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capacidad de atención

English translation: transaction handling capacity

GLOSSARY ENTRY (DERIVED FROM QUESTION BELOW)
Spanish term or phrase:capacidad de atención de las transmisiones
English translation:transaction handling capacity
Entered by: James A. Walsh

19:08 Dec 7, 2010
Spanish to English translations [PRO]
Tech/Engineering - IT (Information Technology) / Online Lottery System
Spanish term or phrase: capacidad de atención
Bid specifications for an online lottery system. This part is setting out the requirements for the systems that will host it. I just cannot think of how to put this in UK English.

Context:

"2. Deben existir al menos dos computadores centrales operando simultáneamente en paralelo respaldándose uno al otro y ubicados en áreas geográficas diferentes y con la capacidad de intercambiar automáticamente el procesamiento de transacciones de un equipo al otro.
3. El sistema debe ser capaz de efectuar estos cambios sin afectar de ninguna manera el procesamiento de transacciones, sin que varíe la capacidad de atención de las transmisiones y el tiempo de respuesta a las terminales."

Many thanks in advance.
James A. Walsh
Spain
Local time: 16:47
transaction handling capacity
Explanation:
'atención' does not necessarily equate to 'processing', but rather to 'detecting incoming requests for action (or 'transaction', in IT-speak) and providing appropriate immediate responses - which might be, for example, simply refusing to 'process' the requests and displaying a 'server overload' message to the requesters, or stacking the requests for FIFO processing when the overload is cleared.

National Stock Exchange - [ Traducir esta página ]12 Jul 2006 ... However with the then existing 2-machine split architecture, it was required to improve the trading system transaction handling capacity. ...
www.nasscom.in › ... › Members › Success Stories - En caché - SimilaresDocument Imaging WorkFlow - [ Traducir esta página ]Workflow Solutions for Higher Transaction Handling Capacity and Reduced per Transaction Cost. Workflow based solutions help you to expand your operations ...
www.growfastcomputing.net/document_imaging_workflow.html - En caché - SimilaresItanium Solutions Alliance - Scaling Transaction Growth - [ Traducir esta página ]The increase in transaction handling capacity provided by the new system translates directly to revenue for the company. One year ago, AKD Trade ranked 20th ...
www.itaniumsolutions.org/.../scaling_transaction_growth - En cachéCourteville Plans More Business Solution For Corporate Bodies ... - [ Traducir esta página ]He noted that the solution allows educational institutions to create a more structured organizations, increases the transaction handling capacity and ...
www.courtevillegroup.com/news17.html - En cachéMicrosoft Middleeast - Windows Family Home Page - [ Traducir esta página ]The increase in transaction handling capacity provided by the new system translates directly to revenue for the company. One year ago, AKD Trade ranked 20th ...
www.microsoft.com/middleeast/press/casestudy/akd1.mspx - En caché

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Note added at 3 hrs (2010-12-07 22:40:38 GMT)
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Note that it's the strategy governing the way requests are 'handled' which ends up defining the worst-case 'response time' (a term that has been proposed as an answer elsewhere on this page). Taking the two examples I mentioned earlier (request rejection or request stacking), the first offers a response time of 'never' while the second offers a response time of 'most probably within the next XX (milli)seconds'.
Selected response from:

Jennifer Levey
Chile
Local time: 10:47
Grading comment
Many thanks to all for your valuable help.
4 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer



Summary of answers provided
3 +3processing capacity
Robert Forstag
4 +2transaction handling capacity
Jennifer Levey
4attention span
neilmac
3capability/capacity of dealing with
liz askew
4 -3response time
riafontes


Discussion entries: 14





  

Answers


58 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5
capacidad de atención (in this context)
capability/capacity of dealing with


Explanation:
this is about all I can offer

http://webcache.googleusercontent.com/search?q=cache:q9-39Gt...


