<s>
TERMIUM	B-Application
Plus	I-Application
is	O
an	O
electronic	O
linguistic	O
and	O
terminological	O
database	O
operated	O
and	O
maintained	O
by	O
the	O
Translation	O
Bureau	O
of	O
Public	O
Services	O
and	O
Procurement	O
Canada	O
,	O
a	O
department	O
of	O
the	O
federal	O
government	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
TERMIUM	B-Application
Plus	I-Application
was	O
initially	O
developed	O
by	O
the	O
Université	O
de	O
Montréal	O
in	O
October	O
1970	O
,	O
under	O
the	O
name	O
Banque	O
de	O
Terminologie	O
de	O
l’Université	O
de	O
Montréal	O
(	O
BTUM	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
January	O
1976	O
,	O
the	O
Secretary	O
of	O
State	O
officially	O
acquired	O
BTUM	O
,	O
and	O
renamed	O
the	O
database	O
TERMIUM	B-Application
(	O
TERMInologie	O
Université	O
de	O
Montréal	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
As	O
terminological	O
records	O
grew	O
in	O
the	O
TERMIUM	B-Application
database	O
,	O
the	O
Canadian	O
government	O
received	O
a	O
proposal	O
in	O
1985	O
from	O
a	O
Toronto-based	O
company	O
to	O
launch	O
TERMIUM	B-Application
in	O
a	O
CD-ROM	B-Device
format	O
,	O
in	O
order	O
to	O
make	O
the	O
database	O
more	O
accessible	O
to	O
users	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
By	O
fall	O
of	O
1987	O
,	O
a	O
pilot	O
project	O
for	O
CD-ROM	B-Device
was	O
launched	O
to	O
investigate	O
the	O
responses	O
from	O
its	O
users	O
,	O
which	O
included	O
services	O
under	O
the	O
Translation	O
Bureau	O
and	O
other	O
private	O
Canadian	O
companies	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
By	O
1990	O
,	O
TERMIUM	B-Application
on	O
CD-ROM	B-Device
was	O
commercially	O
available	O
through	O
subscription	O
(	O
with	O
an	O
annual	O
fee	O
of	O
$	O
1,100	O
to	O
$	O
1,500	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
1996	O
,	O
TERMIUM	B-Application
on	O
CD-ROM	B-Device
received	O
an	O
award	O
from	O
ATIO	O
(	O
the	O
Association	O
of	O
Translators	O
and	O
Interpreters	O
of	O
Ontario	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
October	O
2009	O
,	O
TERMIUM	B-Application
Plus	I-Application
and	O
an	O
array	O
of	O
language	O
tools	O
under	O
the	O
Language	O
Portal	O
of	O
Canada	O
were	O
launched	O
with	O
free	O
online	O
access	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
TERMIUM	B-Application
was	O
initially	O
developed	O
to	O
contain	O
terminological	O
records	O
in	O
both	O
of	O
Canada	O
’s	O
official	O
languages	O
(	O
English	O
and	O
French	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Currently	O
,	O
there	O
is	O
a	O
vast	O
collection	O
of	O
specialized	O
domains	O
and	O
fields	O
covered	O
by	O
TERMIUM	B-Application
Plus	I-Application
,	O
ranging	O
from	O
administration	O
(	O
including	O
appellations	O
)	O
,	O
arts	O
,	O
sciences	O
to	O
law	O
and	O
justice	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Aside	O
from	O
the	O
millions	O
of	O
entries	O
recorded	O
by	O
TERMIUM	B-Application
Plus	I-Application
,	O
the	O
database	O
also	O
contains	O
writing	O
tools	O
for	O
both	O
the	O
English	O
and	O
French	O
language	O
(	O
such	O
as	O
The	O
Canadian	O
Style	O
,	O
a	O
writing	O
style	O
guide	O
;	O
and	O
Dictionnaire	O
des	O
cooccurrences	O
,	O
a	O
guide	O
to	O
French	O
collocations	B-General_Concept
)	O
,	O
archived	O
glossaries	O
,	O
as	O
well	O
as	O
a	O
link	O
to	O
the	O
Language	O
Portal	O
of	O
Canada	O
(	O
containing	O
various	O
French	O
and	O
English	O
writing	O
resources	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
