a course in computing

Curso de Orientación Universitaria — = COU

seguimos por la tele el curso de la carrera — we watched the progress o course of the race on TV

• en curso, el proceso judicial está en curso — the case is under way o in progress

• en el curso de, en el curso de la entrevista — during the interview, in o during the course of the interview

• dar curso a algo, dar curso a una solicitud — to deal with an application

el año/el mes en curso — (frml) the current year/month (frml)

dar curso a algo — (a una instancia/solicitud) to start to process something; ( a la imaginación) to give free rein to something

el año/el mes en curso — (frml) the current year/month (frml)

dar curso a algo — (a una instancia/solicitud) to start to process something; ( a la imaginación) to give free rein to something

Ex: Earlier in this course we defined a compound subject as consisting, at the level of summarization, of a basic subject and two or more of its isolates.

Ex: The course of the race contains many steep hills, often paved with cobblestones.

Ex: Developments in computing and telecommunication have brought about fundamental changes in worldwide business practices.

la introducción del tubo puede causar heridas — inserting the tube o the insertion of the tube can cause injury, the tube's insertion could cause injury

Ex: This article describes the Nordic online data base situation, outlining its background and future developments, as well as the supply of different kinds of data base.

sistema binario — (Inform) binary system

sistema de fondo fijo — (Com) imprest system

sistema frontal — (Meteo) front, frontal system

sistema rastreador — [en investigaciones espaciales] tracking system

trabajar con sistema — to work systematically o methodically

trabajar con sistema — to work systematically o methodically

trabajar con sistema — to work systematically o methodically

Ex: The intention is to establish a general framework, and then to give exceptions or further explanation and examples for each area in turn.

viven en el campo — they live in the country o countryside

la gente del campo — country people o folk

campo de cultivo — (lit) farm land; (fig) breeding ground

el portero tuvo que abandonar el campo — the goalkeeper had to leave the pitch o field

Campo de Gibraltar — Spanish territory around the border with Gibraltar

Campos Elíseos — [en París] Champs Elysées; (Mit) Elysian Fields

levantar el campo — (Mil) to break camp, strike camp; (=irse) to make tracks *

campo de aviación — airfield, airdrome (EEUU)

campo de trabajo — [de castigo] labour o (EEUU) labor camp; [de vacaciones] work camp

campo de acción, campo de actuación — scope, room for manoeuvre o (EEUU) maneuver

no hay campo — there's no room o space

campo a través or a campo traviesa — <cruzar/ir> cross-country

perdieron en su campo or en campo propio — they lost at home

esto no está dentro de mi campo de acción — this does not fall within my area o field of responsibility

dejarle el campo libre a alguien — to leave the field clear for somebody

levantar el campo — to make tracks (colloq)

hagan or abran campo — make room

campo a través or a campo traviesa — <cruzar/ir> cross-country

perdieron en su campo or en campo propio — they lost at home

esto no está dentro de mi campo de acción — this does not fall within my area o field of responsibility

dejarle el campo libre a alguien — to leave the field clear for somebody

levantar el campo — to make tracks (colloq)

hagan or abran campo — make room

Ex: But in the country the processes of printing always provoke such lively curiosity that the customers preferred to go in by a glazed door set in the shop-front and giving onto the street.

Ex: The area in which standards for bibliographic description have had the most impact is in catalogues and catalogue record data bases.

Ex: Records are normally divided into fields.

Ex: Her experiences in Namibia involved cycling along dirt roads through the bush to village schools in order to read stories and help children make their own books = Sus experiencias en Namibia supusieron ir en bicicleta por caminos de tierra por el campo a las escuelas de las aldeas para leer cuentos y ayudar a los niños a hacer sus propios libros.