pastilles discriminantes

English translation: adhesive security/safety key

08:49 Jan 17, 2022

French to English translations [PRO]
Tech/Engineering - Computers: Systems, Networks

French term or phrase: pastilles discriminantes

Context: None
Lot 9 pastilles discriminantes

1 item in a catalogue, items before and after not associated.
I`ve tried swallowing the bloody things in the hope that I would be discriminated against and not choke. I was wrong.
Any random idea would be much better than mine.
TIA Chris.

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English translation:adhesive security/safety key

Explanation:
Going by the link provided by Samuël -

https://www.rexel.fr/frx/Catégorie/Réseau-informatique/Coffr...

I found this link which calls them "Clé adhésive fixe" (pages 8, 9, 21)
https://enstocom-assets.azureedge.net/globalassets/brochures...

and in English "Adhesive fixed key" (pages 5, 8, 17, 20)
https://enstocom-assets.azureedge.net/globalassets/brochures...

They are coloured but the important part seems to be the keyed post (as described here on pages 6 and 7 of this brochure) without which, the plug cannot connect to the adapter.

" Socles équipés d’un système de verrouillage ne s’ouvrant qu’avec la clé adhésive fixe (1 clé par socle fournie)"

https://docplayer.fr/34804334-Systeme-d-installation-electri...

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Or plug safety key

Selected response from:

Althea Draper
United Kingdom

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Summary of answers provided

3 +1

colour-coded stickers

Conor McAuley

Cable Marking Tags

Daryo

Random tablets

Andrew Bramhall

adhesive security/safety key

Althea Draper

Discussion entries: 2

Answers

8 mins confidence:

Random tablets

Explanation:
?? Dunno, but it seems they may mean the OPPOSITE of what's stated;

Andrew Bramhall
United Kingdom
Local time: 23:25
Native speaker of:

English

26 mins confidence:

peer agreement (net): +1

colour-coded stickers

Explanation:
Pastilles :

https://www.amazon.fr/Avery-420-pastilles-Couleurs-Assorties...

discriminant : helps you to distinguish one thing from another, to tell them apart.

In computing (hardware), you get colour-coded cables, tags on cables, etc., etc.

Have a look at the back of your internet router (a "box" in France) for an obvious example.

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Larousse, "discriminant":

https://www.larousse.fr/dictionnaires/francais/discriminant/...

Qui établit une séparation, une différenciation entre deux termes, qui distingue nettement l'un de l'autre.

Conor McAuley
France
Local time: 00:25
Native speaker of: English
PRO pts in category: 8

Notes to answerer

Asker: Much better idea than swallowing.

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)

agree

Bourth: These people lump cable tags and coloured stickers together: https://www.signals.fr/marquage-industriel/etiquettes-pastil...

58 mins

-> Thanks CadastreToulous!

agree

Samuël Buysschaert: That's the right idea imo but no sure about "sticker".

1 hr

-> Thanks Samuël! Or "colour-code labels", maybe?

neutral

philgoddard: I don't think they're stickers, and I'm surprised Samuël has agreed with you. Surely they're the plastic things that he found.

5 hrs

disagree

Daryo: wires inside a cable are "colour coded" // for example in UK in an electrical cable the "Live" wire must be Blue, "Neutral" must be Brown (= their "colour code"), these tags can be of any colour, as long you can tell appart each cable, there's no "code".

9 hrs

9 hrs confidence:

pastilles discriminantes Cable Marking Tags

Explanation:
these are tags used to "discriminate" (= tell apart) cables in a local area network, usually one at each end of the network cable.

Theoretically these tags could be also used to "discriminate" individual wires, but (1)wires inside a standard cable are normally already colour-coded (2) when building a LAN, no one is messing with individual wires so these tags must for cables.

Samples aplenty, take your pick

https://duckduckgo.com/?q=Cable Marking Tags

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context given

Tech/Engineering - Computers: Systems, Networks

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.. so these tags must be for cables.

Daryo
United Kingdom
Local time: 23:25
Works in field
Native speaker of:

Serbian,

French
PRO pts in category: 11

11 hrs confidence:

adhesive security/safety key

Althea Draper
United Kingdom
Native speaker of:

English
PRO pts in category: 16

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