respaldar, apoyar, respaldar6 formal use (endure) soportar, tolerar\SMALLIDIOMATIC EXPRESSION/SMALLin support (in reserve) de apoyoin support of somebody/something en apoyo de alguien/algo, a favor de alguien/algoto drum up support for somebody/something conseguir apoyo para alguien/algoto support oneself ganarse la vidasupport [sə'port] vt1) back: apoyar, respaldar2) maintain: mantener, sostener, sustentar3) prop up: sostener, apoyar, apuntalar, soportarsupport n1) : apoyo m (moral), ayuda f (económica)2) prop: soporte m, apoyo mn.• apoyo s.m.• arrimadero s.m.• arrimo s.m.• ayuda s.f.• báculo s.m.• encomienda s.f.• entibo s.m.• muleta s.f.• puntal s.m.• pábulo s.m.• respaldo s.m.• soporte s.m.• sostenimiento s.m.• sostén s.m.• suspensorio s.m.• sustento s.m.• sustentáculo s.m.v.• afianzar v.• apadrinar v.• apoyar v.• apuntalar v.• mantener v.(§pres: -tengo, -tienes...-tenemos) pret: -tuv-fut/c: -tendr-•)• respaldar v.• soportar v.• sostener v.(§pres: -tengo, -tienes...-tenemos) pret: -tuv-fut/c: -tendr-•)• sustentar v.
I sə'pɔːrt, sə'pɔːt1) ( hold up) \<\<bridge/structure\>\> sostener*the roof is supported by six columns — el tejado descansa sobre or se apoya en seis columnas
the chair couldn't support his weight — la silla no pudo aguantar or resistir su peso
2)a) (maintain, sustain) \<\<family/children\>\> mantener*, sostener*, sustentarto support oneself — ganarse la vida or (liter) el sustento
the hospital is supported entirely by private donations — el hospital está enteramente financiado por donaciones de particulares
b) ( Comput) admitir3)a) ( back) \<\<cause/motion\>\> apoyarwhich team do you support? — ¿de qué equipo eres (hincha)?
b) ( back up) apoyar4) ( corroborate) \<\<theory\>\> respaldar, confirmar, sustentar
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1)a) c ( of structure) soporte mb) u ( physical)2)a) u ( financial) ayuda f (económica), apoyo m (económico)b) c ( person) sostén m3) u (backing, encouragement) apoyo m, respaldo mI went with her to give her (moral) support — la acompañé para que se sintiera apoyada or respaldada
4) ua) ( Mil) apoyo m, refuerzo mb) ( backup) servicio m al clientetechnical/dealer support — servicio técnico/de ventas; (before n) <package, material> adicional, suplementario
5)in support of — (as prep)
he spoke in support of the motion — habló a favor de or en apoyo de la moción
[sǝ'pɔːt]she could produce no evidence in support of her claim — no pudo presentar pruebas en apoyo de su demanda
1. N1) (for weight)a) (=object) soporte msteel supports — soportes mpl de acero
b) (=capacity to support) soporte ma good bed should provide adequate support for your back — una buena cama debe ofrecerle un soporte adecuado para su espalda
c) (Med) soporte m2) (fig)a) (=help) apoyo mI've had a lot of support from my family — mi familia me ha apoyado mucho or me ha dado mucho apoyo
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to give sb support — dar apoyo a algn, apoyar a algn•
moral support — apoyo moralb) (=backing) apoyo mhe has given his support to the reform programme — ha apoyado or respaldado el programa de reforma, ha dado su apoyo or respaldo al programa de reforma
do I have I your support in this? — ¿puedo contar con tu apoyo para esto?
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their capacity to act in support of their political objectives — su capacidad de actuar en pos de sus objetivos políticosfinancial support — ayuda f económica, respaldo m económico
with Government support — con la ayuda del Gobierno, respaldado por el Gobierno
d) (esp Comm) (=backup) servicio m de asistencia (al cliente)e) (Mil) apoyo mf) (=evidence)scholars have found little support for this interpretation — los académicos han encontrado pocas pruebas que apoyen or respalden esta interpretación
in support of this argument he states that... — para apoyar or respaldar este argumento aduce que...
2. VT1) (=hold up) sostenerthat chair won't support your weight — esa silla no resistirá or aguantará tu peso
raise your upper body off the ground, supporting your weight on your arms — apoyándose en los brazos levante el tronco del suelo
to support o.s. — (physically) apoyarse (on en)
2) (=help)a) (emotionally) apoyarto support o.s. — (financially) ganarse la vida
3) (=back) [+ proposal, project, person] apoyar4) (Sport) [+ team]who do you support? — ¿de qué equipo eres (hincha)?
come and support your team! — ¡ven a animar a tu equipo!
5) (=corroborate) [+ theory, view] respaldar, confirmar6) (=sustain)an environment capable of supporting human life — un medio en que existen las condiciones necesarias para que se desarrolle la vida humana
land so poor that it cannot support a small family — un terreno tan poco fértil que no puede sustentar a una familia pequeña
7) frm (=tolerate) tolerar8) (Mus) [+ band] actuar de telonero/teloneros dea good band supported by an exciting new group — un buen grupo con unos teloneros nuevos muy interesantes
9) (Cine, Theat) [+ principal actor] secundar3.CPDsupport band N — (Mus) teloneros mpl
support group N — grupo m de apoyo
a support group for victims of crime — un grupo de apoyo or una asociación de ayuda a las víctimas de la delincuencia
support hose N — medias fpl de compresión graduada
support network N — red f de apoyo
support ship N — barco m de apoyo
support stocking N — media f de compresión graduada
support tights NPL — medias fpl de compresión (graduada)
support troops NPL — tropas fpl de apoyo
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I [sə'pɔːrt, sə'pɔːt]1) ( hold up) \<\<bridge/structure\>\> sostener*the roof is supported by six columns — el tejado descansa sobre or se apoya en seis columnas
the chair couldn't support his weight — la silla no pudo aguantar or resistir su peso
2)a) (maintain, sustain) \<\<family/children\>\> mantener*, sostener*, sustentarto support oneself — ganarse la vida or (liter) el sustento
the hospital is supported entirely by private donations — el hospital está enteramente financiado por donaciones de particulares
b) ( Comput) admitir3)a) ( back) \<\<cause/motion\>\> apoyarwhich team do you support? — ¿de qué equipo eres (hincha)?
b) ( back up) apoyar4) ( corroborate) \<\<theory\>\> respaldar, confirmar, sustentar
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1)a) c ( of structure) soporte mb) u ( physical)2)a) u ( financial) ayuda f (económica), apoyo m (económico)b) c ( person) sostén m3) u (backing, encouragement) apoyo m, respaldo mI went with her to give her (moral) support — la acompañé para que se sintiera apoyada or respaldada
4) ua) ( Mil) apoyo m, refuerzo mb) ( backup) servicio m al clientetechnical/dealer support — servicio técnico/de ventas; (before n) <package, material> adicional, suplementario
5)in support of — (as prep)
he spoke in support of the motion — habló a favor de or en apoyo de la moción
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14 Historical Portugal
Before Romans described western Iberia or Hispania as "Lusitania," ancient Iberians inhabited the land. Phoenician and Greek trading settlements grew up in the Tagus estuary area and nearby coasts. Beginning around 202 BCE, Romans invaded what is today southern Portugal. With Rome's defeat of Carthage, Romans proceeded to conquer and rule the western region north of the Tagus, which they named Roman "Lusitania." In the fourth century CE, as Rome's rule weakened, the area experienced yet another invasion—Germanic tribes, principally the Suevi, who eventually were Christianized. During the sixth century CE, the Suevi kingdom was superseded by yet another Germanic tribe—the Christian Visigoths.A major turning point in Portugal's history came in 711, as Muslim armies from North Africa, consisting of both Arab and Berber elements, invaded the Iberian Peninsula from across the Straits of Gibraltar. They entered what is now Portugal in 714, and proceeded to conquer most of the country except for the far north. For the next half a millennium, Islam and Muslim presence in Portugal left a significant mark upon the politics, government, language, and culture of the country.Islam, Reconquest, and Portugal Created, 714-1140The long frontier struggle between Muslim invaders and Christian communities in the north of the Iberian peninsula was called the Reconquista (Reconquest). It was during this struggle that the first dynasty of Portuguese kings (Burgundian) emerged and the independent monarchy of Portugal was established. Christian forces moved south from what is now the extreme north of Portugal and gradually defeated Muslim forces, besieging and capturing towns under Muslim sway. In the ninth century, as Christian forces slowly made their way southward, Christian elements were dominant only in the area between Minho province and the Douro River; this region became known as "territorium Portu-calense."In the 11th century, the advance of the Reconquest quickened as local Christian armies were reinforced by crusading knights from what is now France and England. Christian forces took Montemor (1034), at the Mondego River; Lamego (1058); Viseu (1058); and Coimbra (1064). In 1095, the king of Castile and Léon granted the country of "Portu-cale," what became northern Portugal, to a Burgundian count who had emigrated from France. This was the foundation of Portugal. In 1139, a descendant of this count, Afonso Henriques, proclaimed himself "King of Portugal." He was Portugal's first monarch, the "Founder," and the first of the Burgundian dynasty, which ruled until 1385.The emergence of Portugal in the 12th century as a separate monarchy in Iberia occurred before the Christian Reconquest of the peninsula. In the 1140s, the pope in Rome recognized Afonso Henriques as king of Portugal. In 1147, after a long, bloody siege, Muslim-occupied Lisbon fell to Afonso Henriques's army. Lisbon was the greatest prize of the 500-year war. Assisting this effort were English crusaders on their way to the Holy Land; the first bishop of Lisbon was an Englishman. When the Portuguese captured Faro and Silves in the Algarve province in 1248-50, the Reconquest of the extreme western portion of the Iberian peninsula was complete—significantly, more than two centuries before the Spanish crown completed the Reconquest of the eastern portion by capturing Granada in 1492.Consolidation and Independence of Burgundian Portugal, 1140-1385Two main themes of Portugal's early existence as a monarchy are the consolidation of control over the realm and the defeat of a Castil-ian threat from the east to its independence. At the end of this period came the birth of a new royal dynasty (Aviz), which prepared to carry the Christian Reconquest beyond continental Portugal across the straits of Gibraltar to North Africa. There was a variety of motives behind these developments. Portugal's independent existence was imperiled by threats from neighboring Iberian kingdoms to the north and east. Politics were dominated not only by efforts against the Muslims inPortugal (until 1250) and in nearby southern Spain (until 1492), but also by internecine warfare among the kingdoms of Castile, Léon, Aragon, and Portugal. A final comeback of Muslim forces was defeated at the battle of Salado (1340) by allied Castilian and Portuguese forces. In the emerging Kingdom of Portugal, the monarch gradually gained power over and neutralized the nobility and the Church.The historic and commonplace Portuguese saying "From Spain, neither a good wind nor a good marriage" was literally played out in diplomacy and war in the late 14th-century struggles for mastery in the peninsula. Larger, more populous Castile was pitted against smaller Portugal. Castile's Juan I intended to force a union between Castile and Portugal during this era of confusion and conflict. In late 1383, Portugal's King Fernando, the last king of the Burgundian dynasty, suddenly died prematurely at age 38, and the Master of Aviz, Portugal's most powerful nobleman, took up the cause of independence and resistance against Castile's invasion. The Master of Aviz, who became King João I of Portugal, was able to obtain foreign assistance. With the aid of English archers, Joao's armies defeated the Castilians in the crucial battle of Aljubarrota, on 14 August 1385, a victory that assured the independence of the Portuguese monarchy from its Castilian nemesis for several centuries.Aviz Dynasty and Portugal's First Overseas Empire, 1385-1580The results of the victory at Aljubarrota, much celebrated in Portugal's art and monuments, and the rise of the Aviz dynasty also helped to establish a new merchant class in Lisbon and Oporto, Portugal's second city. This group supported King João I's program of carrying the Reconquest to North Africa, since it was interested in expanding Portugal's foreign commerce and tapping into Muslim trade routes and resources in Africa. With the Reconquest against the Muslims completed in Portugal and the threat from Castile thwarted for the moment, the Aviz dynasty launched an era of overseas conquest, exploration, and trade. These efforts dominated Portugal's 15th and 16th centuries.The overseas empire and age of Discoveries began with Portugal's bold conquest in 1415 of the Moroccan city of Ceuta. One royal member of the 1415 expedition was young, 21-year-old Prince Henry, later known in history as "Prince Henry the Navigator." His part in the capture of Ceuta won Henry his knighthood and began Portugal's "Marvelous Century," during which the small kingdom was counted as a European and world power of consequence. Henry was the son of King João I and his English queen, Philippa of Lancaster, but he did not inherit the throne. Instead, he spent most of his life and his fortune, and that of the wealthy military Order of Christ, on various imperial ventures and on voyages of exploration down the African coast and into the Atlantic. While mythology has surrounded Henry's controversial role in the Discoveries, and this role has been exaggerated, there is no doubt that he played a vital part in the initiation of Portugal's first overseas empire and in encouraging exploration. He was naturally curious, had a sense of mission for Portugal, and was a strong leader. He also had wealth to expend; at least a third of the African voyages of the time were under his sponsorship. If Prince Henry himself knew little science, significant scientific advances in navigation were made in his day.What were Portugal's motives for this new imperial effort? The well-worn historical cliche of "God, Glory, and Gold" can only partly explain the motivation of a small kingdom with few natural resources and barely 1 million people, which was greatly outnumbered by the other powers it confronted. Among Portuguese objectives were the desire to exploit known North African trade routes and resources (gold, wheat, leather, weaponry, and other goods that were scarce in Iberia); the need to outflank the Muslim world in the Mediterranean by sailing around Africa, attacking Muslims en route; and the wish to ally with Christian kingdoms beyond Africa. This enterprise also involved a strategy of breaking the Venetian spice monopoly by trading directly with the East by means of discovering and exploiting a sea route around Africa to Asia. Besides the commercial motives, Portugal nurtured a strong crusading sense of Christian mission, and various classes in the kingdom saw an opportunity for fame and gain.By the time of Prince Henry's death in 1460, Portugal had gained control of the Atlantic archipelagos of the Azores and Madeiras, begun to colonize the Cape Verde Islands, failed to conquer the Canary Islands from Castile, captured various cities on Morocco's coast, and explored as far as Senegal, West Africa, down the African coast. By 1488, Bar-tolomeu Dias had rounded the Cape of Good Hope in South Africa and thereby discovered the way to the Indian Ocean.Portugal's largely coastal African empire and later its fragile Asian empire brought unexpected wealth but were purchased at a high price. Costs