French term (edited): déporté

I wonder if you did a term seacrh to check in the glossary? This is a term that has come up before, and as I recall, this is one of the answers I suggested on a previous occasion.

'déporté' usually suggests that something has been located at a certain distance from something else — quite what, where, and how far depends very largely on the context, but 'remote' can often work, even if the distance is only short (as is often the case with computer-type equipment).

If you can tell us a bit more about the type and configuration of the actual equipment concerned, we might be able to help you better.

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Note added at 8 minutes (2012-02-23 15:44:04 GMT)
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Note that in technical parlance we do use the verb 'to remote', and hence 'remoted', in a similar way to 'déporter', even though this usage may be unfamiliar in everyday speech.

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Note added at 28 minutes (2012-02-23 16:04:02 GMT)
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'Basic' questions is not a problem — but do try a term search before asking, if nothing else because the previous discussion, even if it doesn't actually provide the answer you need, may at least inform your own question.

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Note added at 1 heure (2012-02-23 16:53:18 GMT)
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We might say something like:

"The control for the lights was remoted to a switch nearer the door"

or:

"The tiny reset button, hidden deep inside the machine, was brought out to a more accessible push-button on the front panel."