empreinte informatique unique

English translation: checksum (unique digital control code / unique digital file signature)

14:40 Oct 19, 2019
French to English translations [PRO]
Bus/Financial - Computers (general)
French term or phrase: empreinte informatique unique
This is in the context of a digital storage agreement for a customer's assets (movies/sound recordings, etc).

The term in question is "empreinte informatique unique".
They talk abut doing a data integrity check. So while Ingesting (a term used for adding an asset to the digital storage), ________ is automatically calculated (checksum).
However, what is this? Anyone know?

Context:

2) Prestations techniques spécifiques

Dans le cadre du présent Contrat, le Prestataire prendra en charge les opérations suivantes:

Contrôle de l’intégrité des données: lors de l’Ingest d’un nouvel Asset, une empreinte informatique unique est calculée automatiquement (checksum).

Cette empreinte est recalculée automatiquement de façon périodique et comparée à l’originale.

Indexation technique des fichiers.
Donovan Libring
Local time: 22:21
English translation:checksum (unique digital control code / unique digital file signature)
Explanation:
you could add a translation for "empreinte informatique unique", but it would be like adding "a four wheel motor vehicle" after "a car". It could still make sense as an explanation for non-IT people:

empreinte informatique unique = unique digital control code

what they are worried about in this ST is preserving the archived files as they are when initially stored.

The method used for that is given in the ST - the use of "checksums" - supposed to be (and for all practical purposes are) unique to each file they are computed for.

A checksum is a small-sized datum derived from a block of digital data for the purpose of detecting errors that may have been introduced during its transmission or storage. It is usually applied to an installation file after it is received from the download server. By themselves, checksums are often used to verify data integrity but are not relied upon to verify data authenticity.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Checksum

Somme de contrôle

La somme de contrôle ou checksum en anglais, parfois appelée « empreinte », est un nombre qu'on ajoute à un message à transmettre pour permettre au récepteur de vérifier que le message reçu est bien celui qui a été envoyé. L'ajout d'une somme de contrôle à un message est une forme de contrôle par redondance.

https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Somme_de_contrôle

this article is about transmission of data, but the same method of "checksums" can be used for verifying the integrity of any file kept in storage - even the smallest alteration of a huge file will change its checksum.


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Note added at 1 day 3 hrs (2019-10-20 17:44:46 GMT)
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"unique digital fingerprint" would also work
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Daryo
United Kingdom
Local time: 21:21
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Summary of answers provided
5 +1checksum (unique digital control code / unique digital file signature)
Daryo
3 +1unqiue digital footprint
Pritha Bhatnagar


Discussion entries: 2





  

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1 hr   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5 peer agreement (net): +1
unqiue digital footprint


Explanation:
Like individuals, companies also possess digital footprints that can be misused or leveraged for benefit; so I believe this refers to checks for risks, if any, that might become visible through an asset's footprint ...


    https://www.networkworld.com/article/2975027/securing-the-enterprise-digital-footprint.html
    https://www.riskiq.com/products/digital-footprint/
Pritha Bhatnagar
India
Local time: 02:51
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish, Native in HindiHindi

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Yolanda Broad: Note spelling: unique digital footprint.
7 hrs

disagree  Daryo: "They talk about doing a data integrity check" => it's about digital files, not companies and the hardware they use.
22 hrs

neutral  SafeTex: Daryo is right on this and the answer was actually in the original text to help readers. I have FreeC ommander on my computer and it has this feature.
3 days 13 hrs

agree  Yvonne Gallagher: unique and "fingerprint" preferable to "footprint"
9 days
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1 day 2 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5 peer agreement (net): +1
empreinte informatique unique [d'un fichier numérique]
checksum (unique digital control code / unique digital file signature)


Explanation:
you could add a translation for "empreinte informatique unique", but it would be like adding "a four wheel motor vehicle" after "a car". It could still make sense as an explanation for non-IT people:

empreinte informatique unique = unique digital control code

what they are worried about in this ST is preserving the archived files as they are when initially stored.

The method used for that is given in the ST - the use of "checksums" - supposed to be (and for all practical purposes are) unique to each file they are computed for.

A checksum is a small-sized datum derived from a block of digital data for the purpose of detecting errors that may have been introduced during its transmission or storage. It is usually applied to an installation file after it is received from the download server. By themselves, checksums are often used to verify data integrity but are not relied upon to verify data authenticity.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Checksum

Somme de contrôle

La somme de contrôle ou checksum en anglais, parfois appelée « empreinte », est un nombre qu'on ajoute à un message à transmettre pour permettre au récepteur de vérifier que le message reçu est bien celui qui a été envoyé. L'ajout d'une somme de contrôle à un message est une forme de contrôle par redondance.

https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Somme_de_contrôle

this article is about transmission of data, but the same method of "checksums" can be used for verifying the integrity of any file kept in storage - even the smallest alteration of a huge file will change its checksum.


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Note added at 1 day 3 hrs (2019-10-20 17:44:46 GMT)
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"unique digital fingerprint" would also work

Daryo
United Kingdom
Local time: 21:21
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: Native in SerbianSerbian, Native in FrenchFrench
PRO pts in category: 20

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  SafeTex: Seems the answer was in the question so this is of course right
2 days 11 hrs
  -> They didn't add the EN term for no reason - probably to avoid any doubts about the exact meaning and also mistakes in back-translating the term. Thanks!

agree  Michael Confais (X)
2 days 20 hrs
  -> Merci!

disagree  GILOU: vous confondez avec la somme de contrôle, c'est du contresens
3 days 9 hrs
  -> autres chats à fouetter que de répondre à des commentaires sans queue ni tête. ...
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