Deben existir al menos dos computadores centrales operando
simultáneamente en paralelo respaldándose uno al otro y ubicados en
áreas geográficas diferentes y con la capacidad de intercambiar
automáticamente el procesamiento de transacciones de un equipo al
otro.
3. El sistema debe ser capaz de efectuar estos cambios sin afectar de
ninguna manera el procesamiento de transacciones, sin que varíe la
capacidad de atención de las transmisiones y el tiempo de respuesta a
las terminales.
4. Los computadores centrales para los juegos de Lotería Electrónica
deben tener la capacidad necesaria y una velocidad que asegure a la
JUNTA los tiempos de respuesta solicitados. Debe ser flexible y tener
capacidad para la expansión progresiva y de rápida ejecución, que se
ajuste a las necesidades cambiantes de la lotería electrónica en línea

NetScout Systems Introduces Solution to NetworkApplication ...
11 Aug 1997 ... They will work with NetScout to refine and deploy the application response time capability. "Walgreens is already a large user of DeskTalk ...
www.allbusiness.com/technology/software.../6998531-1.html - Cached
Response - Transport Canada
8 Sep 2010 ... It must be accepted that the response time standards and tiered capability were established for planning purposes rather than as performance ...
www.tc.gc.ca/eng/marinesafety/tp-tp15039-response-3182.htm - Cached



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Note added at 1 hr (2010-12-07 20:09:23 GMT)
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further context

la capacidad de atención a través del sistema de transmisión

Informacion Tecnologica - 2002 - Google Books Result
Vol. 13, No. 1 - 192 pages - Magazine
1995): transmisión y distribución, y generación. Recursos de Transmisión y ... la capacidad de atención a través del sistema de transmisión y distribución ...
books.google.co.uk/books?id=L7lA4NEC9pcC... - More book results »

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Note added at 1 hr (2010-12-07 20:11:14 GMT)
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=

processing capability

??

#
Problems Solved by Parallel Processing
Increased Number of Transactions: When the number of incoming transactions exceeds the processing capability, transactions are delayed and response time ...
publib.boulder.ibm.com/infocenter/zos/v1r9/.../e0s2p10035.htm - Cached
►
#
Performance Metrics | Federal IT Dashboard
29 Oct 2010 ... IAFIS Processing Capability and Response Time, IAFIS Processing Capability is 160000 per day with a 2-hour Response Time for 95% of ...
it.usaspending.gov/?q=content/performance-metrics&buscid... - Cached

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Note added at 1 hr (2010-12-07 20:11:39 GMT)
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processing capability


= final contribution

liz askew
United Kingdom
Local time: 15:47
Meets criteria
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 32
Notes to answerer
Asker: Many thanks Liz, I appreciate you taking the time. I think your last suggestion is good. The wording in the original really threw me! Cheers :-)

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1 hr   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): -3
capacidad de atención (in this context)
response time


Explanation:
After all this is what they are looking for, speed

riafontes
Spain
Local time: 15:47
Meets criteria
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: Native in PortuguesePortuguese, Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 4
Notes to answerer
Asker: Thank you :-)


Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
disagree  liz askew: this comes later "tiempo de respuesta"./They are not looking for "response time" in both instances..people disagree with me often on the French-English site in the same circumstances as you describe, i.e. they have made a contribution & disagree with mine
2 mins
  -> Liz, we had this problem before, if you provide an answer you cannot disagree specifically with the others. After all they use different wording but the result is the same, in both case they are looking for response time.
disagree  meirs: More than response time (comes later) - incoming request rate handling capacity (excess is kicked out - not handled at all)
25 mins
  -> Yes meirs, if it cannot handle then it cannot respond. I think you defined better than anyone else the right answer "handling capacity". I think you should give it as an answer.
disagree  Jennifer Levey: Gross over-simplification. // Yes, Yes, and ... errrr.... Yes! // Yes (again!) I have read and fully understood K-rule 3.6.
1 hr
  -> Do you have a better definition? Have you ever tried to set up requirements for a data processing department? Have you worked on one? Have you read and understood rule 3.6 of Kudoz?
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1 hr   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5 peer agreement (net): +3
capacidad de atención (in this context)
processing capacity


Explanation:
Reference seems to be to the system's *capacity* to process data sequentially and/or simultaneously.

Suerte.

Robert Forstag
United States
Local time: 10:47
Meets criteria
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: English
PRO pts in category: 28
Notes to answerer
Asker: Thanks Bob, from personal experience, I think you're spot on here. The original wording totally threw me! Cheers ;-)


Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  liz askew: Cannot say I am 100% sure about the use of "capacity/capability" here:) however, I respect your contribution. And if this is exactly the same thing as "response time" then I will eat my hat and humble pie at the same time.
16 mins
  -> Thank you, Liz. I had originally posted this in the "discussion" field a couple of minutes after the question was posted, given that I was not (and still am not) entirely sure that it fits. :)
agree  philgoddard
1 hr
  -> Thank you, Phil.
agree  neilmac: Sounds right to me for the context, better than my "attention span" anyway :9
13 hrs
  -> Thanks so much, Neil. Seasons greetings.
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3 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +2
transaction handling capacity


Explanation:
'atención' does not necessarily equate to 'processing', but rather to 'detecting incoming requests for action (or 'transaction', in IT-speak) and providing appropriate immediate responses - which might be, for example, simply refusing to 'process' the requests and displaying a 'server overload' message to the requesters, or stacking the requests for FIFO processing when the overload is cleared.