included wars of conquest and defense against rival powers, manning the far-flung navel and trade fleets and scattered castle-fortresses, and staffing its small but fierce armies, all of which entailed a loss of skills and population to maintain a scattered empire. Always short of capital, the monarchy became indebted to bankers. There were many defeats beginning in the 16th century at the hands of the larger imperial European monarchies (Spain, France, England, and Holland) and many attacks on Portugal and its strung-out empire. Typically, there was also the conflict that arose when a tenuously held world empire that rarely if ever paid its way demanded finance and manpower Portugal itself lacked.The first 80 years of the glorious imperial era, the golden age of Portugal's imperial power and world influence, was an African phase. During 1415-88, Portuguese navigators and explorers in small ships, some of them caravelas (caravels), explored the treacherous, disease-ridden coasts of Africa from Morocco to South Africa beyond the Cape of Good Hope. By the 1470s, the Portuguese had reached the Gulf of Guinea and, in the early 1480s, what is now Angola. Bartolomeu Dias's extraordinary voyage of 1487-88 to South Africa's coast and the edge of the Indian Ocean convinced Portugal that the best route to Asia's spices and Christians lay south, around the tip of southern Africa. Between 1488 and 1495, there was a hiatus caused in part by domestic conflict in Portugal, discussion of resources available for further conquests beyond Africa in Asia, and serious questions as to Portugal's capacity to reach beyond Africa. In 1495, King Manuel and his council decided to strike for Asia, whatever the consequences. In 1497-99, Vasco da Gama, under royal orders, made the epic two-year voyage that discovered the sea route to western India (Asia), outflanked Islam and Venice, and began Portugal's Asian empire. Within 50 years, Portugal had discovered and begun the exploitation of its largest colony, Brazil, and set up forts and trading posts from the Middle East (Aden and Ormuz), India (Calicut, Goa, etc.), Malacca, and Indonesia to Macau in China.By the 1550s, parts of its largely coastal, maritime trading post empire from Morocco to the Moluccas were under siege from various hostile forces, including Muslims, Christians, and Hindi. Although Moroccan forces expelled the Portuguese from the major coastal cities by 1550, the rival European monarchies of Castile (Spain), England, France, and later Holland began to seize portions of her undermanned, outgunned maritime empire.In 1580, Phillip II of Spain, whose mother was a Portuguese princess and who had a strong claim to the Portuguese throne, invaded Portugal, claimed the throne, and assumed control over the realm and, by extension, its African, Asian, and American empires. Phillip II filled the power vacuum that appeared in Portugal following the loss of most of Portugal's army and its young, headstrong King Sebastião in a disastrous war in Morocco. Sebastiao's death in battle (1578) and the lack of a natural heir to succeed him, as well as the weak leadership of the cardinal who briefly assumed control in Lisbon, led to a crisis that Spain's strong monarch exploited. As a result, Portugal lost its independence to Spain for a period of 60 years.Portugal under Spanish Rule, 1580-1640Despite the disastrous nature of Portugal's experience under Spanish rule, "The Babylonian Captivity" gave birth to modern Portuguese nationalism, its second overseas empire, and its modern alliance system with England. Although Spain allowed Portugal's weakened empire some autonomy, Spanish rule in Portugal became increasingly burdensome and unacceptable. Spain's ambitious imperial efforts in Europe and overseas had an impact on the Portuguese as Spain made greater and greater demands on its smaller neighbor for manpower and money. Portugal's culture underwent a controversial Castilianization, while its empire became hostage to Spain's fortunes. New rival powers England, France, and Holland attacked and took parts of Spain's empire and at the same time attacked Portugal's empire, as well as the mother country.Portugal's empire bore the consequences of being attacked by Spain's bitter enemies in what was a form of world war. Portuguese losses were heavy. By 1640, Portugal had lost most of its Moroccan cities as well as Ceylon, the Moluccas, and sections of India. With this, Portugal's Asian empire was gravely weakened. Only Goa, Damão, Diu, Bombay, Timor, and Macau remained and, in Brazil, Dutch forces occupied the northeast.On 1 December 1640, long commemorated as a national holiday, Portuguese rebels led by the duke of Braganza overthrew Spanish domination and took advantage of Spanish weakness following a more serious rebellion in Catalonia. Portugal regained independence from Spain, but at a price: dependence on foreign assistance to maintain its independence in the form of the renewal of the alliance with England.Restoration and Second Empire, 1640-1822Foreign affairs and empire dominated the restoration era and aftermath, and Portugal again briefly enjoyed greater European power and prestige. The Anglo-Portuguese Alliance was renewed and strengthened in treaties of 1642, 1654, and 1661, and Portugal's independence from Spain was underwritten by English pledges and armed assistance. In a Luso-Spanish treaty of 1668, Spain recognized Portugal's independence. Portugal's alliance with England was a marriage of convenience and necessity between two monarchies with important religious, cultural, and social differences. In return for legal, diplomatic, and trade privileges, as well as the use during war and peace of Portugal's great Lisbon harbor and colonial ports for England's navy, England pledged to protect Portugal and its scattered empire from any attack. The previously cited 17th-century alliance treaties were renewed later in the Treaty of Windsor, signed in London in 1899. On at least 10 different occasions after 1640, and during the next two centuries, England was central in helping prevent or repel foreign invasions of its ally, Portugal.Portugal's second empire (1640-1822) was largely Brazil-oriented. Portuguese colonization, exploitation of wealth, and emigration focused on Portuguese America, and imperial revenues came chiefly from Brazil. Between 1670 and 1740, Portugal's royalty and nobility grew wealthier on funds derived from Brazilian gold, diamonds, sugar, tobacco, and other crops, an enterprise supported by the Atlantic slave trade and the supply of African slave labor from West Africa and Angola. Visitors today can see where much of that wealth was invested: Portugal's rich legacy of monumental architecture. Meanwhile, the African slave trade took a toll in Angola and West Africa.In continental Portugal, absolutist monarchy dominated politics and government, and there was a struggle for position and power between the monarchy and other institutions, such as the Church and nobility. King José I's chief minister, usually known in history as the marquis of Pombal (ruled 1750-77), sharply suppressed the nobility and theChurch (including the Inquisition, now a weak institution) and expelled the Jesuits. Pombal also made an effort to reduce economic dependence on England, Portugal's oldest ally. But his successes did not last much beyond his disputed time in office.Beginning in the late 18th century, the European-wide impact of the French Revolution and the rise of Napoleon placed Portugal in a vulnerable position. With the monarchy ineffectively led by an insane queen (Maria I) and her indecisive regent son (João VI), Portugal again became the focus of foreign ambition and aggression. With England unable to provide decisive assistance in time, France—with Spain's consent—invaded Portugal in 1807. As Napoleon's army under General Junot entered Lisbon meeting no resistance, Portugal's royal family fled on a British fleet to Brazil, where it remained in exile until 1821. In the meantime, Portugal's overseas empire was again under threat. There was a power vacuum as the monarch was absent, foreign armies were present, and new political notions of liberalism and constitutional monarchy were exciting various groups of citizens.Again England came to the rescue, this time in the form of the armies of the duke of Wellington. Three successive French invasions of Portugal were defeated and expelled, and Wellington succeeded in carrying the war against Napoleon across the Portuguese frontier into Spain. The presence of the English army, the new French-born liberal ideas, and the political vacuum combined to create revolutionary conditions. The French invasions and the peninsular wars, where Portuguese armed forces played a key role, marked the beginning of a new era in politics.Liberalism and Constitutional Monarchy, 1822-1910During 1807-22, foreign invasions, war, and civil strife over conflicting political ideas gravely damaged Portugal's commerce, economy, and novice industry. The next terrible blow was the loss of Brazil in 1822, the jewel in the imperial crown. Portugal's very independence seemed to be at risk. In vain, Portugal sought to resist Brazilian independence by force, but in 1825 it formally acknowledged Brazilian independence by treaty.Portugal's slow recovery from the destructive French invasions and the "war of independence" was complicated by civil strife over the form of constitutional monarchy that best suited Portugal. After struggles over these issues between 1820 and 1834, Portugal settled somewhat uncertainly into a moderate constitutional monarchy whose constitution (Charter of 1826) lent it strong political powers to exert a moderating influence between the executive and legislative branches of the government. It also featured a new upper middle class based on land ownership and commerce; a Catholic Church that, although still important, lived with reduced privileges and property; a largely African (third) empire to which Lisbon and Oporto devoted increasing spiritual and material resources, starting with the liberal imperial plans of 1836 and 1851, and continuing with the work of institutions like the Lisbon Society of Geography (established 1875); and a mass of rural peasants whose bonds to the land weakened after 1850 and who began to immigrate in increasing numbers to Brazil and North America.Chronic military intervention in national politics began in 19th-century Portugal. Such intervention, usually commencing with coups or pronunciamentos (military revolts), was a shortcut to the spoils of political office and could reflect popular discontent as well as the power of personalities. An early example of this was the 1817 golpe (coup) attempt of General Gomes Freire against British military rule in Portugal before the return of King João VI from Brazil. Except for a more stable period from 1851 to 1880, military intervention in politics, or the threat thereof, became a feature of the constitutional monarchy's political life, and it continued into the First Republic and the subsequent Estado Novo.Beginning with the Regeneration period (1851-80), Portugal experienced greater political stability and economic progress. Military intervention in politics virtually ceased; industrialization and construction of railroads, roads, and bridges proceeded; two political parties (Regenerators and Historicals) worked out a system of rotation in power; and leading intellectuals sparked a cultural revival in several fields. In 19th-century literature, there was a new golden age led by such figures as Alexandre Herculano (historian), Eça de Queirós (novelist), Almeida Garrett (playwright and essayist), Antero de Quental (poet), and Joaquim Oliveira Martins (historian and social scientist). In its third overseas empire, Portugal attempted to replace the slave trade and slavery with legitimate economic activities; to reform the administration; and to expand Portuguese holdings beyond coastal footholds deep into the African hinterlands in West, West Central, and East Africa. After 1841, to some extent, and especially after 1870, colonial affairs, combined with intense nationalism, pressures for economic profit in Africa, sentiment for national revival, and the drift of European affairs would make or break Lisbon governments.Beginning with the political crisis that arose out of the "English Ultimatum" affair of January 1890, the monarchy became discredtted and identified with the poorly functioning government, political parties splintered, and republicanism found more supporters. Portugal participated in the "Scramble for Africa," expanding its African holdings, but failed to annex territory connecting Angola and Mozambique. A growing foreign debt and state bankruptcy as of the early 1890s damaged the constitutional monarchy's reputation, despite the efforts of King Carlos in diplomacy, the renewal of the alliance in the Windsor Treaty of 1899, and the successful if bloody colonial wars in the empire (1880-97). Republicanism proclaimed that Portugal's weak economy and poor society were due to two historic institutions: the monarchy and the Catholic Church. A republic, its stalwarts claimed, would bring greater individual liberty; efficient, if more decentralized government; and a stronger colonial program while stripping the Church of its role in both society and education.As the monarchy lost support and republicans became more aggressive, violence increased in politics. King Carlos I and his heir Luís were murdered in Lisbon by anarchist-republicans on 1 February 1908. Following a military and civil insurrection and fighting between monarchist and republican forces, on 5 October 1910, King Manuel II fled Portugal and a republic was proclaimed.First Parliamentary Republic, 1910-26Portugal's first attempt at republican government was the most unstable, turbulent parliamentary republic in the history of 20th-century Western Europe. During a little under 16 years of the republic, there were 45 governments, a number of legislatures that did not complete normal terms, military coups, and only one president who completed his four-year term in office. Portuguese society was poorly prepared for this political experiment. Among the deadly legacies of the monarchy were a huge public debt; a largely rural, apolitical, and illiterate peasant population; conflict over the causes of the country's misfortunes; and lack of experience with a pluralist, democratic system.The republic had some talented leadership but lacked popular, institutional, and economic support. The 1911 republican constitution established only a limited democracy, as only a small portion of the adult male citizenry was eligible to vote. In a country where the majority was Catholic, the republic passed harshly anticlerical laws, and its institutions and supporters persecuted both the Church and its adherents. During its brief disjointed life, the First Republic drafted important reform plans in economic, social, and educational affairs; actively promoted development in the empire; and pursued a liberal, generous foreign policy. Following British requests for Portugal's assistance in World War I, Portugal entered the war on the Allied side in March 1916 and sent armies to Flanders and Portuguese Africa. Portugal's intervention in that conflict, however, was too costly in many respects, and the ultimate failure of the republic in part may be ascribed to Portugal's World War I activities.Unfortunately for the republic, its time coincided with new threats to Portugal's African possessions: World War I, social and political demands from various classes that could not be reconciled, excessive military intervention in politics, and, in particular, the worst economic and financial crisis Portugal had experienced since the 16th and 17th centuries. After the original Portuguese Republican Party (PRP, also known as the "Democrats") splintered into three warring groups in 1912, no true multiparty system