#writing.symbols letters or symbols written or imprinted on a surface to represent the sounds or words of a language; "he turned the paper over so the writing wouldn't show"; "the doctor's writing was illegible"
supertype: #written_communication__writtencommunication__written_language__writtenlanguage communication by means of written symbols
subtype: #orthography__writing_system__writingsystem a method of representing the sounds of a language by written or printed symbols
subtype: #script a particular orthography or writing system
subtype: #Arabic_script__Arabic an alphabetic script used to write the Arabic dialects (and borrowed to write Urdu)
subtype: #Avestan the script in which the ancient Persian language of the Avesta is written
subtype: #uncial a style of orthography characterized by somewhat rounded capital letters; found especially in Greek and Latin manuscripts of the 4th to 8th centuries
subtype: #Armenian_alphabet__Armenian a writing system having an alphabet of 38 letters in which the Armenian language is written
subtype: #spelling forming words with letters according to the principles underlying accepted usage
subtype: #misspelling a spelling that is incorrect
subtype: #picture_writing__picturewriting a writing system using pictographs
subtype: #alphabetic_writing__alphabetic_script a writing system based on alphabetic characters
subtype: #boustrophedon an ancient writing system: having alternate lines written in opposite directions; literally "as the ox ploughs"
subtype: #cuneiform an ancient wedge-shaped script used in Mesopotamia and Persia
subtype: #Babylonian.cuneiform__babylonian the ideographic and syllabic writing system in which the ancient Babylonian language was written
subtype: #syllabary__syllabic_script a writing system whose characters represent syllables
subtype: #Devanagari_script__Devanagari__Nagari__Nagari_script a syllabic script used in writing Sanskrit and Hindi
instance: #Linear_B
subtype: #ideography the use of ideograms in writing
subtype: #hieroglyph__hieroglyphic a writing system using picture symbols; used in ancient Egypt
subtype: #hieratic_script__hieratic a cursive form of Egyptian hieroglyphics; used especially by the priests
subtype: #point_system.orthography__pointsystem a system of writing or printing using patterns of raised dots that can be read by touch
subtype: #Braille a point system of writing in which patterns of raised dots represent letters and numerals
instance: #Linear_A
subtype: #coding_system a system of signals used to represent letters or numbers in transmitting messages
subtype: #code a coding system used for transmitting messages requiring brevity or secrecy
subtype: #area_code a number usually of 3 digits assigned to a telephone area as in the US and Canada
subtype: #bar_code__barcode__universalproductcode code consisting of a series of vertical bars of variable width that are scanned by a laser; printed on consumer product packages to identify the item for a computer that provides the price and registers inventory information
subtype: #color_code__colorcode system using colors to designate classifications
subtype: #secret_code__cipher__cypher__cryptograph a secret method of writing
subtype: #international_Morse_code__Morse__Morse_code a telegraph code in which letters and numbers are represented by strings of dots and dashes (short and long signals)
subtype: #zip_code__zipcode__postal_code a code of letters and digits added to a postal address to aid in the sorting of mail
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: #DOS__disk_operating_system an operating system that is on a disk
subtype: #MS-DOS__Microsoft_disk_operating_system an operating system developed by Bill Gates for personal computers
subtype: #UNIX__UNIX_operating_system__UNIX_system a powerful operating system developed at the Bell Telephone Laboratories
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: #application_program__applicationprogram__application__applications_programme a program that gives a computer instructions that provide the user with tools to accomplish a task; "he has tried several different word processing applications"
subtype: #active_application an application that is currently running and in the foreground
subtype: #applet a Java application; an application program that uses the client's web browser to provide a user interface
subtype: #web_browser__webbrowser__browser a program used to view HTML documents
subtype: #Mosaic a freeware browser
subtype: #Netscape a commercial browser
