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large scale

English translation: big in size and complex interacting systems

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English term or phrase:large scale
Selected answer:big in size and complex interacting systems
Entered by: Stephanie Ezrol

22:39 Jan 4, 2012
English language (monolingual) [PRO]
Tech/Engineering - Internet, e-Commerce
English term or phrase: large scale
In its brochure, a producer of product information and images says:

‘’ And we’re now the UK’s biggest provider of digital
image and data content for large-scale transactional websites.’’

‘’ We believe we are the best at providing large scale digital content to fulfil your online customers’ requirements.’’


Does the phrase ‘’large scale’’ as used in the second sentence (large scale content) simply mean ‘’in large quantities’’?


Thank you
Grzegorz Mysiński
Poland
Local time: 03:44
big in size and complex interacting systems
Explanation:
It appears that large scale, in the context of transactional systems or websites, refers to both the large amount of data but also the large amount of interactivity and the complexity of maintaining security in such a big interactive system.


transactional websites, in the United States, seem to be banking institutions as per the following US government reference:

Transactional Websites

"Transactional websites provide customers with the ability to conduct transactions through the financial institution's website by initiating banking transactions or buying products and services. Banking transactions can range from something as basic as a retail account balance inquiry to a large business-to-business funds transfer. E-banking services, like those delivered through other delivery channels, are typically classified based on the type of customer they support. The following table lists some of the common retail and wholesale e-banking services offered by financial institutions.

Since transactional websites typically enable the electronic exchange of confidential customer information and the transfer of funds, services provided through these websites expose a financial institution to higher risk than basic informational websites. Wholesale e-banking systems typically expose financial institutions to the highest risk per transaction, since commercial transactions usually involve larger dollar amounts. In addition to the risk issues associated with informational websites, examiners reviewing transactional e-banking services should consider the following issues:
http://ithandbook.ffiec.gov/it-booklets/e-banking/introducti...

Large-scale Transactional systems, which are not banks, seems to refer to a similarly very big (in scale) and large in complexity and security requirements, as per the following US government website:

he 2003 DoD ABIS system, modeled after FBI IAFIS, was a single modality system (fingerprint only) with the goal of expanding to additional modalities. If successful, the DoD Next Generation ABIS, slated for initial operating capabilities the summer of 2008, would be the first large-scale, transactional production environment migrating from a fingerprint-only system to one with fingerprint, palm, face, and iris modalities. Many companies and federal agencies have adopted the ABIS concept; however, integration challenges remain a concern. As a result of 9/11 and even earlier border control requirements, AFIS systems are migrating toward “real time” response. When IAFIS was initially funded in the early 1990s, the response time for tenprint searches at the FBI was measured in months. With the advent of IAFIS operations in the late 1990s, the response for criminal searches has been measured in hours or minutes. With NGI, the goal is to provide responses in seconds for high-risk, National Security encounters to be searched against the KST and a few other high priority files
http://www.biometriccoe.gov/_doc/SABER-TechAssessment-Vol-1 ...


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Stephanie Ezrol
United States
Local time: 21:44
Grading comment
Thank you Stephanie!
4 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer



SUMMARY OF ALL EXPLANATIONS PROVIDED
3 +2big in size and complex interacting systems
Stephanie Ezrol
4big in quantity OR made detailed
Yvonne Gallagher
3big business sites
José J. Martínez
4 -1the scope of the offered ecommerce web development is huge
Alexandra Taggart
Summary of reference entries provided
transactional website
Tony M

Discussion entries: 5





  

Answers


1 hr   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
big in quantity OR made detailed


Explanation:
1. Large in scope or extent.
2. Drawn or made large to show detail.

Two possible meanings here of large-scale. It can mean simply that the company is able to keep up with demand, has the capacity to fulfil orders (for 1st instance maybe?)

Or(/and)
that they can draw up images in large-scale to show detail


www.thefreedictionary.com/large-scale





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(Mathematics & Measurements / Surveying) (of maps and models) constructed or drawn to a big scale. ThesaurusLegend: Synonyms Related Words Antonyms ...

Large-scale farms - Large-scale map - Large-Scale Integration

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the fact this is about imafges and photography I feel that bith meanings of "large-scale" could be involved here.

www.answers.com › Library › Literature & Language


large-scale ( ) adj. Large in scope or extent. Drawn or made large to show detail.


www.eps.mq.edu.au/courses/GEOS264/maps/mapch2/lscale.htm





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Large scale and small scale are subjective terms. For example a town planner who is used to working with plans at 1:1000, may consider 1:25 000 a small scale ...