emerged. The Democrats, except for only one or two elections, held an iron monopoly of electoral power, and political corruption became a major issue. As extreme right-wing dictatorships elsewhere in Europe began to take power in Italy (1922), neighboring Spain (1923), and Greece (1925), what scant popular support remained for the republic collapsed. Backed by a right-wing coalition of landowners from Alentejo, clergy, Coimbra University faculty and students, Catholic organizations, and big business, career military officers led by General Gomes da Costa executed a coup on 28 May 1926, turned out the last republican government, and established a military government.The Estado Novo (New State), 1926-74During the military phase (1926-32) of the Estado Novo, professional military officers, largely from the army, governed and administered Portugal and held key cabinet posts, but soon discovered that the military possessed no magic formula that could readily solve the problems inherited from the First Republic. Especially during the years 1926-31, the military dictatorship, even with its political repression of republican activities and institutions (military censorship of the press, political police action, and closure of the republic's rowdy parliament), was characterized by similar weaknesses: personalism and factionalism; military coups and political instability, including civil strife and loss of life; state debt and bankruptcy; and a weak economy. "Barracks parliamentarism" was not an acceptable alternative even to the "Nightmare Republic."Led by General Óscar Carmona, who had replaced and sent into exile General Gomes da Costa, the military dictatorship turned to a civilian expert in finance and economics to break the budget impasse and bring coherence to the disorganized system. Appointed minister of finance on 27 April 1928, the Coimbra University Law School professor of economics Antônio de Oliveira Salazar (1889-1970) first reformed finance, helped balance the budget, and then turned to other concerns as he garnered extraordinary governing powers. In 1930, he was appointed interim head of another key ministry (Colonies) and within a few years had become, in effect, a civilian dictator who, with the military hierarchy's support, provided the government with coherence, a program, and a set of policies.For nearly 40 years after he was appointed the first civilian prime minister in 1932, Salazar's personality dominated the government. Unlike extreme right-wing dictators elsewhere in Europe, Salazar was directly appointed by the army but was never endorsed by a popular political party, street militia, or voter base. The scholarly, reclusive former Coimbra University professor built up what became known after 1932 as the Estado Novo ("New State"), which at the time of its overthrow by another military coup in 1974, was the longest surviving authoritarian regime in Western Europe. The system of Salazar and the largely academic and technocratic ruling group he gathered in his cabinets was based on the central bureaucracy of the state, which was supported by the president of the republic—always a senior career military officer, General Óscar Carmona (1928-51), General Craveiro Lopes (1951-58), and Admiral Américo Tómaz (1958-74)—and the complicity of various institutions. These included a rubber-stamp legislature called the National Assembly (1935-74) and a political police known under various names: PVDE (1932-45), PIDE (1945-69),and DGS (1969-74). Other defenders of the Estado Novo security were paramilitary organizations such as the National Republican Guard (GNR); the Portuguese Legion (PL); and the Portuguese Youth [Movement]. In addition to censorship of the media, theater, and books, there was political repression and a deliberate policy of depoliticization. All political parties except for the approved movement of regime loyalists, the União Nacional or (National Union), were banned.The most vigorous and more popular period of the New State was 1932-44, when the basic structures were established. Never monolithic or entirely the work of one person (Salazar), the New State was constructed with the assistance of several dozen top associates who were mainly academics from law schools, some technocrats with specialized skills, and a handful of trusted career military officers. The 1933 Constitution declared Portugal to be a "unitary, corporative Republic," and pressures to restore the monarchy were resisted. Although some of the regime's followers were fascists and pseudofascists, many more were conservative Catholics, integralists, nationalists, and monarchists of different varieties, and even some reactionary republicans. If the New State was authoritarian, it was not totalitarian and, unlike fascism in Benito Mussolini's Italy or Adolf Hitler's Germany, it usually employed the minimum of violence necessary to defeat what remained a largely fractious, incoherent opposition.With the tumultuous Second Republic and the subsequent civil war in nearby Spain, the regime felt threatened and reinforced its defenses. During what Salazar rightly perceived as a time of foreign policy crisis for Portugal (1936-45), he assumed control of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. From there, he pursued four basic foreign policy objectives: supporting the Nationalist rebels of General Francisco Franco in the Spanish Civil War (1936-39) and concluding defense treaties with a triumphant Franco; ensuring that General Franco in an exhausted Spain did not enter World War II on the Axis side; maintaining Portuguese neutrality in World War II with a post-1942 tilt toward the Allies, including granting Britain and the United States use of bases in the Azores Islands; and preserving and protecting Portugal's Atlantic Islands and its extensive, if poor, overseas empire in Africa and Asia.During the middle years of the New State (1944-58), many key Salazar associates in government either died or resigned, and there was greater social unrest in the form of unprecedented strikes and clandestine Communist activities, intensified opposition, and new threatening international pressures on Portugal's overseas empire. During the earlier phase of the Cold War (1947-60), Portugal became a steadfast, if weak, member of the US-dominated North Atlantic Treaty Organization alliance and, in 1955, with American support, Portugal joined the United Nations (UN). Colonial affairs remained a central concern of the regime. As of 1939, Portugal was the third largest colonial power in the world and possessed territories in tropical Africa (Angola, Mozambique, Guinea-Bissau, and São Tomé and Príncipe Islands) and the remnants of its 16th-century empire in Asia (Goa, Damão, Diu, East Timor, and Macau). Beginning in the early 1950s, following the independence of India in 1947, Portugal resisted Indian pressures to decolonize Portuguese India and used police forces to discourage internal opposition in its Asian and African colonies.The later years of the New State (1958-68) witnessed the aging of the increasingly isolated but feared Salazar and new threats both at home and overseas. Although the regime easily overcame the brief oppositionist threat from rival presidential candidate General Humberto Delgado in the spring of 1958, new developments in the African and Asian empires imperiled the authoritarian system. In February 1961, oppositionists hijacked the Portuguese ocean liner Santa Maria and, in following weeks, African insurgents in northern Angola, although they failed to expel the Portuguese, gained worldwide media attention, discredited the New State, and began the 13-year colonial war. After thwarting a dissident military coup against his continued leadership, Salazar and his ruling group mobilized military repression in Angola and attempted to develop the African colonies at a faster pace in order to ensure Portuguese control. Meanwhile, the other European colonial powers (Britain, France, Belgium, and Spain) rapidly granted political independence to their African territories.At the time of Salazar's removal from power in September 1968, following a stroke, Portugal's efforts to maintain control over its colonies appeared to be successful. President Americo Tomás appointed Dr. Marcello Caetano as Salazar's successor as prime minister. While maintaining the New State's basic structures, and continuing the regime's essential colonial policy, Caetano attempted wider reforms in colonial administration and some devolution of power from Lisbon, as well as more freedom of expression in Lisbon. Still, a great deal of the budget was devoted to supporting the wars against the insurgencies in Africa. Meanwhile in Asia, Portuguese India had fallen when the Indian army invaded in December 1961. The loss of Goa was a psychological blow to the leadership of the New State, and of the Asian empire only East Timor and Macau remained.The Caetano years (1968-74) were but a hiatus between the waning Salazar era and a new regime. There was greater political freedom and rapid economic growth (5-6 percent annually to late 1973), but Caetano's government was unable to reform the old system thoroughly and refused to consider new methods either at home or in the empire. In the end, regime change came from junior officers of the professional military who organized the Armed Forces Movement (MFA) against the Caetano government. It was this group of several hundred officers, mainly in the army and navy, which engineered a largely bloodless coup in Lisbon on 25 April 1974. Their unexpected action brought down the 48-year-old New State and made possible the eventual establishment and consolidation of democratic governance in Portugal, as well as a reorientation of the country away from the Atlantic toward Europe.Revolution of Carnations, 1974-76Following successful military operations of the Armed Forces Movement against the Caetano government, Portugal experienced what became known as the "Revolution of Carnations." It so happened that during the rainy week of the military golpe, Lisbon flower shops were featuring carnations, and the revolutionaries and their supporters adopted the red carnation as the common symbol of the event, as well as of the new freedom from dictatorship. The MFA, whose leaders at first were mostly little-known majors and captains, proclaimed a three-fold program of change for the new Portugal: democracy; decolonization of the overseas empire, after ending the colonial wars; and developing a backward economy in the spirit of opportunity and equality. During the first 24 months after the coup, there was civil strife, some anarchy, and a power struggle. With the passing of the Estado Novo, public euphoria burst forth as the new provisional military government proclaimed the freedoms of speech, press, and assembly, and abolished censorship, the political police, the Portuguese Legion, Portuguese Youth, and other New State organizations, including the National Union. Scores of political parties were born and joined the senior political party, the Portuguese Community Party (PCP), and the Socialist Party (PS), founded shortly before the coup.Portugal's Revolution of Carnations went through several phases. There was an attempt to take control by radical leftists, including the PCP and its allies. This was thwarted by moderate officers in the army, as well as by the efforts of two political parties: the PS and the Social Democrats (PPD, later PSD). The first phase was from April to September 1974. Provisional president General Antonio Spínola, whose 1974 book Portugal and the Future had helped prepare public opinion for the coup, met irresistible leftist pressures. After Spinola's efforts to avoid rapid decolonization of the African empire failed, he resigned in September 1974. During the second phase, from September 1974 to March 1975, radical military officers gained control, but a coup attempt by General Spínola and his supporters in Lisbon in March 1975 failed and Spínola fled to Spain.In the third phase of the Revolution, March-November 1975, a strong leftist reaction followed. Farm workers occupied and "nationalized" 1.1 million hectares of farmland in the Alentejo province, and radical military officers in the provisional government ordered the nationalization of Portuguese banks (foreign banks were exempted), utilities, and major industries, or about 60 percent of the economic system. There were power struggles among various political parties — a total of 50 emerged—and in the streets there was civil strife among labor, military, and law enforcement groups. A constituent assembly, elected on 25 April 1975, in Portugal's first free elections since 1926, drafted a democratic constitution. The Council of the Revolution (CR), briefly a revolutionary military watchdog committee, was entrenched as part of the government under the constitution, until a later revision. During the chaotic year of 1975, about 30 persons were killed in political frays while unstable provisional governments came and went. On 25 November 1975, moderate military forces led by Colonel Ramalho Eanes, who later was twice elected president of the republic (1976 and 1981), defeated radical, leftist military groups' revolutionary conspiracies.In the meantime, Portugal's scattered overseas empire experienced a precipitous and unprepared decolonization. One by one, the former colonies were granted and accepted independence—Guinea-Bissau (September 1974), Cape Verde Islands (July 1975), and Mozambique (July 1975). Portugal offered to turn over Macau to the People's Republic of China, but the offer was refused then and later negotiations led to the establishment of a formal decolonization or hand-over date of 1999. But in two former colonies, the process of decolonization had tragic results.In Angola, decolonization negotiations were greatly complicated by the fact that there were three rival nationalist movements in a struggle for power. The January 1975 Alvor Agreement signed by Portugal and these three parties was not effectively implemented. A bloody civil war broke out in Angola in the spring of 1975 and, when Portuguese armed forces withdrew and declared that Angola was independent on 11 November 1975, the bloodshed only increased. Meanwhile, most of the white Portuguese settlers from Angola and Mozambique fled during the course of 1975. Together with African refugees, more than 600,000 of these retornados ("returned ones") went by ship and air to Portugal and thousands more to Namibia, South Africa, Brazil, Canada, and the United States.The second major decolonization disaster was in Portugal's colony of East Timor in the Indonesian archipelago. Portugal's capacity to supervise and control a peaceful transition to independence in this isolated, neglected colony was limited by the strength of giant Indonesia, distance from Lisbon, and Portugal's revolutionary disorder and inability to defend Timor. In early December 1975, before Portugal granted formal independence and as one party, FRETILIN, unilaterally declared East Timor's independence, Indonesia's armed forces invaded, conquered, and annexed East Timor. Indonesian occupation encountered East Timorese resistance, and a heavy loss of life followed. The East Timor question remained a contentious international issue in the UN, as well as in Lisbon and Jakarta, for more than 20 years following Indonesia's invasion and annexation of the former colony of Portugal. Major changes occurred, beginning in 1998, after Indonesia underwent a political revolution and allowed a referendum in East Timor to decide that territory's political future in August 1999. Most East Timorese chose independence, but Indonesian forces resisted that verdict untilUN intervention in September 1999. Following UN rule for several years, East Timor attained full independence on 20 May 2002.Consolidation of Democracy, 1976-2000After several free elections and record voter turnouts between 25 April 1975 and June 