]> 2008/06/10 OpenCyc Knowledge Base Copyright© 2001-2008 Cycorp, Inc., http://www.cyc.com/, Austin, TX, USA This file contains an OWL representation of information contained in the OpenCyc Knowledge Base. The content of this OWL file is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 license whose text can be found at http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/legalcode. The content of this OWL file, including the OpenCyc content it represents, constitutes the "Work" referred to in the Creative Commons license. The terms of this license equally apply to, without limitation, renamings and other logically equivalent reformulations of the content of this OWL file (or portions thereof) in any natural or formal language, as well as to derivations of this content or inclusion of it in other ontologies. externalID A unique, language-neutral, variable-sized identifier for a concept that can be used to refer unambiguously to that concept across OWL exports or across Cyc inference engines. label A natural-language representation for a concept that is both human readable and readable by the Cyc inference engine. These terms are not guaranteed to refer to the same concept across time but are guaranteed to be consistent within a particular OWL export. Use 'cycAnnot:externalID' for unambiguously referring to a concept across OWL exports or across Cyc inference engines. computer architecture ComputerTypeByArchitecture A specialization of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4r4No51nSwEdaAAACgyZzFrg" class="cyc_term">ComputerTypeByHardware</a>. Each instance of this collection is a variety of computer processor architecture -- for instance <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rYt0uiHS8EdaAAACgyZzFrg" class="cyc_term">X86ProcessorArchitecture</a>. Notable specializations of this collection are <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rGkbP8nS9EdaAAACgyZzFrg" class="cyc_term">RISCArchitecture</a> and <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvw_evnS_EdaAAACgyZzFrg" class="cyc_term">CISCArchitecture</a>. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Computer_architecture architectures architecture computer system architecture SPARC chip architecture SPARCProcessorArchitecture The collection of all SPARC chip architecture computers. A type of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rGkbP8nS9EdaAAACgyZzFrg" class="cyc_term">RISCArchitecture</a>. <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rVAW-SHS8EdaAAACgyZzFrg" class="cyc_term">SPARCProcessorArchitecture</a> is a <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4r4m4r4HSwEdaAAACgyZzFrg" class="cyc_term">ComputerTypeByArchitecture</a>, a <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rpPHhAOB1EdqAAAACs6hRXg" class="cyc_term">SpatiallyDisjointObjectType</a>, a <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rv-mZoMnYQdeTy5d-IY_eBg" class="cyc_term">ManufacturedGoodsType</a>, and a <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvom2E5wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">ProductTypeByBrand</a>. ARMProcessorArchitecture ARM processor architecture Power PC processor architecture PowerPCArchitecture An instance of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4r4m4r4HSwEdaAAACgyZzFrg" class="cyc_term">ComputerTypeByArchitecture</a>. <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4r2gF8knS-EdaAAACgyZzFrg" class="cyc_term">PowerPCArchitecture</a> pertains to computers which have a PowerPC chip -- developed jointly by IBM, Apple and Motorola. This chip was initially to be found in <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvViMoJwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">IBMComputer</a>s and <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvViqupwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">MacintoshComputer</a>s, but seems to have survived only in the Mac. An instance of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4r4m4r4HSwEdaAAACgyZzFrg" class="cyc_term">ComputerTypeByArchitecture</a>. <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rHpUM4HS9EdaAAACgyZzFrg" class="cyc_term">AlphaProcessorArchitecture</a> is a type of RISC computer processor architecture, produced by <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVjYHZwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">CompaqInc</a>. Alpha chip architecture AlphaProcessorArchitecture microchannel thing The collection of all microchannel microprocessors. A type of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVit45wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Microprocessor</a>. The concept <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rM6NltnTAEdaAAACgyZzFrg" class="cyc_term">Microchannel</a> is a <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4r4m4r4HSwEdaAAACgyZzFrg" class="cyc_term">ComputerTypeByArchitecture</a> and a <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rpPHhAOB1EdqAAAACs6hRXg" class="cyc_term">SpatiallyDisjointObjectType</a>. Microchannel vector processor VectorProcessor pipeline thing Pipelined The collection of all pipelined microprocessors. A type of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVit45wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Microprocessor</a>. The collection <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvkpSOnS-EdaAAACgyZzFrg" class="cyc_term">Pipelined</a> is a <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4r4m4r4HSwEdaAAACgyZzFrg" class="cyc_term">ComputerTypeByArchitecture</a>, a <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rpPHhAOB1EdqAAAACs6hRXg" class="cyc_term">SpatiallyDisjointObjectType</a>, and a <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rv-mZoMnYQdeTy5d-IY_eBg" class="cyc_term">ManufacturedGoodsType</a>. SerialArchitecture The collection of all serial architecture microprocessors. A type of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVit45wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Microprocessor</a>. The collection <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rQI9TsHS8EdaAAACgyZzFrg" class="cyc_term">SerialArchitecture</a> is a <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4r4m4r4HSwEdaAAACgyZzFrg" class="cyc_term">ComputerTypeByArchitecture</a>, a <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rpPHhAOB1EdqAAAACs6hRXg" class="cyc_term">SpatiallyDisjointObjectType</a>, and a <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rv-mZoMnYQdeTy5d-IY_eBg" class="cyc_term">ManufacturedGoodsType</a>. serial architecture Ia64ProcessorArchitecture Ia64 chip architecture An instance of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4r4m4r4HSwEdaAAACgyZzFrg" class="cyc_term">ComputerTypeByArchitecture</a>. <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rzGp32nS7EdaAAACgyZzFrg" class="cyc_term">Ia64ProcessorArchitecture</a> is a type of CISC computer chip, produced by <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvcy7rZwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">IntelCorporation</a>, postdating the popular <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rYt0uiHS8EdaAAACgyZzFrg" class="cyc_term">X86ProcessorArchitecture</a> (which included the Pentium), and released around 2001. It also goes by the name of &quot;Itanium&quot;. RISCArchitecture RISC A CPU architecture in which the number of instructions the processer can execute is minimized to improve processing speed (RISC stands for &quot;Reduced Instruction Set&quot;). It is contrasted with <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvw_evnS_EdaAAACgyZzFrg" class="cyc_term">CISCArchitecture</a>s (or &quot;Complex Instruction Set&quot; architectures), of which Intel architectures are the most notable. RISC architectures include Sun's SPARC (<a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rVAW-SHS8EdaAAACgyZzFrg" class="cyc_term">SPARCProcessorArchitecture</a>), Compaq's Alpha (<a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rHpUM4HS9EdaAAACgyZzFrg" class="cyc_term">AlphaProcessorArchitecture</a>) and IBM's PowerPC (<a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4r2gF8knS-EdaAAACgyZzFrg" class="cyc_term">PowerPCArchitecture</a>). Intel x86 chip architecture An instance of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4r4m4r4HSwEdaAAACgyZzFrg" class="cyc_term">ComputerTypeByArchitecture</a>. <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rYt0uiHS8EdaAAACgyZzFrg" class="cyc_term">X86ProcessorArchitecture</a> is a type of CISC computer processor architecture, produced by <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvcy7rZwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">IntelCorporation</a>. It includes the Pentium. For more recent architecture from Intel, see <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rzGp32nS7EdaAAACgyZzFrg" class="cyc_term">Ia64ProcessorArchitecture</a>. X86ProcessorArchitecture stack architecture The attribute which indicates that the computer's architecture is stack oriented. StackArchitecture register architecture The attribute which indicates that the computer's architecture is register based. RegisterArchitecture parallel architecture The collection of all parallel architecture. A type of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVit45wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Microprocessor</a>. The concept <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rwxbewnS6EdaAAACgyZzFrg" class="cyc_term">ParallelArchitecture</a> is a <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4r4m4r4HSwEdaAAACgyZzFrg" class="cyc_term">ComputerTypeByArchitecture</a> and a <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rpPHhAOB1EdqAAAACs6hRXg" class="cyc_term">SpatiallyDisjointObjectType</a>. ParallelArchitecture CISC or &quot;Complex Instruction Set&quot; Architecture is a CPU architecture in which the number of instructions the processer can execute is not minimized in order to improve processing speed, as is the case with <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rGkbP8nS9EdaAAACgyZzFrg" class="cyc_term">RISCArchitecture</a>s (RISC stands for &quot;Reduced Instruction Set&quot;). Intel architectures are the most notable instances of this kind of architecture. CISCArchitecture CISC massively parallel architecture MassivelyParallelArchitecture The collection of all microprocessors with massively parallel architecture. A type of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVit45wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Microprocessor</a>. The concept <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4r7ofuNnS9EdaAAACgyZzFrg" class="cyc_term">MassivelyParallelArchitecture</a> is a <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4r4m4r4HSwEdaAAACgyZzFrg" class="cyc_term">ComputerTypeByArchitecture</a>, a <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rpPHhAOB1EdqAAAACs6hRXg" class="cyc_term">SpatiallyDisjointObjectType</a>, and a <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rv-mZoMnYQdeTy5d-IY_eBg" class="cyc_term">ManufacturedGoodsType</a>. A