subtype: #natural_language_processor__natural_language_processing_application an application program that deals with natural language text
subtype: #disambiguator (computer science) a natural language processing application that tries to determine the intended meaning of a word or phrase by examining the linguistic context in which it is used
subtype: #job.application_program (computer science) a program application that may consist of several steps but is a single logical unit
subtype: #word_processor__word_processing_system an application that provides the user with tools needed to write and edit and format text and to send it to a printer
subtype: #editor_program__editor (computer science) a program designed to perform such editorial functions as rearrangement or modification or deletion of data
subtype: #linkage_editor__linkageeditor an editor program that creates one module from several by resolving cross-references among the modules
subtype: #text_editor (computer science) an application that can be used to create and view and edit text files
subtype: pm#Emacs_text_editor
subtype: is#graph_editor__grapheditor__graph_graphical-editor__graphgraphicaleditor
subtype: is#hierarchy_editor__hierarchyeditor a graph editor tailored to ease the display and edition of hierarchies
subtype: km#taxonomy_graphical_editor
subtype: is#hyperbolic_graph_editor
subtype: km#knowledge_graphical_editor__knowledgegraphicaleditor
subtype: km#taxonomy_graphical_editor
subtype: km#CG_graphical_editor
subtype: km#Charger
subtype: km#FCA_structure_graphical_editor graphic editor of FCA objects
subtype: #loop.computer_program a computer program that performs a series of instructions repeatedly until some specified condition is satisfied
subtype: #patch.computer_program a short set of commands to correct a bug in a computer program
subtype: #assembler__assembly_program a program to convert assembly language into machine language
subtype: #checking_program a program that examines other computer programs for syntax errors
subtype: #compiler__compiling_program__compilingprogram (computer science) a program that decodes instructions written in a higher order language and produces an assembly language program
subtype: #C_compiler a compiler for programs written in C
subtype: #Fortran_compiler a compiler for programs written in Fortran
subtype: #LISP_compiler a compiler for programs written in LISP
subtype: #Pascal_compiler a compiler for programs written in Pascal
subtype: #debugger a program that helps in locating and correcting programming errors
subtype: #user_interface__interface (computer science) a program that controls a display for the user (usually on a computer monitor) and that allows the user to interact with the system
subtype: #command_line_interface__CLI a user interface in which you type commands instead of choosing them from a menu or selecting an icon
subtype: #graphical_user_interface__GUI a user interface based on graphics (icons and pictures and menus) instead of text; uses a mouse as well as a keyboard as an input device
subtype: is#2D_user_interface
subtype: is#3D_user_interface
subtype: is#HTML_based_interface
subtype: is#graph_visualization_interface__graphvisualizationinterface
subtype: is#display-only_graph_viewer
subtype: is#graph_editor__grapheditor__graph_graphical-editor__graphgraphicaleditor
subtype: is#user_interface
subtype: is#non-graphical_user_interface
subtype: is#procedure_call_interface
subtype: is#network-accessible_procedure_call_interface
subtype: is#RPC_interface__Remote_Procedure_Call_interface__remoteprocedurecallinterface
subtype: is#API__application_programming_interface__applicationprogramminginterface
subtype: is#command_based_interface__commandbasedinterface
subtype: is#network-accessible_command_based_interface
subtype: is#OKBC_interface
subtype: is#CGI-accessible_command_based_interface
subtype: is#direct_command_based_interface__shell
subtype: is#sh
subtype: is#ksh
subtype: is#csh
subtype: is#graphical_user_interface
subtype: is#network-accessible_interface
subtype: is#Web_based_interface
subtype: is#HTML_based_interface
subtype: is#CGI_based_interface
subtype: is#network-accessible_procedure_call_interface
subtype: is#network-accessible_command_based_interface
subtype: #interpretive_program__interpreter (computer science) a program that translates and executes source language statements one line at a time
subtype: #job_control__jobcontrol a program that is called to prepare each job to be run
subtype: #library_program__libraryprogram a program in a program library