1976, civil war was averted and Portugal's second democratic republic began to stabilize. The MFA was dissolved, the military were returned to the barracks, and increasingly elected civilians took over the government of the country. The 1976 Constitution was revised several times beginning in 1982 and 1989, in order to reempha-size the principle of free enterprise in the economy while much of the large, nationalized sector was privatized. In June 1976, General Ram-alho Eanes was elected the first constitutional president of the republic (five-year term), and he appointed socialist leader Dr. Mário Soares as prime minister of the first constitutional government.From 1976 to 1985, Portugal's new system featured a weak economy and finances, labor unrest, and administrative and political instability. The difficult consolidation of democratic governance was eased in part by the strong currency and gold reserves inherited from the Estado Novo, but Lisbon seemed unable to cope with high unemployment, new debt, the complex impact of the refugees from Africa, world recession, and the agitation of political parties. Four major parties emerged from the maelstrom of 1974-75, except for the Communist Party, all newly founded. They were, from left to right, the Communists (PCP); the Socialists (PS), who managed to dominate governments and the legislature but not win a majority in the Assembly of the Republic; the Social Democrats (PSD); and the Christian Democrats (CDS). During this period, the annual growth rate was low (l-2 percent), and the nationalized sector of the economy stagnated.Enhanced economic growth, greater political stability, and more effective central government as of 1985, and especially 1987, were due to several developments. In 1977, Portugal applied for membership in the European Economic Community (EEC), now the European Union (EU) since 1993. In January 1986, with Spain, Portugal was granted membership, and economic and financial progress in the intervening years has been significantly influenced by the comparatively large investment, loans, technology, advice, and other assistance from the EEC. Low unemployment, high annual growth rates (5 percent), and moderate inflation have also been induced by the new political and administrative stability in Lisbon. Led by Prime Minister Cavaco Silva, an economist who was trained abroad, the PSD's strong organization, management, and electoral support since 1985 have assisted in encouraging economic recovery and development. In 1985, the PSD turned the PS out of office and won the general election, although they did not have an absolute majority of assembly seats. In 1986, Mário Soares was elected president of the republic, the first civilian to hold that office since the First Republic. In the elections of 1987 and 1991, however, the PSD was returned to power with clear majorities of over 50 percent of the vote.Although the PSD received 50.4 percent of the vote in the 1991 parliamentary elections and held a 42-seat majority in the Assembly of the Republic, the party began to lose public support following media revelations regarding corruption and complaints about Prime Minister Cavaco Silva's perceived arrogant leadership style. President Mário Soares voiced criticism of the PSD's seemingly untouchable majority and described a "tyranny of the majority." Economic growth slowed down. In the parliamentary elections of 1995 and the presidential election of 1996, the PSD's dominance ended for the time being. Prime Minister Antônio Guterres came to office when the PS won the October 1995 elections, and in the subsequent presidential contest, in January 1996, socialist Jorge Sampaio, the former mayor of Lisbon, was elected president of the republic, thus defeating Cavaco Silva's bid. Young and popular, Guterres moved the PS toward the center of the political spectrum. Under Guterres, the PS won the October 1999 parliamentary elections. The PS defeated the PSD but did not manage to win a clear, working majority of seats, and this made the PS dependent upon alliances with smaller parties, including the PCP.In the local elections in December 2001, the PSD's criticism of PS's heavy public spending allowed the PSD to take control of the key cities of Lisbon, Oporto, and Coimbra. Guterres resigned, and parliamentary elections were brought forward from 2004 to March 2002. The PSD won a narrow victory with 40 percent of the votes, and Jose Durão Barroso became prime minister. Having failed to win a majority of the seats in parliament forced the PSD to govern in coalition with the right-wing Popular Party (PP) led by Paulo Portas. Durão Barroso set about reducing government spending by cutting the budgets of local authorities, freezing civil service hiring, and reviving the economy by accelerating privatization of state-owned enterprises. These measures provoked a 24-hour strike by public-sector workers. Durão Barroso reacted with vows to press ahead with budget-cutting measures and imposed a wage freeze on all employees earning more than €1,000, which affected more than one-half of Portugal's work force.In June 2004, Durão Barroso was invited by Romano Prodi to succeed him as president of the European Commission. Durão Barroso accepted and resigned the prime ministership in July. Pedro Santana Lopes, the leader of the PSD, became prime minister. Already unpopular at the time of Durão Barroso's resignation, the PSD-led government became increasingly unpopular under Santana Lopes. A month-long delay in the start of the school year and confusion over his plan to cut taxes and raise public-sector salaries, eroded confidence even more. By November, Santana Lopes's government was so unpopular that President Jorge Sampaio was obliged to dissolve parliament and hold new elections, two years ahead of schedule.Parliamentary elections were held on 20 February 2005. The PS, which had promised the electorate disciplined and transparent governance, educational reform, the alleviation of poverty, and a boost in employment, won 45 percent of the vote and the majority of the seats in parliament. The leader of the PS, José Sôcrates became prime minister on 12 March 2005. In the regularly scheduled presidential elections held on 6 January 2006, the former leader of the PSD and prime minister, Aníbal Cavaco Silva, won a narrow victory and became president on 9 March 2006. With a mass protest, public teachers' strike, and street demonstrations in March 2008, Portugal's media, educational, and social systems experienced more severe pressures. With the spreading global recession beginning in September 2008, Portugal's economic and financial systems became more troubled.Owing to its geographic location on the southwestern most edge of continental Europe, Portugal has been historically in but not of Europe. Almost from the beginning of its existence in the 12th century as an independent monarchy, Portugal turned its back on Europe and oriented itself toward the Atlantic Ocean. After carving out a Christian kingdom on the western portion of the Iberian peninsula, Portuguese kings gradually built and maintained a vast seaborne global empire that became central to the way Portugal understood its individuality as a nation-state. While the creation of this empire allows Portugal to claim an unusual number of "firsts" or distinctions in world and Western history, it also retarded Portugal's economic, social, and political development. It can be reasonably argued that the Revolution of 25 April 1974 was the most decisive event in Portugal's long history because it finally ended Portugal's oceanic mission and view of itself as an imperial power. After the 1974 Revolution, Portugal turned away from its global mission and vigorously reoriented itself toward Europe. Contemporary Portugal is now both in and of Europe.The turn toward Europe began immediately after 25 April 1974. Portugal granted independence to its African colonies in 1975. It was admitted to the European Council and took the first steps toward accession to the European Economic Community (EEC) in 1976. On 28 March 1977, the Portuguese government officially applied for EEC membership. Because of Portugal's economic and social backwardness, which would require vast sums of EEC money to overcome, negotiations for membership were long and difficult. Finally, a treaty of accession was signed on 12 June 1985. Portugal officially joined the EEC (the European Union [EU] since 1993) on 1 January 1986. Since becoming a full-fledged member of the EU, Portugal has been steadily overcoming the economic and social underdevelopment caused by its imperial past and is becoming more like the rest of Europe.Membership in the EU has speeded up the structural transformation of Portugal's economy, which actually began during the Estado Novo. Investments made by the Estado Novo in Portugal's economy began to shift employment out of the agricultural sector, which, in 1950, accounted for 50 percent of Portugal's economically active population. Today, only 10 percent of the economically active population is employed in the agricultural sector (the highest among EU member states); 30 percent in the industrial sector (also the highest among EU member states); and 60 percent in the service sector (the lowest among EU member states). The economically active population numbers about 5,000,000 employed, 56 percent of whom are women. Women workers are the majority of the workforce in the agricultural and service sectors (the highest among the EU member states). The expansion of the service sector has been primarily in health care and education. Portugal has had the lowest unemployment rates among EU member states, with the overall rate never being more than 10 percent of the active population. Since joining the EU, the number of employers increased from 2.6 percent to 5.8 percent of the active population; self-employed from 16 to 19 percent; and employees from 65 to 70 percent. Twenty-six percent of the employers are women. Unemployment tends to hit younger workers in industry and transportation, women employed in domestic service, workers on short-term contracts, and poorly educated workers. Salaried workers earn only 63 percent of the EU average, and hourly workers only one-third to one-half of that earned by their EU counterparts. Despite having had the second highest growth of gross national product (GNP) per inhabitant (after Ireland) among EU member states, the above data suggest that while much has been accomplished in terms of modernizing the Portuguese economy, much remains to be done to bring Portugal's economy up to the level of the "average" EU member state.Membership in the EU has also speeded up changes in Portuguese society. Over the last 30 years, coastalization and urbanization have intensified. Fully 50 percent of Portuguese live in the coastal urban conurbations of Lisbon, Oporto, Braga, Aveiro, Coimbra, Viseu, Évora, and Faro. The Portuguese population is one of the oldest among EU member states (17.3 percent are 65 years of age or older) thanks to a considerable increase in life expectancy at birth (77.87 years for the total population, 74.6 years for men, 81.36 years for women) and one of the lowest birthrates (10.59 births/1,000) in Europe. Family size averages 2.8 persons per household, with the strict nuclear family (one or two generations) in which both parents work being typical. Common law marriages, cohabitating couples, and single-parent households are more and more common. The divorce rate has also increased. "Youth Culture" has developed. The young have their own meeting places, leisure-time activities, and nightlife (bars, clubs, and discos).All Portuguese citizens, whether they have contributed or not, have a right to an old-age pension, invalidity benefits, widowed persons' pension, as well as payments for disabilities, children, unemployment, and large families. There is a national minimum wage (€385 per month), which is low by EU standards. The rapid aging of Portugal's population has changed the ratio of contributors to pensioners to 1.7, the lowest in the EU. This has created deficits in Portugal's social security fund.The adult literacy rate is about 92 percent. Illiteracy is still found among the elderly. Although universal compulsory education up to grade 9 was achieved in 1980, only 21.2 percent of the population aged 25-64 had undergone secondary education, compared to an EU average of 65.7 percent. Portugal's higher education system currently consists of 14 state universities and 14 private universities, 15 state polytechnic institutions, one Catholic university, and one military academy. All in all, Portugal spends a greater percentage of its state budget on education than most EU member states. Despite this high level of expenditure, the troubled Portuguese education system does not perform well. Early leaving and repetition rates are among the highest among EU member states.After the Revolution of 25 April 1974, Portugal created a National Health Service, which today consists of 221 hospitals and 512 medical centers employing 33,751 doctors and 41,799 nurses. Like its education system, Portugal's medical system is inefficient. There are long waiting lists for appointments with specialists and for surgical procedures.Structural changes in Portugal's economy and society mean that social life in Portugal is not too different from that in other EU member states. A mass consumption society has been created. Televisions, telephones, refrigerators, cars, music equipment, mobile phones, and personal computers are commonplace. Sixty percent of Portuguese households possess at least one automobile, and 65 percent of Portuguese own their own home. Portuguese citizens are more aware of their legal rights than ever before. This has resulted in a trebling of the number of legal proceeding since 1960 and an eight-fold increase in the number of lawyers. In general, Portuguese society has become more permissive and secular; the Catholic Church and the armed forces are much less influential than in the past. Portugal's population is also much more culturally, religiously, and ethnically diverse, a consequence of the coming to Portugal of hundreds of thousands of immigrants, mainly from former African colonies.Portuguese are becoming more cosmopolitan and sophisticated through the impact of world media, the Internet, and the World Wide Web. A prime case in point came in the summer and early fall of 1999, with the extraordinary events in East Timor and the massive Portuguese popular responses. An internationally monitored referendum in East Timor, Portugal's former colony in the Indonesian archipelago and under Indonesian occupation from late 1975 to summer 1999, resulted in a vote of 78.5 percent for rejecting integration with Indonesia and for independence. When Indonesian prointegration gangs, aided by the Indonesian military, responded to the referendum with widespread brutality and threatened to reverse the verdict of the referendum, there was a spontaneous popular outpouring of protest in the cities and towns of Portugal. An avalanche of Portuguese e-mail fell on leaders and groups in the UN and in certain countries around the world as Portugal's diplomats, perhaps to compensate for the weak initial response to Indonesian armed aggression in 1975, called for the protection of East Timor as an independent state and for UN intervention to thwart Indonesian action. Using global communications networks, the Portuguese were able to mobilize UN and world public opinion against Indonesian actions and aided the eventual independence of East Timor on 20 May 2002.From the Revolution of 25 April 1974 until the 1990s, Portugal had a large number of political parties, one of the largest Communist parties in western Europe, frequent elections, and endemic cabinet instability. Since the 1990s, the number of political parties has been dramatically reduced and cabinet stability increased. Gradually, the Portuguese