pm#causal_entity__agent something (animal or software agent) able to act
supertype: entity_playing_some_role causal_agent temporal_thing (aktp)
subtype: goal_directed_agent goal directed causal entity, e.g., a problem solver or an interactional agent
subtype: cognitive_agent__cognitiveagent for example an organization, an animal or an AI-agent
subtype: sentient_agent an agent that has rights but may or may not have responsibilities and the ability to reason; if the latter are present, then the agent is also a cognitive_agent; domesticated animals are an example of sentient_agents that are not also cognitive_agents
subtype: non_sentient_cognitive_agent e.g., AI_Agent
subtype: Legal-Agent agent with legal status, e.g., organizations and people
subtype: perhaps_goal_directed_causal_entity e.g., supernatural forces
subtype: without_goal_causal_entity non conscious entity and not AI_Agent
subtype: agentive_physical_object__APO something or someone that can act on its own and produce changes in the world
subtype: entity_that_can_be_or_was_alive e.g., an animal, a cell
subtype: sentient_agent an agent that has rights but may or may not have responsibilities and the ability to reason; if the latter are present, then the agent is also a cognitive_agent; domesticated animals are an example of sentient_agents that are not also cognitive_agents
subtype: living_physical_entity alive physical entity
subtype: living_thing__organism__being a living (or once living) entity that has (or can develop) the ability to act or function independently
subtype: cell the basic structural and functional unit of all organisms; cells may exist as independent units of life (as in monads) or may form colonies or tissues as in higher plants and animals
subtype: agentive_social_object__ASO
subtype: social_agent__SAG e.g., a legal person, a contractant
subtype: socially_constructed_person
subtype: social_unit
subtype: society__SC e.g., IBM, ONU
subtype: group
subtype: computer_code__code (computer science) the symbolic arrangement of data or instructions in a computer program or the set of such instructions
subtype: computer_address__address__addres (computer science) the code that identifies where a piece of information is stored
subtype: URL__uniform_resource_locator__universal_resource_locator the address of a web page on the world wide web
subtype: binary_code code using a string of 8 binary digits to represent characters
subtype: error_correction_code__ECC (computer science) a coding system that incorporates extra parity bits in order to detect errors
subtype: cyclic_redundancy_check an error correction code that is recorded in each sector of a magnetic disk and used to catch errors in the data
subtype: firmware (computer science) coded instructions that are stored permanently in read-only memory
subtype: machine_code__machinecode__machine_language__machinelanguage a set of instructions coded so that the computer can use it directly without further translation
subtype: object_code the machine-language output of a compiler that is ready for execution on a particular computer
subtype: operation_code__operationcode__order_code__ordercode the portion of a set of operation descriptions that specifies the operation to be performed; the set of operations in a computer
subtype: software__software_system__software_package__package (computer science) written programs or procedures or rules and associated documentation pertaining to the operation of a computer system and that are stored in read/write memory; "the market for software is expected to expand"
subtype: alpha_software__alphasoftware a first release of a software product that is usually tested only by the developers
subtype: authoring_language__authoringlanguage software that can be used to develop interactive computer programs without the technically demanding task of computer programming
subtype: beta_software pre-release software that has received an alpha test but still has more bugs than a regular release; "beta software is usually available only to particular users who will test it"
subtype: compatible_software software that can run on different computers without modification
subtype: compatible_software.software__compatiblesoftware application software programs that share common conventions so they can be utilized together
subtype: computer-aided_design__CAD software used in art and architecture and engineering and manufacturing to assist in precision drawing
subtype: freeware software that is provided without charge
subtype: groupware software that can be used by a group of people who are working on the same information but may be distributed in space
subtype: operating_system__operatingsystem__OS (computer science) software that controls the execution of computer programs and may provide various services
subtype: computer_program__program__programme__computer_programme (computer science) a sequence of instructions that a computer can interpret and execute; "the program required several hundred lines of code"
subtype: subroutine__routine__subprogram__procedure__function a set sequence of steps, part of larger computer program
subtype: shareware software that has been copyrighted but is sold to users with permission to copy it and give it to others
subtype: shrink-wrapped_software software on cd-roms that are boxed and shrink-wrapped and sold in stores (implying a widely supported standard platform)
subtype: supervisory_software__supervisorysoftware specialized programs that reside permanently in the computer's main memory and control the processing of user's programs
subtype: software_documentation__documentation program listings or technical manuals describing the operation and use of programs
subtype: DBMS__database_management_system a software system that facilitates the creation and maintenance and use of an electronic database
subtype: IR_system
subtype: KM_tool__knowledge_management_tool
subtype: instruction.computer_code__command__statement__program_line__programline (computer science) a line of code written as part of a computer program
subtype: call.computer_code an instruction that interrupts the program being executed; "Pascal performs calls by simply giving the name of the routine to be executed"
subtype: command_line__commandline commands that a user types in in order to run an application
subtype: link.computer_code (computing) an instruction that connects one part of a program or an element on a list to another program or list
subtype: macro_instruction__macroinstruction__macro a single computer instruction that results in a series of instructions in machine language
subtype: system_error an instruction that is either not recognized by an operating system or is in violation of the procedural rules
subtype: toggle.computer_code any instruction that works first one way and then the other; it turns something on the first time it is used and then turns it off the next time
instance: ASCII
1 schema is about causal_entity [graph1_on_causal_entity [any causal_entity (^$(no inheritance)$^)] ]; 1 statement is about a direct instance of causal_entity: graph1_on_description
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