subtype: #monitor_program__monitoring_program a program that observes and regulates and controls or verifies the operations of a data-processing system
subtype: #object_program__target_program a fully compiled or assembled program ready to be loaded into the computer
subtype: #source_program a program written in a language from which statements are translated into machine language
subtype: #relocatable_program__relocatableprogram a program that can be located in different parts of memory at different times
subtype: #reusable_program a program that can be loaded once and executed repeatedly
subtype: #search_engine a computer program that retrieves documents or files or data from a database or from a computer network (especially from the internet)
subtype: #self-adapting_program a program that can change its performance in response to its environment
subtype: #spreadsheet a screen-oriented interactive program enabling a user to lay out financial data on the screen
subtype: #supervisory_program__supervisoryprogram__supervisor__executive_program__executiveprogram a program that controls the execution of other programs
subtype: #syntax_checker a program to check natural language syntax
subtype: #system_program__systems_program__systemsprogram__systems_software__systemssoftware a program (as an operating system or compiler or utility program) that controls some aspect of the operation of a computer
subtype: #translating_program__translatingprogram__translator a program that translates one programming language into another
subtype: #utility_program__utilityprogram__utility__service_program__serviceprogram (computer science) a program designed for general support of the processes of a computer; "a computer system provides utility programs to perform the tasks needed by most users"
subtype: #device_driver__driver (computer science) a program that determines how a computer will communicate with a peripheral device
subtype: #diagnostic_program a program that recognizes and explains faults in the equipment or mistakes in a computer program
subtype: #input_program__inputprogram a utility program that organizes the input to a computer
subtype: #output_program a utility program that organizes the output of a computer
subtype: #sort_program__sorting_program__sortingprogram a utility program that sorts data items
subtype: #trace_program__traceprogram a utility program that exhibits the sequence and results of executing the instructions in another program
subtype: #snapshot_program a trace program that produces output for selected conditions
subtype: is#script program witten with an interpreted language
subtype: is#class_script__classscript script associated to a class
subtype: is#object_script script associated to a class instance (that is not a class itself
subtype: is#global_script script that is not associated to an object or a class
subtype: is#program_written_in_a_certain_language
subtype: #LISP_program a program written in LISP
subtype: #FORTRAN_program a program written in FORTRAN
subtype: #C_program a program written in C
subtype: #subroutine__routine__subprogram__procedure__function a set sequence of steps, part of larger computer program
subtype: #cataloged_procedure__catalogedprocedure a set of control statements that have been placed in a library and can be retrieved by name
subtype: #contingency_procedure__contingencyprocedure an alternative to the normal procedure; triggered if an unusual but anticipated situation arises
subtype: #library_routine__libraryroutine a debugged routine that is maintained in a program library
subtype: #random_number_generator a routine designed to yield a random number
subtype: #recursive_routine__recursiveroutine a routine that can call itself
subtype: #reusable_routine a routine that can be loaded once and executed repeatedly
subtype: #supervisory_routine__supervisoryroutine__executive_routine__executiveroutine a routine that coordinates the operation of subroutines
subtype: #tracing_routine a routine that provides a chronological record of the execution of a computer program
subtype: #utility_routine__utilityroutine__service_routine__serviceroutine a routine that can be used as needed
subtype: #dump_routine a routine that writes from an internal store to some external medium
subtype: #input_routine__inputroutine a routine that writes from an external source to an internal store
subtype: #output_routine a routine that controls an output device
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: #RDBMS__relational_database_management_system a database management system designed to manage a relational database