electorate has concentrated around two larger parties, the right-of-center Social Democrats (PSD) and the left-of-center Socialist (PS). In the 1980s, these two parties together garnered 65 percent of the vote and 70 percent of the seats in parliament. In 2005, these percentages had risen to 74 percent and 85 percent, respectively. In effect, Portugal is currently a two-party dominant system in which the two largest parties — PS and PSD—alternate in and out of power, not unlike the rotation of the two main political parties (the Regenerators and the Historicals) during the last decades (1850s to 1880s) of the liberal constitutional monarchy. As Portugal's democracy has consolidated, turnout rates for the eligible electorate have declined. In the 1970s, turnout was 85 percent. In Portugal's most recent parliamentary election (2005), turnout had fallen to 65 percent of the eligible electorate.Portugal has benefited greatly from membership in the EU, and whatever doubts remain about the price paid for membership, no Portuguese government in the near future can afford to sever this connection. The vast majority of Portuguese citizens see membership in the EU as a "good thing" and strongly believe that Portugal has benefited from membership. Only the Communist Party opposed membership because it reduces national sovereignty, serves the interests of capitalists not workers, and suffers from a democratic deficit. Despite the high level of support for the EU, Portuguese voters are increasingly not voting in elections for the European Parliament, however. Turnout for European Parliament elections fell from 40 percent of the eligible electorate in the 1999 elections to 38 percent in the 2004 elections.In sum, Portugal's turn toward Europe has done much to overcome its backwardness. However, despite the economic, social, and political progress made since 1986, Portugal has a long way to go before it can claim to be on a par with the level found even in Spain, much less the rest of western Europe. As Portugal struggles to move from underde-velopment, especially in the rural areas away from the coast, it must keep in mind the perils of too rapid modern development, which could damage two of its most precious assets: its scenery and environment. The growth and future prosperity of the economy will depend on the degree to which the government and the private sector will remain stewards of clean air, soil, water, and other finite resources on which the tourism industry depends and on which Portugal's world image as a unique place to visit rests. Currently, Portugal is investing heavily in renewable energy from solar, wind, and wave power in order to account for about 50 percent of its electricity needs by 2010. Portugal opened the world's largest solar power plant and the world's first commercial wave power farm in 2006.An American documentary film on Portugal produced in the 1970s described this little country as having "a Past in Search of a Future." In the years after the Revolution of 25 April 1974, it could be said that Portugal is now living in "a Present in Search of a Future." Increasingly, that future lies in Europe as an active and productive member of the EU. -
15 network
1) сеть2) схема•- active network
- adjustment network
- all-pass network
- analog cellular network
- asynchronous network
- automatic secure voice communication network
- automatic voice network
- average-capacity radio-relay network
- backbone network
- banyan network
- baseband network
- baseband-switched network
- baseline network
- branched network
- bridged-T network
- broadband integrated-service digital network
- building-out network
- bus network
- butterfly network
- cable telephone network
- cable-news network
- cable-television network
- carrier recovery network
- CATV network
- cellular paging network
- cellular radio network
- circuit-switched network
- circuit-switching network
- circular radiocommunication network
- closed cellular network
- combined distribution network
- commercial communication network
- common-telegraph network
- common-telephone network
- common-user network
- communication network
- compromise network
- computer network
- computerized transport communication network
- conferencing network
- coordinate network
- copy network
- core network
- corporate network
- corporative network
- corrective network
- coupling network
- cross-connect network
- customer network
- damaged network
- data-communication network
- data-computing network
- data-transmission network
- decoding network
- decoupling network
- deemphasis network
- Deep-Space network
- degraded network
- delay-line network
- democratic network
- democratically-synchronized network
- departmental communication network
- departmental data-transmission network
- departmental engineering communication network
- departmental facsimile network
- departmental radio network
- departmental telegraph network
- departmental telephone network
- derived-services network
- despotic network
- despotically-synchronized network
- dial network
- dial-up network
- differentiating network
- digital cellular network
- discrete communication network
- dispersed network
- district center telephone network
- district telephone network
- dual network
- electric communication networks
- electric switched network
- electrically switched network
- engineering subscribers network
- enhanced other networks
- equivalent network
- expansion network
- facsimile-communication network
- federal paging network
- fiber-hubbed network
- fiber-optical network
- flip network
- four-pole network
- four-wire distribution network
- full-service network
- gas-pipeline servicing relay network
- go-around radio network
- group channels network
- group network
- half-open cellular network
- hierarchic computer network
- hierarchical computer network
- hierarchically-synchronized network
- high-capacity radio relay network
- highly hierarchical network
- highly pipelined network
- H-network
- homogeneous network
- hybrid communication network
- hybrid fiber-and-coaxial network
- inductance network
- inductance-capacitance network
- inductance-resisitance network
- inductive cable network
- information network
- in-house network
- integrated digital communication network
- integrated digital network
- integrated transport network
- integrated-services backbone network
- integrated-services digital network
- intelligent network
- interactive network
- interbuilding network
- intercity network
- intercom network
- international communication network
- interoffice transit network
- interorganization network
- intraairport communication network
- intraareal network
- intrabuilding communication network
- intraindustrial communication network
- intraindustrial telephone network
- intraobject communication network
- intraoffice network
- joint-academic network
- landing radio network
- lead network
- leased-line network
- line communication network
- line radio communication network
- linear network
- line-building-out network
- local communication network
- local paging network
- local telephone network
- local transport network
- long distance communication network
- loop network
- loudspeaker dividing network
- main network
- managed-data network
- mesh network
- message switching network
- meteorological radio network
- metropolitan-area network
- microwave network
- mid-split network
- mine telephone network
- Ministry of Communication network
- mixed network
- modem-based network
- monochannel network
- multiaccess network
- multifrequency network
- multilayer network
- multipath network
- multiple-domain network
- multiple-switching network
- multiring network
- multistation network
- multisystem network
- mutually-synchronized network
- narrowband digital integrated-service network
- nation-wide network
- n-layer network
- NMT network
- nodeless network
- nonhomogeneous network
- nonintegrated network
- nonswitched network
- nonsynchronous network
- oil-pipeline servicing relay network
- oligarchically-synchronized network
- open cellular network
- optoelectronic network
- originating-switching network
- packet wireless communication network
- packet-radio network
- packet-switching network
- parallel-T network
- passenger train-chief radio network
- passenger train-master radio network
- passive network
- personal radio network
- phase-correcting network
- planetext network
- polled network
- port-annunciation network
- preemphasis network
- press-teletype network
- primary-trunk communication network
- private intercompany network
- private voice-band network
- private-business network
- proliferated network
- protected network
- provincial center telephone network
- public-data network
- public-switched telephone network
- public-telegraph network
- public-transport network
- pulse-delay network
- pulse-forming network
- queueing network
- radial paging network
- radio network
- radiotransmitters network
- railway center radio network
- railway communication network
- railway telephone network
- random-access network
- Raynet network
- RC network
- reconfigured network
- regional communication network
- regional paging network
- reserved radio network
- resistance-capacitance network
- ring network
- ring-radial network
- ring-star network
- road communication network
- routing network
- rural telephone network
- salvation radio network
- satellite network
- secondary computerized communication network
- selective network
- separate crossover network
- shaping network
- ship telephone network
- short-haul network
- shuffle-exchange network
- silent network
- simplex zonal radio network
- simulcast network
- single-frequency network
- slotted-envelope network
- slotted-ring network
- small-capacity radio relay network
- software-defined network
- space network
- space-time-space network
- special communication network
- spread of work radio communication network
- stage-controlled network
- star network
- star-shape network
- station communication network
- submarine cable network
- subscriber's telegraph network
- switched-message network
- switching network
- synchronous-data network
- take-off radio network
- talk-TV network
- taxi radio network
- telecode communication network
- telecommunication network
- telecommunication-management network
- telegraph communication network
- telephone network
- teleprocessing network
- teletex network
- teletype network
- teletypewriter network
- television network
- telex-communication network
- temporary line dispatch radio network
- terminating switching network
- token passing network
- token-bus network
- token-ring network
- token-sharing network
- toll-telephone network
- transit network
- transmission network
- trunk telephone network
- trunking channels network
- underground antenna network
- united automatized state communication network
- urban telephone network
- video area network
- virtual network
- voice network
- water-communication network
- waterside communication network
- wire-hanger network
- wireless network
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16 range
1. n ряд, линия; цепь, вереница2. n серия, рядrange of — ряд; множество
3. n редк. строй, шеренга4. n линия; направление5. n сфера, зона; область, круг; поле, аренаa wide range of interests — разнообразные интересы; широкий круг интересов
Latin is out of my range — латынь — это не по моей части
variable range — область переменной; переменный диапазон
6. n пределы7. n эк. изменение, колебание, движение8. n размах9. n физ. размах колебаний10. n протяжение, пространство; пределы11. n спец. радиус действия; предел применения; досягаемостьover the range — в пределах; в диапазоне
12. n спец. диапазонfrequency range — радио диапазон частот, частотный диапазон
13. n спец. чувствительность14. n спец. мощность15. n мат. область значений функций16. n дальность; расстояние, дистанцияat long range — на большом расстоянии; далеко; издали
17. n радио дальность передачиrecord range — пристрелянная дальность по реперу, ориентиру
18. n воен. дальнобойность, дальность19. n воен. прицел20. n переход с места на место; блужданиеfree range — полный простор, полная свобода
21. n открытая местность, степь22. n охотничье угодье23. n с. -х. неогороженное пастбище24. n ассортимент, сортамент; номенклатура25. n спец. шкала26. n биол. ареал; район обитания; область распространения27. n биол. период существования на Земле28. n биол. редк. класс, слой29. n биол. физ. длина пробега, пробег30. n спец. степень31. n спец. класс, разряд32. n спец. спорт. направление атаки33. n спец. мор. ряд портов, порты34. n спец. мор. створ35. n спец. воен. полигон, стрельбище; тирrifle range — тир, стрельбище
36. n спец. амер. геод. меридианный ряд населённых пунктов37. n спец. амер. двусторонний стеллаж38. v выстраивать в ряд; ставить, располагать в порядке39. v обыкн. выстраиваться, строиться в ряд; становиться, располагаться в порядке40. v простираться; тянуться вдольhouses that range along the railway — дома, которые тянутся вдоль железной дороги
41. v стоять на одной линии42. v быть на одном уровне, стоять наравне; относиться к числуhe ranges with the great writers — он стоит в одном ряду с великими писателями; он относится к числу великих писателей
43. v занимать определённую позицию44. v редк. вовлекать, привлекать45. v колебаться в определённых пределах46. v поэт. бродить, блуждать; странствовать; исколесить47. v бродить; блуждатьto range far and wide — отвлекаться от темы, уходить в сторону
48. v охватыватьresearches ranging over a wide field — изыскания, охватывающие широкую сферу
49. v классифицировать; систематизировать; распределять по категориям; относить к классу, разрядуluxury range — изделия категории " люкс "
50. v книжн. убирать, приводить в порядок51. v наводить, нацеливать52. v мор. воен. передвигаться, перемещаться53. v воен. двигаться впереди, в первом эшелоне54. v мор. проходить, обгонять55. v редк. проявлять непостоянство56. v биол. водиться, встречаться57. v с. -х. выпасать скот на неогороженном пастбище58. v полигр. выравнивать59. v мор. идти параллельно; проходить мимо, вдоль60. v мор. отпускать канат якоря61. v воен. определять расстояние до цели62. v воен. пристреливать цель по дальности; пристреливаться63. n кухонная плита64. n тех. агрегат, установкаdyeing range — агрегат для крашения; красильная установка
Синонимический ряд:1. ambit (noun) ambit; capacity; circle; compass; confine; confines; dimensions; extension; extensity; extent; grasp; horizon; ken; limits; orbit; panorama; purview; radius; realm; scope; sphere; stretch; sweep; width2. class (noun) class; kind; rank; sort3. diapason (noun) diapason; gamut; scale; spectrum4. distance (noun) distance; limit; reach5. expanse (noun) area; expanse; length; region6. grassland (noun) grassland; meadow; pasture; prairie7. habitat (noun) habitat; haunt; home; locality; site; stamping ground8. mountain range (noun) chain; group; mountain range; sierra9. order (noun) extent; magnitude; matter; neighborhood; order; tune; vicinity10. row (noun) file; line; row; series; tier11. extend (verb) extend; fluctuate; go; lie; occupy; run; stretch out; vary12. group (verb) arrange; array; assort; class; classify; dispose; distribute; group; marshal; order; organise; rank; sort; systematise13. line (verb) align; allineate; line; line up14. wander (verb) bat; circumambulate; drift; encompass; explore; gad; gad about; gallivant; maunder; meander; mooch; peregrinate; ramble; roam; roll; rove; straggle; stray; stroll; traipse; traverse; vagabond; vagabondize; wanderАнтонимический ряд:disconnect; disorder; disturb; intermit; remain -
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Управление электропитанием ЦОД
Автор: Жилкина Наталья
Опубликовано 23 апреля 2009 года
Источники бесперебойного питания, функционирующие в ЦОД, составляют важный элемент общей системы его энергообеспечения. Вписываясь в контур управления ЦОД, система мониторинга и управления ИБП становится ядром для реализации эксплуатационных функций.
