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Glossary entry

English term or phrase:

flashed

French translation:

flashé

Added to glossary by kerbager
Apr 11, 2014 15:11
10 yrs ago
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English term

flashed

English to French Other Mechanics / Mech Engineering
The new Engine Electronic Control Unit (EECU) must be flashed (programmed) prior to replacement.
If after replacing suspect components and inspecting related wiring the same DTC returns, suspect a faulty EECU.
Proposed translations (French)
3 +5 flashé
4 -1 reprogrammé
3 -1 mise à jour
3 -1 apprêter/initier
References
flasher - to flash

Discussion

Tony M Apr 11, 2014:
@ Alain In fact, the term 'flash' comes from that period, where EEPROMs were erased and then programmed using a strong UV light through their 'window'; in modern usage, 'flash' has come to mean the loading of the prgoram into the chip, without any necessary reference to the now largely obsolete UV erasure process. It's not really anything to do with 'Flash' memory itself — or at least, that's not why the term was originally coined.
Alain Boulé Apr 11, 2014:
A une époque que les plus jeunes n'ont pas connu, on programmait des PROM, programmable memory. Maintenant, on utilise de la mémoire flash, donc on "flashe", même s'il est vrai que ce n'est pas très élégant.

Proposed translations

+5
9 mins
Selected

flashé

Peer comment(s):
agree GILLES MEUNIER
3 mins
agree Johannes Gleim : Voir la référence.
25 mins
agree florence metzger : programmé par "flashage"
41 mins
agree Alain Boulé
4 hrs
agree Tony M
5 hrs
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4 KudoZ points awarded for this answer. Comment: "merci"
-1
23 mins

mise à jour

Sans avoir recours à un mot laid.
Peer comment(s):
disagree Tony M : No 'updating' here — it's programming a new chip for the 1st time; it's hardly 'laid' — it is the 'official' jargon in the business, refers to the method of the process, rather than the result. 'flashage' etc. common jargon in some fields.
5 hrs
Mais je ne comprends pas pourquoi on a choisi 'flasher' - je ne vois pas le lien avec le sens anglais.
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-1
46 mins

reprogrammé

(Ne contredit pas les autres propositions)
«"Flashing" the chip involves electronically erasing the read only program and replacing it with new, updated information (the engine control 'map'). Typically, when an ECU is flashed, a new map is provided that allows the engine to run 'hotter,' providing more Horsepower, altered valve timing, etc.»
...
«An ECU flash is a reprogramming of your engine control unit to allow your car run properly with the mods that you have installed»

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Note added at 5 heures (2014-04-11 21:03:50 GMT)
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That is, "programmé", of course.
Reference:

https://answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=20100210130021AAM4zRN

Peer comment(s):
disagree Tony M : As it's a NEW chip, it wouldn't be RE-programming — simply initial programming of a blank chip. / 'flashing' is perfect in EN; it's just that the ref. you quote is incomplete, it refers only to one very specific instance.
5 hrs
True. So just "programmed", as per the parenthesis. "Flashed" may be not totally appropriate in English, then. Translation improves the source, or has to do so, sometimes.
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-1
7 hrs

apprêter/initier

Des suggestions suite à ma dernière tentative.
Peer comment(s):
disagree Tony M : You can't fly in the face of a whole industry; these are NOT the standard technical terms used in this field.
19 mins
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Reference comments

33 mins
Reference:

flasher - to flash

Flash memory is an electronic non-volatile computer storage medium that can be electrically erased and reprogrammed.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flash_memory
La mémoire flash est une mémoire de masse à semi-conducteurs ré-inscriptible, c'est-à-dire une mémoire possédant les caractéristiques d'une mémoire vive mais dont les données ne disparaissent pas lors d'une mise hors tension.
http://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mémoire_flash

Flashing (or flashing firmware[4]) refers to the overwriting of existing firmware or data on ROM modules present in an electronic device with new data.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flashing_(technology)
L'utilisateur final n'a, d'ordinaire, pas accès directement au firmware mais peut parfois le modifier par l'installation de mises à jour pour profiter d'améliorations ou de corrections de bug. Pour cela il faut que le firmware réside dans certains types de mémoires ROM « reprogrammables », le plus souvent il s'agit d'EEPROM ou, depuis le milieu des années 1990, de mémoire flash (c'est-à-dire des EEPROM rapides).
http://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Firmware

Le flashage du BIOS est une mise à jour du BIOS par voie logicielle, c'est-à-dire un remplacement de la version du BIOS grâce à un programme.
http://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flasher_le_BIOS

33.900 liens Google pour « "BIOS" "flashé »
https://www.google.de/search?q="bas-saison"&lr=&hl=de&tbm=vi...
Peer comments on this reference comment:
agree Tony M
5 hrs
Thank you!
agree Daryo
1 day 11 hrs
Merci !
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