subtype: #ODBMS__OODBMS__object-oriented_database_management_system $("ODBMS" added as key, "OODBMS" added)$a database management system designed to manage an object-oriented database
subtype: is#ORDBMS__object-relational_DBMS__extended_RDBM DBMS mixing features from RDBMSs and ODBMSs but not being a genuine RDBMS nor ODBMS
subtype: is#in_memory_ORDBMS
subtype: is#Gigabase
subtype: is#DDBMS
subtype: is#in_memory_DBMS__IMDBMS DBMS loading/mapping the whole database in main memory before answering a query
subtype: is#in_memory_ODBMS
subtype: is#FastDB
subtype: is#federated_DBMS__multi_DBMS
subtype: is#IR_system
subtype: is#distributed_IR_system
subtype: is#distributed_hypertext_IR_system__distributedhypertextirsystem e.g. the WWW
subtype: is#WWW
subtype: is#Semantic_Web
subtype: #hypertext_system__hypertextsystem a database management system that allows chunks of text (objects) to be processed as a complex network of nodes that are linked together in an arbitrary way
subtype: km#KM_tool__knowledge_management_tool
subtype: km#knowledge_base_system__KBS
subtype: km#KBMS
subtype: km#graph_based_KBMS
subtype: km#SNEPSwD
subtype: km#CG_based_KBMS
subtype: km#CGWorld
subtype: km#PROLOG\+CG
subtype: km#CoGITaNT
subtype: km#Notio
subtype: km#WebKB
subtype: km#WebKB-1__WebKB_private_annotation_tool
subtype: km#WebKB-2__WebKB_shared_annotation_tool
subtype: km#inference_engine__inferenceengine
subtype: km#KA_tool
subtype: km#KADS_tool
subtype: km#terminological_analysis_tool
subtype: km#ACABIT
subtype: km#LEXTER
subtype: km#TERMS
subtype: km#XTract
subtype: km#knowledge_based_IR_system
subtype: km#WebKB
subtype: km#CGKAT
subtype: km#knowledge_interface_generator__knowledgeinterfacegenerator
subtype: km#knowledge_graphical_editor__knowledgegraphicaleditor
subtype: km#language/structure_specific_tool
subtype: km#CG_related_tool__cgrelatedtool
subtype: km#CG_based_KBMS
subtype: km#CG_graphical_editor
subtype: km#NL_parser_with_CG_output
subtype: km#ontology_management_tool
subtype: km#FCA_tool
subtype: km#FCA_structure_graphical_editor graphic editor of FCA objects
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: #function_call a call that passes control to a subroutine; after the subroutine is executed control returns to the next instruction in main program
subtype: #system_call__supervisor_call_instruction an instruction that interrupts the program being executed and passes control to the supervisor
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: #hyperlink a link from a hypertext file to another location or file; typically activated by clicking on a highlighted word or icon at a particular location on the screen
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
subtype: #capitalization.writing__capitalisation writing in capital letters
subtype: #typing__typewriting writing done with a typewriter
subtype: #double-spacing typing that leaves alternate lines blank
subtype: #single-spacing typing that does not leave lines blank
subtype: #triple-spacing typing that leaves two lines blank between lines of typing
subtype: #touch_typing__touchtyping__touch_system__touchsystem typewriting in which the fingers are trained to hit particular keys; typist can read and type at the same time
subtype: #printing.writing text written in the style of printed matter
subtype: #handwriting.writing__hand__script something written by hand; "she recognized his handwriting"; "his hand was illegible"
subtype: #shorthand__stenography a method of writing rapidly
subtype: #longhand__running_hand__runninghand__cursive rapid handwriting in which letters are set down in full and cursively connected within words without lifting the writing implement from the paper
subtype: #copperplate.longhand a fine style of handwriting based on the writing used on copperplate engravings
subtype: #italic a style of handwriting with the letters slanting to the right
subtype: #round_hand__roundhand a clearly written style of longhand with large round curves
subtype: #calligraphy__penmanship beautiful handwriting
subtype: #scribble__scratch__cacography poor handwriting
subtype: #squiggle an illegible scrawl
subtype: #hieroglyphic__hieroglyph writing that resembles hieroglyphics (usually by being illegible)
subtype: #skywriting writing formed in the sky by smoke released from an airplane
subtype: #printing_process__printing reproduction by applying ink to paper as for publication
subtype: #typography.printing_process__composition art and technique of printing with movable type
subtype: #relief_printing__letterpress__letterpres printing from a plate with raised characters