Три задачи
Системы мониторинга, диагностики и управления питанием нагрузки решают три основные задачи: позволяют ИБП выполнять свои функции, оповещать персонал о происходящих с ними событиях и посылать команды для автоматического завершения работы защищаемого устройства.
Мониторинг параметров ИБП предполагает отображение и протоколирование состояния устройства и всех событий, связанных с его изменением. Диагностика реализуется функциями самотестирования системы. Управляющие же функции предполагают активное вмешательство в логику работы устройства.Многие специалисты этого рынка, отмечая важность процедуры мониторинга, считают, что управление должно быть сведено к минимуму. «Функция управления ИБП тоже нужна, но скорее факультативно, — говорит Сергей Ермаков, технический директор компании Inelt и эксперт в области систем Chloride. — Я глубоко убежден, что решения об активном управляющем вмешательстве в работу систем защиты электропитания ответственной нагрузки должен принимать человек, а не автоматизированная система. Завершение работы современных мощных серверов, на которых функционируют ответственные приложения, — это, как правило, весьма длительный процесс. ИБП зачастую не способны обеспечивать необходимое для него время, не говоря уж о времени запуска какого-то сервиса». Функция же мониторинга позволяет предотвратить наступление нежелательного события — либо, если таковое произошло, проанализировать его причины, опираясь не на слова, а на запротоколированные данные, хранящиеся в памяти адаптера или файлах на рабочей станции мониторинга.
Эту точку зрения поддерживает и Алексей Сарыгин, технический директор компании Radius Group: «Дистанционное управление мощных ИБП — это вопрос, к которому надо подходить чрезвычайно аккуратно. Если функции дистанционного мониторинга и диспетчеризации необходимы, то практика предоставления доступа персоналу к функциям дистанционного управления представляется радикально неверной. Доступность модулей управления извне потенциально несет в себе риск нарушения безопасности и категорически снижает надежность системы. Если существует физическая возможность дистанционно воздействовать на ИБП, на его параметры, отключение, снятие нагрузки, закрытие выходных тиристорных ключей или блокирование цепи байпаса, то это чревато потерей питания всего ЦОД».
Практически на всех трехфазных ИБП предусмотрена кнопка E.P.O. (Emergency Power Off), дублер которой может быть выведен на пульт управления диспетчерской. Она обеспечивает аварийное дистанционное отключение блоков ИБП при наступлении аварийных событий. Это, пожалуй, единственная возможность обесточить нагрузку, питаемую от трехфазного аппарата, но реализуется она в исключительных случаях.
Что же касается диагностики электропитания, то, как отмечает Юрий Копылов, технический директор московского офиса корпорации Eaton, в последнее время характерной тенденцией в управляющем программном обеспечении стал отказ от предоставления функций удаленного тестирования батарей даже системному администратору.
— Адекватно сравнивать состояние батарей необходимо под нагрузкой, — говорит он, — сам тест запускать не чаще чем раз в два дня, а разряжать батареи надо при одном и том же токе и уровне нагрузки. К тому же процесс заряда — довольно долгий. Все это не идет батареям на пользу.Средства мониторинга
Производители ИБП предоставляют, как правило, сразу несколько средств мониторинга и в некоторых случаях даже управления ИБП — все они основаны на трех основных методах.
В первом случае устройство подключается напрямую через интерфейс RS-232 (Com-порт) к консоли администратора. Дальность такого подключения не превышает 15 метров, но может быть увеличена с помощью конверторов RS-232/485 и RS-485/232 на концах провода, связывающего ИБП с консолью администратора. Такой способ обеспечивает низкую скорость обмена информацией и пригоден лишь для топологии «точка — точка».
Второй способ предполагает использование SNMP-адаптера — встроенной или внешней интерфейсной карты, позволяющей из любой точки локальной сети получить информацию об основных параметрах ИБП. В принципе, для доступа к ИБП через SNMP достаточно веб-браузера. Однако для большего комфорта производители оснащают свои системы более развитым графическим интерфейсом, обеспечивающим функции мониторинга и корректного завершения работы. На базе SNMP-протокола функционируют все основные системы мониторинга и управления ИБП, поставляемые штатно или опционально вместе с ИБП.
Стандартные SNMP-адаптеры поддерживают подключение нескольких аналоговых или пороговых устройств — датчик температуры, движения, открытия двери и проч. Интеграция таких устройств в общую систему мониторинга крупного объекта (например, дата-центра) позволяет охватить огромное количество точек наблюдения и отразить эту информацию на экране диспетчера.
Большое удобство предоставляет метод эксплуатационного удаленного контроля T.SERVICE, позволяющий отследить работу оборудования посредством телефонной линии (через модем GSM) или через Интернет (с помощью интерфейса Net Vision путем рассылки e-mail на электронный адрес потребителя). T.SERVICE обеспечивает диагностирование оборудования в режиме реального времени в течение 24 часов в сутки 365 дней в году. ИБП автоматически отправляет в центр технического обслуживания регулярные отчеты или отчеты при обнаружении неисправности. В зависимости от контролируемых параметров могут отправляться уведомления о неправильной эксплуатации (с пользователем связывается опытный специалист и рекомендует выполнить простые операции для предотвращения ухудшения рабочих характеристик оборудования) или о наличии отказа (пользователь информируется о состоянии устройства, а на место установки немедленно отправляется технический специалист).Профессиональное мнение
Наталья Маркина, коммерческий директор представительства компании SOCOMEC
Управляющее ПО фирмы SOCOMEC легко интегрируется в общий контур управления инженерной инфраструктурой ЦОД посредством разнообразных интерфейсов передачи данных ИБП. Установленное в аппаратной или ЦОД оборудование SOCOMEC может дистанционно обмениваться информацией о своих рабочих параметрах с системами централизованного управления и компьютерными сетями посредством сухих контактов, последовательных портов RS232, RS422, RS485, а также через интерфейс MODBUS TCP и GSS.
Интерфейс GSS предназначен для коммуникации с генераторными установками и включает в себя 4 входа (внешние контакты) и 1 выход (60 В). Это позволяет программировать особые процедуры управления, Global Supply System, которые обеспечивают полную совместимость ИБП с генераторными установками.
У компании Socomec имеется широкий выбор интерфейсов и коммуникационного программного обеспечения для установки диалога между ИБП и удаленными системами мониторинга промышленного и компьютерного оборудования. Такие опции связи, как панель дистанционного управления, интерфейс ADC (реконфигурируемые сухие контакты), обеспечивающий ввод и вывод данных при помощи сигналов сухих контактов, интерфейсы последовательной передачи данных RS232, RS422, RS485 по протоколам JBUS/MODBUS, PROFIBUS или DEVICENET, MODBUS TCP (JBUS/MODBUS-туннелирование), интерфейс NET VISION для локальной сети Ethernet, программное обеспечение TOP VISION для выполнения мониторинга с помощью рабочей станции Windows XP PRO — все это позволяет контролировать работу ИБП удобным для пользователя способом.
Весь контроль управления ИБП, ДГУ, контроль окружающей среды сводится в единый диспетчерский пункт посредством протоколов JBUS/MODBUS.
Индустриальный подход
Третий метод основан на использовании высокоскоростной индустриальной интерфейсной шины: CANBus, JBus, MODBus, PROFIBus и проч. Некоторые модели ИБП поддерживают разновидность универсального smart-слота для установки как карточек SNMP, так и интерфейсной шины. Система мониторинга на базе индустриальной шины может быть интегрирована в уже существующую промышленную SCADA-систему контроля и получения данных либо создана как заказное решение на базе многофункциональных стандартных контроллеров с выходом на шину. Промышленная шина через шлюзы передает информацию на удаленный диспетчерский пункт или в систему управления зданием (Building Management System, BMS). В эту систему могут быть интегрированы и контроллеры, управляющие ИБП.
Универсальные SCADA-системы поддерживают датчики и контроллеры широкого перечня производителей, но они недешевы и к тому же неудобны для внесения изменений. Но если подобная система уже функционирует на объекте, то интеграция в нее дополнительных ИБП не представляет труда.
Сергей Ермаков, технический директор компании Inelt, считает, что применение универсальных систем управления на базе промышленных контроллеров нецелесообразно, если используется для мониторинга только ИБП и ДГУ. Один из практичных подходов — создание заказной системы, с удобной для заказчика графической оболочкой и необходимым уровнем детализации — от карты местности до поэтажного плана и погружения в мнемосхему компонентов ИБП.
— ИБП может передавать одинаковое количество информации о своем состоянии и по прямому соединению, и по SNMP, и по Bus-шине, — говорит Сергей Ермаков. — Применение того или иного метода зависит от конкретной задачи и бюджета. Создав первоначально систему UPS Look для мониторинга ИБП, мы интегрировали в нее систему мониторинга ДГУ на основе SNMP-протокола, после чего по желанию одного из заказчиков конвертировали эту систему на промышленную шину Jbus. Новое ПО JSLook для мониторинга неограниченного количества ИБП и ДГУ по протоколу JBus является полнофункциональным средством мониторинга всей системы электроснабжения объекта.Профессиональное мение
Денис Андреев, руководитель департамента ИБП компании Landata
Практически все ИБП Eaton позволяют использовать коммуникационную Web-SNMP плату Connect UPS и датчик EMP (Environmental Monitoring Probe). Такой комплект позволяет в числе прочего осуществлять мониторинг температуры, влажности и состояния пары «сухих» контактов, к которым можно подключить внешние датчики.
Решение Eaton Environmental Rack Monitor представляет собой аналог такой связки, но с существенно более широким функционалом. Внешне эта система мониторинга температуры, влажности и состояния «сухих» контактов выполнена в виде компактного устройства, которое занимает минимум места в шкафу или в помещении.
Благодаря наличию у Eaton Environmental Rack Monitor (ERM) двух выходов датчики температуры или влажности можно разместить в разных точках стойки или помещения. Поскольку каждый из двух датчиков имеет еще по два сухих контакта, с них дополнительно можно принимать сигналы от датчиков задымления, утечки и проч. В центре обработки данных такая недорогая система ERM, состоящая из неограниченного количества датчиков, может транслировать информацию по протоколу SNMP в HTML-страницу и позволяет, не приобретая специального ПО, получить сводную таблицу измеряемых величин через веб-браузер.
Проблему дефицита пространства и высокой плотности размещения оборудования в серверных и ЦОД решают системы распределения питания линейки Eaton eDPU, которые можно установить как внутри стойки, так и на группу стоек.
Все модели этой линейки представляют четыре семейства: системы базового исполнения, системы с индикацией потребляемого тока, с мониторингом (локальным и удаленным, по сети) и управляемые, с возможностью мониторинга и управления электропитанием вплоть до каждой розетки. С помощью этих устройств можно компактным способом увеличить количество розеток в одной стойке, обеспечить контроль уровня тока и напряжения критичной нагрузки.