National Stock Exchange - [ Traducir esta página ]12 Jul 2006 ... However with the then existing 2-machine split architecture, it was required to improve the trading system transaction handling capacity. ...
www.nasscom.in › ... › Members › Success Stories - En caché - SimilaresDocument Imaging WorkFlow - [ Traducir esta página ]Workflow Solutions for Higher Transaction Handling Capacity and Reduced per Transaction Cost. Workflow based solutions help you to expand your operations ...
www.growfastcomputing.net/document_imaging_workflow.html - En caché - SimilaresItanium Solutions Alliance - Scaling Transaction Growth - [ Traducir esta página ]The increase in transaction handling capacity provided by the new system translates directly to revenue for the company. One year ago, AKD Trade ranked 20th ...
www.itaniumsolutions.org/.../scaling_transaction_growth - En cachéCourteville Plans More Business Solution For Corporate Bodies ... - [ Traducir esta página ]He noted that the solution allows educational institutions to create a more structured organizations, increases the transaction handling capacity and ...
www.courtevillegroup.com/news17.html - En cachéMicrosoft Middleeast - Windows Family Home Page - [ Traducir esta página ]The increase in transaction handling capacity provided by the new system translates directly to revenue for the company. One year ago, AKD Trade ranked 20th ...
www.microsoft.com/middleeast/press/casestudy/akd1.mspx - En caché

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Note added at 3 hrs (2010-12-07 22:40:38 GMT)
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Note that it's the strategy governing the way requests are 'handled' which ends up defining the worst-case 'response time' (a term that has been proposed as an answer elsewhere on this page). Taking the two examples I mentioned earlier (request rejection or request stacking), the first offers a response time of 'never' while the second offers a response time of 'most probably within the next XX (milli)seconds'.

Jennifer Levey
Chile
Local time: 10:47
Meets criteria
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 95
Grading comment
Many thanks to all for your valuable help.
Notes to answerer
Asker: Bingo! This is what I was after! I was going with Robert's suggestion, which I feel is a perfectly acceptable translation, but I do believe this is absolutely bang on the nail. Thank you very much indeed mediamatrix.

Asker: Yep, it all makes 100% sense to me now, thanks again :-)


Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  liz askew: Great stuff! This would equally work.
11 hrs
agree  neilmac: Enhances the original :)
3 days 23 hrs
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18 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
capacidad de atención (in this context)
attention span


Explanation:
I realise that you are likely seeking a less anthropomorphic suggestion, but the IT world is full of these things. If you don't fancy mine (even with "quotes"), something akin to the "delay" suggestion by meirs in the discussion might work.

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Note added at 20 mins (2010-12-07 19:29:10 GMT)
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span -> the complete duration of something
attention -> has been referred to as the allocation of processing resources

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Note added at 23 mins (2010-12-07 19:31:56 GMT)
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I mean, if a PC has "memory" then it could conceivably be admitted to have other animal traits... or not?

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Note added at 15 hrs (2010-12-08 10:27:32 GMT)
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Anthropomorphic terms are commonplace in IT contexts. We have parent/child nodes, programs "run".... One wonders why the (presumably Spanish-speaking) author used the term they did, rather than the more techy-seeming version everyone seems to be hypothesising.

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Note added at 15 hrs (2010-12-08 10:30:17 GMT)
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From the Wikipedia definition of "attention":
"... Attention has also been referred to as the allocation of processing resources. "

neilmac
Spain
Local time: 16:47
Meets criteria
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 160
Notes to answerer
Asker: Thanks Neil :-)


Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
neutral  philgoddard: Not in this context - it means "ability to process/handle".
15 mins
  -> No need to patronise, I understand perfectly well what it means. Have another look at my comments. The Spanish could have rendered it any way, but chose to use what is to all all intents and purposes "attention span".
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