subtype: #intaglio_printing printing from a plate with depressed characters
subtype: #photogravure printing from an intaglio plate prepared by photographic methods
subtype: #rotogravure.photogravure printing by transferring an image from a photogravure plate to a cylinder in a rotary press
subtype: #process_printing__processprinting a method of printing colored reproductions from halftone plates
subtype: #planographic_printing__planography the process of printing from a surface on which the printing areas are not raised but are ink-receptive (as opposed to ink repellent)
subtype: #collotype_printing__collotypeprinting__collotype__photogelation_process__photogelationproces a kind of color printing, used for the finest facsimile reproductions of works of art
subtype: #lithography.planographic_printing a method of planographic printing from a metal or stone surface
subtype: #photolithography a planographic printing process using plates made from a photographic image
subtype: #chromolithography single- or multi-color lithography
subtype: #offset_lithography offset printing by lithography
subtype: #offset_printing__offset a plate makes an inked impression on a rubber-blanketed cylinder, which in turn transfers it to the paper
subtype: #photo-offset_printing__photo-offset__photooffset a method of offset printing using photomechanical plates
subtype: #letterset_printing__lettersetprinting image is transferred from a relief type plate to a roller
subtype: #carbon_process a process of printing on paper coated with bichromated gelatin containing pigment
subtype: #notation__notational_system a technical system of symbols used to represent special things
subtype: #mathematical_notation a notation used by mathematicians
subtype: #numeration_system__number_system__number_representation_system__system_of_numeration any notation for the representation of numbers
subtype: #positional_notation__positional_representation_system a numeration system in which a real number is represented by an ordered set of characters where the value of a character depends on its position
subtype: #pure_binary_numeration_system__binary_numeration_system__binary_number_system__binary_system a positional system of numeration that uses binary digits and a radix of 2
subtype: #octal_numeration_system__octal_number_system a positional system of numeration that uses octal digits and a radix of 8
subtype: #decimal_numeration_system__decimal_number_system__decimal_system__decimalsystem a positional system of numeration that uses decimal digits and a base of 10
subtype: #algorism.decimal_numeration_system the Arabic (or decimal) system of numeration
subtype: #hexadecimal_number_system__sexadecimal_number_system__hexadecimal_system__hexadecimalsystem a positional system of numeration that uses hexadecimal digits and a radix of 16
subtype: #binary_notation any notation that uses 2 characters (usually 0 and 1)
subtype: #decimal_notation__decimalnotation any notation that uses 10 different characters (usually the digits 0 to 9)
subtype: #octal_notation__octalnotation any mathematical notation that uses 8 different characters (usually the digits 0 to 7)
subtype: #hexadecimal_notation__hexadecimalnotation__sexadecimal_notation__sexadecimalnotation any notation that uses 16 different characters
subtype: #sign.mathematical_notation a character indicating a relation between quantities; "don't forget the minus sign"
subtype: #equals_sign a sign indicating that the quantities on either side are equal
subtype: #plus_sign a sign indicating the operation of addition
subtype: #minus_sign__minussign a sign indicating the operation of subtraction
subtype: #decimal_point__decimalpoint__percentage_point the dot at the left of a decimal fraction
subtype: #exponent.mathematical_notation__power__index a mathematical notation indicating the number of times a quantity is multiplied by itself
subtype: #degree.exponent the highest power of a term or variable
subtype: #degree_of_a_term the sum of the exponents of the variables in the term
subtype: #degree_of_a_polynomial the degree of the term in the polynomial that has the highest degree
subtype: #logarithm__log the exponent required to produce a given number
subtype: #common_logarithm a logarithm to the base 10
subtype: #natural_logarithm__naturallogarithm__Napierian_logarithm a logarithm to the base e
subtype: #radical_sign__radicalsign__radical a sign placed in front of an expression to denote that a root is to be extracted