Контроль уровня потребляемой мощности может осуществляться с высокой степенью детализации, вплоть до сервера, подключенного к конкретной розетке. Это позволяет выяснить, какой сервер перегревается, где вышел из строя вентилятор, блок питания и т. д. Программным образом можно запустить сервер, подключенный к розетке ePDU. Интеграция системы контроля ePDU в платформу управления Eaton находится в процессе реализации.Требование объекта
Как поясняет Олег Письменский, в критичных объектах, таких как ЦОД, можно условно выделить две области контроля и управления. Первая, Grey Space, — это собственно здание и соответствующая система его энергообеспечения и энергораспределения. Вторая, White Space, — непосредственно машинный зал с его системами.
Выбор системы управления энергообеспечением ЦОД определяется типом объекта, требуемым функционалом системы управления и отведенным на эти цели бюджетом. В большинстве случаев кратковременная задержка между наступлением события и получением информации о нем системой мониторинга по SNMP-протоколу допустима. Тем не менее в целом ряде случаев, если характеристики объекта подразумевают непрерывность его функционирования, объект является комплексным и содержит большое количество элементов, требующих контроля и управления в реальном времени, ни одна стандартная система SNMP-мониторинга не обеспечит требуемого функционала. Для таких объектов применяют системы управления real-time, построенные на базе программно-аппаратных комплексов сбора данных, в том числе c функциями Softlogic.
Системы диспетчеризации и управления крупными объектами реализуются SCADA-системами, широкий перечень которых сегодня присутствует на рынке; представлены они и в портфеле решений Schneider Electric. Тип SCADA-системы зависит от класса и размера объекта, от количества его элементов, требующих контроля и управления, от уровня надежности. Частный вид реализации SCADA — это BMS-система(Building Management System).
«Дата-центры с объемом потребляемой мощности до 1,5 МВт и уровнем надежности Tier I, II и, с оговорками, даже Tier III, могут обслуживаться без дополнительной SCADA-системы, — говорит Олег Письменский. — На таких объектах целесообразно применять ISX Central — программно-аппаратный комплекс, использующий SNMP. Если же категория и мощность однозначно предполагают непрерывность управления, в таких случаях оправданна комбинация SNMP- и SCADA-системы. Например, для машинного зала (White Space) применяется ISX Central с возможными расширениями как Change & Capacity Manager, в комбинации со SCADA-системой, управляющей непосредственно объектом (Grey Space)».Профессиональное мнение
Олег Письменский, директор департамента консалтинга APC by Schneider Electric в России и СНГ
Подход APC by Schneider Electric к реализации полномасштабного полноуправляемого и надежного ЦОД изначально был основан на базисных принципах управления ИТ-инфраструктурой в рамках концепции ITIL/ITSM. И история развития системы управления инфраструктурой ЦОД ISX Manager, которая затем интегрировалась с программно-аппаратным комплексом NetBotz и трансформировалась в портал диспетчеризации ISX Central, — лучшее тому доказательство.
Первым итогом поэтапного приближения к намеченной цели стало наращивание функций контроля параметров энергообеспечения. Затем в этот контур подключилась система управления кондиционированием, система контроля параметров окружающей среды. Очередным шагом стало измерение скорости воздуха, влажности, пыли, радиации, интеграция сигналов от камер аудио- и видеонаблюдения, системы управления блоками розеток, завершения работы сервера и т. д.
Эта система не может и не должна отвечать абсолютно всем принципам ITSM, потому что не все они касаются существа поставленной задачи. Но как только в отношении политик и некоторых тактик управления емкостью и изменениями в ЦОД потребовался соответствующий инструментарий — это нашло отражение в расширении функционала ISX Central, который в настоящее время реализуют ПО APC by Schneider Electric Capacity Manager и APC by Schneider Electric Change Manager. С появлением этих двух решений, интегрированных в систему управления реальным объектом, АРС предоставляет возможность службе эксплуатации оптимально планировать изменения количественного и качественного состава оборудования машинного зала — как на ежедневном оперативном уровне, так и на уровне стратегических задач массовых будущих изменений.
Решение APC by Schneider Electric Capacity обеспечивает автоматизированную обработку информации о свободных ресурсах инженерной инфраструктуры, реальном потреблении мощности и пространстве в стойках. Обращаясь к серверу ISX Central, системы APC by Schneider Electric Capacity Manager и APC by Schneider Electric Change Manager оценивают степень загрузки ИБП и систем охлаждения InRow, прогнозируют воздействие предполагаемых изменений и предлагают оптимальное место для установки нового или перестановки имеющегося оборудования. Новые решения позволяют, выявив последствия от предполагаемых изменений, правильно спланировать замену оборудования в ЦОД.
Переход от частного к общему может потребовать интеграции ISX Central в такие, например, порталы управления, как Tivoli или Open View. Возможны и другие сценарии, когда ISX Central вписывается и в SCADA–систему. В этом случае ISX Central выполняет роль диспетчерской настройки, функционал которой распространяется на серверную комнату, но не охватывает целиком периметр объекта.Случай из практики
Решение задачи управления энергообеспечением ЦОД иногда вступает в противоречие с правилами устройств электроустановок (ПУЭ). Может оказаться, что в соответствии с ПУЭ в ряде случаев (например, при компоновке щитов ВРУ) необходимо обеспечить механические блокировки. Однако далеко не всегда это удается сделать. Поэтому такая задача часто требует нетривиального решения.
— В одном из проектов, — вспоминает Алексей Сарыгин, — где система управления включала большое количество точек со взаимными пересечениями блокировок, требовалось не допустить снижения общей надежности системы. В этом случае мы пришли к осознанному компромиссу, сделали систему полуавтоматической. Там, где это было возможно, присутствовали механические блокировки, за пультом дежурной смены были оставлены функции мониторинга и анализа, куда сводились все данные о положении всех автоматов. Но исполнительную часть вывели на отдельную панель управления уже внутри ВРУ, где были расположены подробные пользовательские инструкции по оперативному переключению. Таким образом мы избавились от излишней автоматизации, но постарались минимизировать потери в надежности и защититься от ошибок персонала.
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18 private
1. adjective1) (of, for, or belonging to, one person or group, not to the general public: The headmaster lives in a private apartment in the school; in my private (=personal) opinion; This information is to be kept strictly private; You shouldn't listen to private conversations.) privado2) (having no public or official position or rank: It is your duty as a private citizen to report this matter to the police.) particular
2. noun(in the army, an ordinary soldier, not an officer.) soldado raso- privacy- privately
- private enterprise
- private means
- in private
private adj privado / particulartr['praɪvət]1 (own, for own use - property, house, class) particular; (- letter, income) personal2 (confidential) privado,-a, confidencial3 (not state-controlled) privado,-a; (school) privado,-a, de pago4 (not official) privado,-a, personal5 (person) reservado,-a1 SMALLMILITARY/SMALL soldado raso\SMALLIDIOMATIC EXPRESSION/SMALLprivate citizen particular nombre masulino o femeninoprivate detective detective nombre masulino o femenino privado,-aprivate eye detective nombre masulino o femenino privado,-aprivate individual particular nombre masulino o femeninoprivate investigator detective nombre masulino o femenino privado,-aprivate parts euphemistic use partes nombre femenino plural pudendas, intimidades nombre femenino pluralprivate ['praɪvət] adj1) personal: privado, particularprivate property: propiedad privada2) independent: privado, independienteprivate studies: estudios privados3) secret: secreto4) secluded: aislado, privado♦ privately advprivate n: soldado m rasoadj.• confidencial adj.• excusado, -a adj.• particular adj.• privado, -a adj.• privativo, -a adj.• reservado, -a adj.• secreto, -a adj.• soldado (raso) adj.• íntimo, -a adj.
I 'praɪvət, 'praɪvɪt1)a) ( confidential) < conversation> privado; < matter> privado, confidencial; < letter> personalb)in private: she told me in private me lo dijo confidencialmente or en confianza; can we talk in private? ¿podemos hablar en privado?; what you do in private is your own affair — lo que hagas en la intimidad or en tu vida privada es cosa tuya
2)a) ( restricted)private view — ( Art) vernissage m
private hearing — ( Law) vista f a puerta cerrada
private — privado; ( on envelope) personal
b) (for own use, in own possession) <road/lesson/secretary> particular; < income> personalprivate property — propiedad f privada
a gentleman of private means — (frml) un señor que vive de las rentas
private income — rentas fpl
3)a) ( not official) <visit/correspondence> privadob) ( unconnected to the state) < school> privado, particular, de pago (Esp); < ward> reservado; < patient> particularto be in private practice — ( Med) ejercer* la medicina privada; ( in US) ( Law) ocuparse de asuntos civiles
4)a) <thoughts/doubts> íntimotime is set aside for private study — se establecen ciertas horas para que cada uno estudie por su cuenta
it's a private joke — es un chiste que los dos entendemos/entienden
b) < person> reservado
II
1) ( rank) soldado mf raso2) privates pl ( genitals) (colloq & euph) partes fpl pudendas (euf & hum), intimidades fpl (euf & hum)['praɪvɪt]1. ADJ1) (=not public) [conversation, visit, land, matter] privado; [letter, reason, opinion] personal; [language] secreto; [thoughts, grief, fantasy] íntimoit was a private wedding, the wedding was private — la boda se celebró en la intimidad
private — (on door) privado; (on envelope) confidencial
private fishing — coto m de pesca
private parking — aparcamiento m or (LAm) estacionamiento m privado
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it's a silly private joke of ours — es un chiste tonto que solo nosotras entendemos•
to keep sth private — [+ beliefs] no hablar de algo; [+ opinions, views, doubts] guardarse algo, reservarse algohe was diagnosed with AIDS in 1994 but kept it private — en 1994 le diagnosticaron SIDA pero lo mantuvo en secreto
strictly•
I've always tried to keep my private life private — [famous person] siempre he intentado mantener mi vida privada alejada de la mirada del público; [ordinary person] siempre he intentado mantener mi vida privada fuera del alcance de los demás2) (=own, individual) [car, house, lesson, room] particular; [bank account] personal76 bedrooms, all with private bathrooms — 76 habitaciones, cada una con su baño particular
3) (=independent) [medicine, education, finance] privado; [school] privado, particular; [patient, tutor, teacher] particulara private hospital — una clínica (privada), un hospital privado or particular
to go private — [patient] ir por lo privado; [dentist, doctor] establecerse de forma privada; [company] dejar de cotizar en bolsa
4) (=secluded) [place] retiradois there somewhere we can be private? — ¿hay algún sitio donde podamos hablar en privado?
2. N1) (Mil) soldado mf rasoPrivate Jones! — ¡Jones!
2)• in private: could I talk to you in private? — ¿te puedo hablar en privado?
I have been told in private that... — me han dicho confidencialmente or en confianza que...