variety of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rGkbP8nS9EdaAAACgyZzFrg" class="cyc_term">RISCArchitecture</a> (a computer architecture which uses a so-called 'Reduced Instruction Set'), manufactured by MIPS Technologies, Inc. MIPSArchitecture MIPS processor architecture computer architecture ComputerTypeByArchitecture A specialization of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4r4No51nSwEdaAAACgyZzFrg" class="cyc_term">ComputerTypeByHardware</a>. Each instance of this collection is a variety of computer processor architecture -- for instance <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rYt0uiHS8EdaAAACgyZzFrg" class="cyc_term">X86ProcessorArchitecture</a>. Notable specializations of this collection are <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rGkbP8nS9EdaAAACgyZzFrg" class="cyc_term">RISCArchitecture</a> and <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvw_evnS_EdaAAACgyZzFrg" class="cyc_term">CISCArchitecture</a>. Pretty String (<a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rwLSVCpwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">prettyString</a> TERM STRING) means that STRING is the English word or expression (sequence of words) commonly used to refer to TERM. The predicate <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rwLSVCpwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">prettyString</a> is used by the code which generates CycL to English paraphrases, but its applicability is not restricted to this use. prettyString A collection of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvtppU5wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">CollectionType</a>s. Each instance of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvprlOZwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">FacetingCollectionType</a> is a collection-type that &quot;facets&quot; -- i.e. stands in the <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvjldVJwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">facets_Generic</a> (q.v.) relation to -- another collection. Examples include <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVibOJwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">AutomobileTypeByBrand</a> and <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rANFO8Ec-EdaEKABQ2sS97g" class="cyc_term">MusicTypeByGenre</a>, which facet <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvViVwZwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Automobile</a> and <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVjOJpwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Music</a>, respectively. faceting collection type FacetingCollectionType computer architecture ComputerTypeByArchitecture A specialization of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4r4No51nSwEdaAAACgyZzFrg" class="cyc_term">ComputerTypeByHardware</a>. Each instance of this collection is a variety of computer processor architecture -- for instance <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rYt0uiHS8EdaAAACgyZzFrg" class="cyc_term">X86ProcessorArchitecture</a>. Notable specializations of this collection are <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rGkbP8nS9EdaAAACgyZzFrg" class="cyc_term">RISCArchitecture</a> and <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvw_evnS_EdaAAACgyZzFrg" class="cyc_term">CISCArchitecture</a>. A collection of collections. Each instance of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4r4No51nSwEdaAAACgyZzFrg" class="cyc_term">ComputerTypeByHardware</a> is a collection of instances of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvViQ2ZwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">ComputerHardwareItem</a> that share some property. computer type by hardware ComputerTypeByHardware FacetInstanceCollection facet collection A <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvtppU5wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">CollectionType</a>. Each instance of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rv1fLiZwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">FacetInstanceCollection</a> is a collection that is an instance of a <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvprlOZwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">FacetingCollectionType</a> (q.v.). For example, the facet-instance-collection (<a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rBVDJsPLMQdiZD5jLVkyKUw" class="cyc_term">WineOfVintageFn</a> (<a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVjympwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">YearFn</a> 1926)) is an instance of the faceting-collection-type <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rWdpZhPLLQdiKEtsuZMndzQ" class="cyc_term">WineTypeByVintage</a>. computer architecture ComputerTypeByArchitecture A specialization of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4r4No51nSwEdaAAACgyZzFrg" class="cyc_term">ComputerTypeByHardware</a>. Each instance of this collection is a variety of computer processor architecture -- for instance <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rYt0uiHS8EdaAAACgyZzFrg" class="cyc_term">X86ProcessorArchitecture</a>. Notable specializations of this collection are <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rGkbP8nS9EdaAAACgyZzFrg" class="cyc_term">RISCArchitecture</a> and <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvw_evnS_EdaAAACgyZzFrg" class="cyc_term">CISCArchitecture</a>.