subtype: #fixed-point_notation__fixedpointnotation__fixed-point_representation_system a radix numeration system in which the location of the decimal point is fixed by convention
subtype: #floating-point_notation__floating-point_representation_system a radix numeration system in which the location of the decimal point is indicated by an exponent of the radix; the floating-point representation of 0.0012 is 0.12-2 where -2 is the exponent
subtype: #infix_notation__infixnotation a notation for forming mathematical expressions using parentheses and governed by rules of operator precedence; operators are dispersed among the operands
subtype: #parenthesis-free_notation a notation for forming mathematical expressions that does not use parentheses to delimit components
subtype: #prefix_notation__Lukasiewicz_notation__Polish_notation a parenthesis-free notation for forming mathematical expressions in which each operator precedes its operands
subtype: #postfix_notation__postfixnotation__suffix_notation__reverse_Polish_notation a parenthesis-free notation for forming mathematical expressions in which each operator follows its operands
subtype: #musical_notation__musicalnotation a notation used by musicians
subtype: #bar_line__barline a vertical line marking the boundary between musical bars
subtype: #double_bar notation marking the end of principal parts of a musical composition; two adjacent bar lines
subtype: #tablature a musical notation indicating the fingering to be used
subtype: #musical_scale__scale a series of notes differing in pitch according to a specific scheme (usually within an octave)
subtype: #gamut.musical_scale the entire scale of musical notes
subtype: #diatonic_scale a scale with eight notes in an octave; all but two are separated by whole tones
subtype: #musical_mode__musicalmode__mode any of various fixed orders of the various diatonic notes within an octave
subtype: #ecclesiastical_mode__Gregorian_mode__church_mode__medieval_mode any of a system of modes used in Gregorian chants up until 1600; derived historically from the Greek mode
subtype: #Greek_mode any of the descending diatonic scales in the music of classical Greece
subtype: #major_scale__majorscale__major_diatonic_scale a diatonic scale with notes separated by whole tones except for the 3rd and 4th and 7th and 8th
subtype: #minor_scale__minorscale__minor_diatonic_scale a diatonic scale with notes separated by whole tones except for the 2nd and 3rd and 5th and 6th
subtype: #chromatic_scale__chromaticscale a 12-note scale including all the semitones of the octave
subtype: #gapped_scale a musical scale with fewer than seven notes
subtype: #pentatonic_scale a gapped scale with five notes
subtype: #musical_interval__musicalinterval__interval the difference in pitch between two notes
subtype: #whole_tone__wholetone__tone__step__whole_step__wholestep a musical interval of two semitones
subtype: #semitone__half_step the musical interval between adjacent keys on a keyboard instrument
subtype: #quartertone half of a semitone
subtype: #musical_octave__musicaloctave__octave a musical interval of eight tones
subtype: #third.musical_interval the musical interval between one note and another three notes away from it; "a simple harmony written in major thirds"
subtype: #fourth.musical_interval the musical interval between one note and another four notes away from it
subtype: #fifth.musical_interval the musical interval between one note and another five notes away from it
subtype: #sixth the musical interval between one note and another six notes away from it
subtype: #seventh the musical interval between one note and another seven notes away from it
subtype: #stave__staff (music) the system of five horizontal lines on which the musical notes are written
subtype: #clef a musical notation written on a staff indicating the pitch of the notes following it
subtype: #treble_clef__G_clef a clef that puts the G above middle C on the second line of a staff
subtype: #bass_clef__F_clef a clef that puts the F below middle C on the fourth line of a staff
subtype: #alto_clef__viola_clef__violaclef a clef that puts middle C on the third line of a staff
subtype: #C_clef a movable clef that puts middle C on one of the lines of a staff
subtype: #soprano_clef__sopranoclef a clef that puts middle C on the bottom line of the staff
subtype: #tenor_clef__tenorclef a clef that puts middle C on the fourth line of the staff; used for writing music for bassoons or cellos or tenor horns
subtype: #key_signature__keysignature__signature the sharps or flats that follow the clef and indicate the key