3) privates * euph, hum partes fpl pudendas3.CPDprivate citizen N — (Jur) particular mf
private company N — empresa f privada, compañía f privada
private detective N — detective mf privado(-a)
private enterprise N — (=industry) el sector privado; (=initiative) la iniciativa privada
new employment laws which will hamper private enterprise — nuevas leyes fpl laborales que van a dificultar el crecimiento del sector privado
private enterprise economy N — economía f capitalista, economía f de mercado
private equity fund N — fondo que invierte en compañías privadas que no cotizan en bolsa
private eye N — (US) * detective mf privado(-a)
private finance initiative N — (Brit) plan de incentivos y potenciación de la iniciativa privada en el sector público
private health care N — servicio m médico privado
private health insurance N — seguro m médico privado
private hearing N — (Jur) vista f a puertas cerradas
private hotel N — hotel m privado
private income N — rentas fpl
private individual N — (Jur) particular mf
private investigator N — investigador(a) m / f privado(-a)
private law N — derecho m privado
private life N — vida f privada
private limited company N — sociedad f limitada
private line N — (Telec) línea f particular
private means NPL — rentas fpl
private member, Private Member N — (Brit) (Parl) diputado(-a) m / f sin responsabilidades de gobierno
Private Member's Bill N — proyecto de ley presentado por un diputado a título personal
private parts NPL — euph, hum partes fpl pudendas
private patient N — paciente mf privado(-a)
private pension N — pensión f personal
private pension plan N — plan m de pensiones personal
private pension scheme N — = private pension plan
private practice N — (Med) consulta f privada
to be in private practice — (Med) ejercer la medicina de forma privada
private property N — propiedad f privada
private property rights NPL — derechos mpl de propiedad
private prosecution N — (Jur) demanda f civil
private school N — escuela f privada, escuela f particular
private secretary N — secretario(-a) m / f particular
private soldier N — soldado mf raso
private study N — (Brit) estudio m personal
private tuition N — clases fpl particulares
private view, private viewing N — visita f privada (a una exposición)
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I ['praɪvət, 'praɪvɪt]1)a) ( confidential) < conversation> privado; < matter> privado, confidencial; < letter> personalb)in private: she told me in private me lo dijo confidencialmente or en confianza; can we talk in private? ¿podemos hablar en privado?; what you do in private is your own affair — lo que hagas en la intimidad or en tu vida privada es cosa tuya
2)a) ( restricted)private view — ( Art) vernissage m
private hearing — ( Law) vista f a puerta cerrada
private — privado; ( on envelope) personal
b) (for own use, in own possession) <road/lesson/secretary> particular; < income> personalprivate property — propiedad f privada
a gentleman of private means — (frml) un señor que vive de las rentas
private income — rentas fpl
3)a) ( not official) <visit/correspondence> privadob) ( unconnected to the state) < school> privado, particular, de pago (Esp); < ward> reservado; < patient> particularto be in private practice — ( Med) ejercer* la medicina privada; ( in US) ( Law) ocuparse de asuntos civiles
4)a) <thoughts/doubts> íntimotime is set aside for private study — se establecen ciertas horas para que cada uno estudie por su cuenta
it's a private joke — es un chiste que los dos entendemos/entienden
b) < person> reservado
II
1) ( rank) soldado mf raso -
19 index
1) индекс, числовой показатель || индексировать, увязывать с индексом2) мат. коэффициент3) алфавитный указатель || снабжать указателем -
20 Language
Philosophy is written in that great book, the universe, which is always open, right before our eyes. But one cannot understand this book without first learning to understand the language and to know the characters in which it is written. It is written in the language of mathematics, and the characters are triangles, circles, and other figures. Without these, one cannot understand a single word of it, and just wanders in a dark labyrinth. (Galileo, 1990, p. 232)It never happens that it [a nonhuman animal] arranges its speech in various ways in order to reply appropriately to everything that may be said in its presence, as even the lowest type of man can do. (Descartes, 1970a, p. 116)It is a very remarkable fact that there are none so depraved and stupid, without even excepting idiots, that they cannot arrange different words together, forming of them a statement by which they make known their thoughts; while, on the other hand, there is no other animal, however perfect and fortunately circumstanced it may be, which can do the same. (Descartes, 1967, p. 116)Human beings do not live in the object world alone, nor alone in the world of social activity as ordinarily understood, but are very much at the mercy of the particular language which has become the medium of expression for their society. It is quite an illusion to imagine that one adjusts to reality essentially without the use of language and that language is merely an incidental means of solving specific problems of communication or reflection. The fact of the matter is that the "real world" is to a large extent unconsciously built on the language habits of the group.... We see and hear and otherwise experience very largely as we do because the language habits of our community predispose certain choices of interpretation. (Sapir, 1921, p. 75)It powerfully conditions all our thinking about social problems and processes.... No two languages are ever sufficiently similar to be considered as representing the same social reality. The worlds in which different societies live are distinct worlds, not merely the same worlds with different labels attached. (Sapir, 1985, p. 162)[A list of language games, not meant to be exhaustive:]Giving orders, and obeying them- Describing the appearance of an object, or giving its measurements- Constructing an object from a description (a drawing)Reporting an eventSpeculating about an eventForming and testing a hypothesisPresenting the results of an experiment in tables and diagramsMaking up a story; and reading itPlay actingSinging catchesGuessing riddlesMaking a joke; and telling itSolving a problem in practical arithmeticTranslating from one language into anotherLANGUAGE Asking, thanking, cursing, greeting, and praying-. (Wittgenstein, 1953, Pt. I, No. 23, pp. 11 e-12 e)We dissect nature along lines laid down by our native languages.... The world is presented in a kaleidoscopic flux of impressions which has to be organized by our minds-and this means largely by the linguistic systems in our minds.... No individual is free to describe nature with absolute impartiality but is constrained to certain modes of interpretation even while he thinks himself most free. (Whorf, 1956, pp. 153, 213-214)We dissect nature along the lines laid down by our native languages.The categories and types that we isolate from the world of phenomena we do not find there because they stare every observer in the face; on the contrary, the world is presented in a kaleidoscopic flux of impressions which has to be organized by our minds-and this means largely by the linguistic systems in our minds.... We are thus introduced to a new principle of relativity, which holds that all observers are not led by the same physical evidence to the same picture of the universe, unless their linguistic backgrounds are similar or can in some way be calibrated. (Whorf, 1956, pp. 213-214)9) The Forms of a Person's Thoughts Are Controlled by Unperceived Patterns of His Own LanguageThe forms of a person's thoughts are controlled by inexorable laws of pattern of which he is unconscious. These patterns are the unperceived intricate systematizations of his own language-shown readily enough by a candid comparison and contrast with other languages, especially those of a different linguistic family. (Whorf, 1956, p. 252)It has come to be commonly held that many utterances which look like statements are either not intended at all, or only intended in part, to record or impart straightforward information about the facts.... Many traditional philosophical perplexities have arisen through a mistake-the mistake of taking as straightforward statements of fact utterances which are either (in interesting non-grammatical ways) nonsensical or else intended as something quite different. (Austin, 1962, pp. 2-3)In general, one might define a complex of semantic components connected by logical constants as a concept. The dictionary of a language is then a system of concepts in which a phonological form and certain syntactic and morphological characteristics are assigned to each concept. This system of concepts is structured by several types of relations. It is supplemented, furthermore, by redundancy or implicational rules..., representing general properties of the whole system of concepts.... At least a relevant part of these general rules is not bound to particular languages, but represents presumably universal structures of natural languages. They are not learned, but are rather a part of the human ability to acquire an arbitrary natural language. (Bierwisch, 1970, pp. 171-172)In studying the evolution of mind, we cannot guess to what extent there are physically possible alternatives to, say, transformational generative grammar, for an organism meeting certain other physical conditions characteristic of humans. Conceivably, there are none-or very few-in which case talk about evolution of the language capacity is beside the point. (Chomsky, 1972, p. 98)[It is] truth value rather than syntactic well-formedness that chiefly governs explicit verbal reinforcement by parents-which renders mildly paradoxical the fact that the usual product of such a training schedule is an adult whose speech is highly grammatical but not notably truthful. (R. O. Brown, 1973, p. 330)he conceptual base is responsible for formally representing the concepts underlying an utterance.... A given word in a language may or may not have one or more concepts underlying it.... On the sentential level, the utterances of a given language are encoded within a syntactic structure of that language. The basic construction of the sentential level is the sentence.The next highest level... is the conceptual level. We call the basic construction of this level the conceptualization. A conceptualization consists of concepts and certain relations among those concepts. We can consider that both levels exist at the same point in time and that for any unit on one level, some corresponding realizate exists on the other level. This realizate may be null or extremely complex.... Conceptualizations may relate to other conceptualizations by nesting or other specified relationships. (Schank, 1973, pp. 191-192)The mathematics of multi-dimensional interactive spaces and lattices, the projection of "computer behavior" on to possible models of cerebral functions, the theoretical and mechanical investigation of artificial intelligence, are producing a stream of sophisticated, often suggestive ideas.But it is, I believe, fair to say that nothing put forward until now in either theoretic design or mechanical mimicry comes even remotely in reach of the most rudimentary linguistic realities. (Steiner, 1975, p. 284)The step from the simple tool to the master tool, a tool to make tools (what we would now call a machine tool), seems to me indeed to parallel the final step to human language, which I call reconstitution. It expresses in a practical and social context the same understanding of hierarchy, and shows the same analysis by function as a basis for synthesis. (Bronowski, 1977, pp. 127-128)t is the language donn eґ in which we conduct our lives.... We have no other. And the danger is that formal linguistic models, in their loosely argued analogy with the axiomatic structure of the mathematical sciences, may block perception.... It is quite conceivable that, in language, continuous induction from simple, elemental units to more complex, realistic forms is not justified. The extent and formal "undecidability" of context-and every linguistic particle above the level of the phoneme is context-bound-may make it impossible, except in the most abstract, meta-linguistic sense, to pass from "pro-verbs," "kernals," or "deep deep structures" to actual speech. (Steiner, 1975, pp. 111-113)A higher-level formal language is an abstract machine. (Weizenbaum, 1976, p. 113)Jakobson sees metaphor and metonymy as the characteristic modes of binarily opposed polarities which between them underpin the two-fold process of selection and combination by which linguistic signs are formed.... Thus messages are constructed, as Saussure said, by a combination of a "horizontal" movement, which combines words together, and a "vertical" movement, which selects the particular words from the available inventory or "inner storehouse" of the language. The combinative (or syntagmatic) process manifests itself in contiguity (one word being placed next to another) and its mode is metonymic. The selective (or associative) process manifests itself in similarity (one word or concept being "like" another) and its mode is metaphoric. The "opposition" of metaphor and metonymy therefore may be said to represent in effect the essence of the total opposition between the synchronic mode of language (its immediate, coexistent, "vertical" relationships) and its diachronic mode (its sequential, successive, lineal progressive relationships). (Hawkes, 1977, pp. 77-78)It is striking that the layered structure that man has given to language constantly reappears in his analyses of nature. (Bronowski, 1977, p. 121)First, [an ideal intertheoretic reduction] provides us with a set of rules"correspondence rules" or "bridge laws," as the standard vernacular has it-which effect a mapping of the terms of the old theory (T o) onto a subset of the expressions of the new or reducing theory (T n). These rules guide the application of those selected expressions of T n in the following way: we are free to make singular applications of their correspondencerule doppelgangers in T o....Second, and equally important, a successful reduction ideally has the outcome that, under the term mapping effected by the correspondence rules, the central principles of T o (those of semantic and systematic importance) are mapped onto general sentences of T n that are theorems of Tn. (P. Churchland, 1979, p. 81)If non-linguistic factors must be included in grammar: beliefs, attitudes, etc. [this would] amount to a rejection of the initial idealization of language as an object of study. A priori such a move cannot be ruled out, but it must be empirically motivated. If it proves to be correct, I would conclude that language is a chaos that is not worth studying.... Note that the question is not whether beliefs or attitudes, and so on, play a role in linguistic behavior and linguistic judgments... [but rather] whether distinct cognitive structures can be identified, which interact in the real use of language and linguistic judgments, the grammatical system being one of these. (Chomsky, 1979, pp. 140, 152-153)23) Language Is Inevitably Influenced by Specific Contexts of Human InteractionLanguage cannot be studied in isolation from the investigation of "rationality." It cannot afford to neglect our everyday assumptions concerning the total behavior of a reasonable person.... An integrational linguistics must recognize that human beings inhabit a communicational space which is not neatly compartmentalized into language and nonlanguage.... It renounces in advance the possibility of setting up systems of forms and meanings which will "account for" a central core of linguistic behavior irrespective of the situation and communicational purposes involved. (Harris, 1981, p. 165)By innate [linguistic knowledge], Chomsky simply means "genetically programmed." He does not literally think that children are born with language in their heads ready to be spoken. He merely claims that a "blueprint is there, which is brought into use when the child reaches a certain point in her general development. With the help of this blueprint, she analyzes the language she hears around her more readily than she would if she were totally unprepared for the strange gabbling sounds which emerge from human mouths. (Aitchison, 1987, p. 31)Looking at ourselves from the computer viewpoint, we cannot avoid seeing that natural language is our most important "programming language." This means that a vast portion of our knowledge and activity is, for us, best communicated and understood in our natural language.... One could say that natural language was our first great original artifact and, since, as we increasingly realize, languages are machines, so natural language, with our brains to run it, was our primal invention of the universal computer. One could say this except for the sneaking suspicion that language isn't something we invented but something we became, not something we constructed but something in which we created, and recreated, ourselves. (Leiber, 1991, p. 8)Historical dictionary of quotations in cognitive science > Language
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Group C (Australia) — In relation to Australian motorsport, Group C refers to either of two sets of regulations devised by the Confederation of Australian Motorsport for use in Australian touring car racing from 1965 to 1984. These are not to be confused with the… … Wikipedia
Group Emotion — A group of people share a range of qualities and characteristics which signifies it from other groups. One facet of the group s entity is its emotional characteristics. Just as individuals have moods, emotions and dispositional affects, Groups… … Wikipedia
Group entity — In individualist anarchist discourse, a group entity is usually distinguished from an individual hominid, or animal groups from a single living being of any sexual species. All group entities are assumed to have certain characteristics in common … Wikipedia
Group of 77 — The Group of 77 at the United Nations is a loose coalition of developing nations, designed to promote its members collective economic interests and create an enhanced joint negotiating capacity in the United Nations. There were 77 founding… … Wikipedia