Yvonne Gallagher
Ireland
Local time: 02:44
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
neutral  Tony M: I feel this is really nothing to do with 'drawn to a large scale' — note it is the websites that are large scale, not the images.
7 hrs
  -> Thanks Tony, yeah, that's what I initially thought. Then I considered possibility of "digital CONTENT" as possible large-scale images (rather than just a lot of them) since original heading was Photography/Art and not e-Commerce:-)
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3 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5
big business sites


Explanation:
My alternative...

José J. Martínez
United States
Local time: 18:44
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish, Native in SpanishSpanish

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
disagree  Tony M: Unfortunately, 'big business' has a quite specific other meaning that would be inappropriate here / That's my whole point: Amazon is a large business, their activity is certainly 'big business' — but in EN you can't say it's a 'big business site'!!
5 hrs
  -> big business sites..they are possibly referring to Amazon types
agree  Alexandra Taggart: Besides documentation, mentioned transactionz are of :http://news.thomasnet.com/companystory/Leading-Credit-Suppli...
6 hrs
  -> thanks, you did understand...they are possibly referring to Amazon types
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4 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5 peer agreement (net): +2
big in size and complex interacting systems


Explanation:
It appears that large scale, in the context of transactional systems or websites, refers to both the large amount of data but also the large amount of interactivity and the complexity of maintaining security in such a big interactive system.


transactional websites, in the United States, seem to be banking institutions as per the following US government reference:

Transactional Websites

"Transactional websites provide customers with the ability to conduct transactions through the financial institution's website by initiating banking transactions or buying products and services. Banking transactions can range from something as basic as a retail account balance inquiry to a large business-to-business funds transfer. E-banking services, like those delivered through other delivery channels, are typically classified based on the type of customer they support. The following table lists some of the common retail and wholesale e-banking services offered by financial institutions.

Since transactional websites typically enable the electronic exchange of confidential customer information and the transfer of funds, services provided through these websites expose a financial institution to higher risk than basic informational websites. Wholesale e-banking systems typically expose financial institutions to the highest risk per transaction, since commercial transactions usually involve larger dollar amounts. In addition to the risk issues associated with informational websites, examiners reviewing transactional e-banking services should consider the following issues:
http://ithandbook.ffiec.gov/it-booklets/e-banking/introducti...

Large-scale Transactional systems, which are not banks, seems to refer to a similarly very big (in scale) and large in complexity and security requirements, as per the following US government website:

he 2003 DoD ABIS system, modeled after FBI IAFIS, was a single modality system (fingerprint only) with the goal of expanding to additional modalities. If successful, the DoD Next Generation ABIS, slated for initial operating capabilities the summer of 2008, would be the first large-scale, transactional production environment migrating from a fingerprint-only system to one with fingerprint, palm, face, and iris modalities. Many companies and federal agencies have adopted the ABIS concept; however, integration challenges remain a concern. As a result of 9/11 and even earlier border control requirements, AFIS systems are migrating toward “real time” response. When IAFIS was initially funded in the early 1990s, the response time for tenprint searches at the FBI was measured in months. With the advent of IAFIS operations in the late 1990s, the response for criminal searches has been measured in hours or minutes. With NGI, the goal is to provide responses in seconds for high-risk, National Security encounters to be searched against the KST and a few other high priority files
http://www.biometriccoe.gov/_doc/SABER-TechAssessment-Vol-1 ...




Stephanie Ezrol
United States
Local time: 21:44
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: English
PRO pts in category: 4
Grading comment
Thank you Stephanie!

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Tony M: I suspect this is actually to do with e.g. mail-order sites that require masses of photos etc. + constant updating. I think 'transactional' just means 'where transactions are performed' (i.e. not simply providing information)
4 hrs
agree  Jenni Lukac (X)
5 hrs
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9 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): -1
the scope of the offered ecommerce web development is huge


Explanation:
They are the Ecommerce Website Developers; mainly it is about the size of the offered website for big business:
http://www.ecommerce-web-developers.com/Portfolio

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Note added at 9 hrs (2012-01-05 08:13:04 GMT)
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By "big business" I mean those, who are obliged to use the most complex banking systems, like M&A.

Alexandra Taggart
Russian Federation
Local time: 04:44
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish, Native in RussianRussian

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
disagree  Tony M: The source text does not mention 'scope' or 'ecommerce web development'; note this kind of website is not specifically confined to 'big business', which would in any case risk being out of register here. / Not at all, Stéphanie has the right answer!
30 mins
  -> You contradict yourself by agreeing with Stephanie.
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Reference comments


9 hrs
Reference: transactional website

Reference information:
Definition from Microsoft:

Transactional Website?
Could someone please provide the definition of a Transactional Website?
Technician

The term transactional , as it is used here, indicates a bidirectional flow of data, typically to and from a database. ...

Source:
http://www.microsoft.com/technet/prodtechnol/windows2000serv...

5 years ago

Tony M
France
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 4
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