subtype: #tonality__key any of 24 major or minor diatonic scales that provide the tonal framework for a piece of music
subtype: #atonality__atonalism the absence of a key; alternative to the diatonic system
subtype: #musical_time_signature__time_signature a musical notation indicating the number of beats to a measure and kind of note that takes a beat
subtype: #alla_breve a musical time signature indicating two or four half notes to a measure
subtype: #measure.musical_notation__bar notation for a repeating pattern of musical beats; written followed by a vertical bar
subtype: #rest.musical_notation a musical notation indicating a silence of a specified duration
subtype: #whole_rest__wholerest a rest equal in duration to a whole note
subtype: #musical_note__musicalnote__note__tone a notation representing the pitch and duration of a musical sound; "the singer held the note too long"
subtype: #tonic__keynote (music) the first note of a diatonic scale
subtype: #supertonic (music) the second note of a diatonic scale
subtype: #mediant (music) the third note of a diatonic scale; midway between the tonic and the dominant
subtype: #subdominant (music) the fourth note of the diatonic scale
subtype: #dominant (music) the fifth note of the diatonic scale
subtype: #submediant (music) the sixth note of a major or minor scale (or the third below the tonic)
subtype: #subtonic__leading_tone__leadingtone (music) the seventh note of the diatonic scale
subtype: #pedal_point__pedalpoint__pedal a sustained bass note
subtype: #trill__shake a note that alternates rapidly with another note a semitone above it
subtype: #middle_C the note designated by the first ledger line below the treble staff; 261.63 Hertz
subtype: #chord a combination of three or more notes that blend harmoniously when sounded together
subtype: #arpeggio a chord whose notes are played in rapid succession rather than simultaneously
subtype: #sforzando an accented chord
subtype: #common_chord__triad a 3-note major or minor chord; a note and its third and fifth tones
subtype: #seventh_chord__seventhchord a triad with a seventh added
subtype: #passing_note__passingnote__passing_tone__passingtone a nonharmonic note inserted for transition between harmonic notes
subtype: #whole_note__wholenote__semibreve a musical note having the longest time value
subtype: #half_note__minim a musical note having the time value of half a whole note
subtype: #quarter_note__quarternote__crotchet a musical note having the time value of a quarter of a whole note
subtype: #eighth_note__quaver a musical note having the time value of an eighth of a whole note
subtype: #sixteenth_note__sixteenthnote__semiquaver a musical note having the time value of a sixteenth of a whole note
subtype: #thirty-second_note__demisemiquaver a musical note having the time value of a thirty-second of a whole note
subtype: #sixty-fourth_note__hemidemisemiquaver a musical note having the time value of a sixty-fourth of a whole note
subtype: #grace_note__gracenote__appoggiatura__acciaccatura an embellishing note usually written in smaller size
subtype: #blue_note a flattened third or seventh
subtype: #slur (music) a curved line spanning notes that are to be played legato
subtype: #tie.slur (music) a slur over two notes of the same pitch; indicates that the note is to be sustained for their combined time value
subtype: #sharp.musical_notation a notation indicating one half step higher than the note named
subtype: #flat.musical_notation a notation indicating one half step lower than the note named
subtype: #cancel__natural a notation cancelling a previous sharp or flat
subtype: #accidental a notation that makes a note sharp or flat or natural although that is not part of the key signature
subtype: #solmisation__solmization a system of naming the notes of a musical scale by syllables instead of letters
subtype: #tonic_solfa__tonicsolfa__solfa a system of solmization using the solfa syllables: do-re-mi-fa-sol-la-ti
subtype: #segno (music) a notation written at the beginning or end of a passage that is to be repeated
subtype: #sforzando.musical_notation (music) a notation written above a note and indicating that it is to be played with a strong initial attack
subtype: #choreography a notation used by choreographers
subtype: #Labanotation a system of notation for dance movements that uses symbols to represent points on a dancer's body and the direction of the dancer's movement and the tempo and the dynamics
subtype: #chemical_notation a notation used by chemists to express technical facts in chemistry
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