]> 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. ComputerHardwareComponent The collection of all computer components. A type of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvViQ2ZwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">ComputerHardwareItem</a>. The collection <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvViRGpwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">ComputerHardwareComponent</a> is a <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4r9Bn5KmkeEdaAAAABAxv-7A" class="cyc_term">ComputerHardwareDeviceType</a> and a <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rpPHhAOB1EdqAAAACs6hRXg" class="cyc_term">SpatiallyDisjointObjectType</a>. computer component http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Computer_hardware computer components computer hardware computer hardware component computer hardware components A specialization of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvViRGpwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">ComputerHardwareComponent</a>. All and only instances of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVkAepwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">CentralProcessingUnit</a> are the parts of computers that perform the actual interpretation of instructions and processing of data. CentralProcessingUnit c.p.u. computer peripheral A specialization of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvViQ2ZwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">ComputerHardwareItem</a>. Each instance of this collection is an electronic device intended to be used with (but not in) some computer. Examples include <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVjL6JwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">ComputerKeyboard</a> and <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVitlpwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">ComputerPrinter</a>. An external floppy drive is a positive exemplar, but an internal floppy drive is a negative exemplar. Notable specializations of this collection include <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVkHfpwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">ComputerInputDevice</a> and <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVkK9pwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">ComputerOutputDevice</a>. ComputerPeripheralDevice processor The main box of a computer, which contains the processor, and possibly other devices such as a fan, internal CD or floppy drives, or sound and video cards. ComputerMainBox ComputerBoard A specialization of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4ro4zGgzH8EdaeygACs0uFOQ" class="cyc_term">IntegratedCircuit</a> and <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvViRGpwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">ComputerHardwareComponent</a>. Each instance of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVj8EpwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">ComputerBoard</a> is an insulated board on which interconnected circuits are mounted or etched. Major specializations are the disjoint collections <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvViwW5wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">ComputerMotherBoard</a> and <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvtW68pwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">ExpansionCard</a>. computer board ComputerProcessor computer processor A specialization of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvViRGpwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">ComputerHardwareComponent</a>. Each instance of this collection is a computer processor which is in the shell (part of the <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvViYpJwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">ComputerMainBox</a>) and contains the <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVkAepwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">CentralProcessingUnit</a>. A specialization of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvViQlZwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">ElectronicDevice</a>. Each instance of this collection is a device that allows a user to communicate with a <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVjXzZwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Computer</a>. One sigificant specialization of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVkHxZwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">ComputerInterfaceDevice</a>s is <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVkHfpwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">ComputerInputDevice</a> -- with its subsets <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVjL6JwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">ComputerKeyboard</a>, <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVjQlpwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Scanner_Optical</a>, <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVjLo5wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">ComputerMouse</a>, etc. Another is <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVkK9pwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">ComputerOutputDevice</a> -- with its subsets <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvViDQ5wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">MonitorPort</a>, <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVin2JwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">ComputerMonitor_Color</a>, etc. computer interface device ComputerInterfaceDevice ComputerPort <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVkGw5wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">ComputerPort</a> is the collection of all physical connections through which peripherals can communicate with the CPU of a particular computer. Note that this collection is distinct from the collection of network ports, which are integers assigned to communication protocols (see <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvwGJ55wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">NetworkPortNumber</a>). port ComputerBus computer bus A specialization of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvViRGpwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">ComputerHardwareComponent</a>. Each instance of this collection is a computer bus, a device which transmits data from one part of a <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVjXzZwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Computer</a> to another. Generally the computer bus will connect all devices to the computer <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVkAepwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">CentralProcessingUnit</a> and main memory. The computer bus consists of two parts -- the address bus and a data bus. The data bus transfers actual data, whereas the address bus transfers information about where the data should go. See also the specializations <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rwA3veZwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">HardwareBusInternal</a> and <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvW_gmZwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">HardwareBusPeripheral</a>. ComputerStorageDevice The collection of devices used by computers to store information, e.g., floppy disks, direct access storage devices (DASD), optical disk devices, microfilm libraries, and 5.25 inch hard drives. computer storage device <code>(<a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rZOAVeiYGEdqAAAACs2IMmw" class="cyc_term">broaderTerm</a> TERM1 TERM2)</code> means that <code>TERM2</code> is broader than <code>TERM1</code>, in an extremely general sense of "broader". For example, <code>TERM2</code> is, in the relevant sense, broader than <code>TERM1</code> if any of the following hold: <code>TERM2</code> is a collection that subsumes <code>TERM1</code>; <code>TERM2</code> is a collection that has <code>TERM1</code> as an instance; <code>TERM2</code> is a collection, instances of which have instances of the collection <code>TERM1</code> as parts; <code>TERM2</code> has <code>TERM1</code> as a part; This list of reasons for why <code>(<a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rZOAVeiYGEdqAAAACs2IMmw" class="cyc_term">broaderTerm</a> TERM1 TERM2)</code> could hold is not exhaustive, but it should give a good indication of how general the <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rZOAVeiYGEdqAAAACs2IMmw" class="cyc_term">broaderTerm</a> relation actually is. BT broaderTerm The collection of all computer components. A type of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvViQ2ZwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">ComputerHardwareItem</a>. The collection <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvViRGpwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">ComputerHardwareComponent</a> is a <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4r9Bn5KmkeEdaAAAABAxv-7A" class="cyc_term">ComputerHardwareDeviceType</a> and a <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rpPHhAOB1EdqAAAACs6hRXg" class="cyc_term">SpatiallyDisjointObjectType</a>. ComputerHardwareComponent computer component The collection of all computer components. A type of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvViQ2ZwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">ComputerHardwareItem</a>. The collection <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvViRGpwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">ComputerHardwareComponent</a> is a <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4r9Bn5KmkeEdaAAAABAxv-7A" class="cyc_term">ComputerHardwareDeviceType</a> and a <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rpPHhAOB1EdqAAAACs6hRXg" class="cyc_term">SpatiallyDisjointObjectType</a>. ComputerHardwareComponent computer component computer hardware ComputerHardwareItem A specialization of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvViQlZwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">ElectronicDevice</a>. Each instance of this collection is either an entire <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVjXzZwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Computer</a>, or a device used with or in computers to accomplish some computing-related task (for instance, computer terminals, printers, keyboards, etc.). The collection of all computer components. A type of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvViQ2ZwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">ComputerHardwareItem</a>. The collection <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvViRGpwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">ComputerHardwareComponent</a> is a <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4r9Bn5KmkeEdaAAAABAxv-7A" class="cyc_term">ComputerHardwareDeviceType</a> and a <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rpPHhAOB1EdqAAAACs6hRXg" class="cyc_term">SpatiallyDisjointObjectType</a>. ComputerHardwareComponent computer component computer hardware device type A specialization of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvWXYgJwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">ExistingObjectType</a>. Each instance of this (second-order) collection is a subcollection of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvViQ2ZwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">ComputerHardwareItem</a> all of whose instances are a particular, distinct type of (entire) computer hardware item. It includes such collections as <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVjL6JwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">ComputerKeyboard</a>, <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rHWtoUUjkEdaKIQACs0uFOQ" class="cyc_term">CableModem</a> and <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVjAe5wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">FloppyDisk</a>. It does not contain collections of computers or computer hardware items sorted by brand (e.g. <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvViqupwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">MacintoshComputer</a>). For that, see <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvx9fVJwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">ComputerTypeByBrand</a>. ComputerHardwareDeviceType 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 The collection of all computer components. A type of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvViQ2ZwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">ComputerHardwareItem</a>. The collection <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvViRGpwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">ComputerHardwareComponent</a> is a <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4r9Bn5KmkeEdaAAAABAxv-7A" class="cyc_term">ComputerHardwareDeviceType</a> and a <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rpPHhAOB1EdqAAAACs6hRXg" class="cyc_term">SpatiallyDisjointObjectType</a>. ComputerHardwareComponent computer component A collection of collections and a specialization of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVirnZwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">ObjectType</a> (q.v.). Each instance of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rpPHhAOB1EdqAAAACs6hRXg" class="cyc_term">SpatiallyDisjointObjectType</a> is a collection C of spatial things (see <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVjpUZwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">SpatialThing</a>), where each of the spatial things in C is spatially disjoint with the other spatial things in C. For example, the collection <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVjaoJwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Dog</a> is an instance of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rpPHhAOB1EdqAAAACs6hRXg" class="cyc_term">SpatiallyDisjointObjectType</a>, since dogs do not spatially overlap. Even pregnant dogs do not spatially overlap the pups they bear; rather, pregnant dogs contain their unborn pups. Other instances of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rpPHhAOB1EdqAAAACs6hRXg" class="cyc_term">SpatiallyDisjointObjectType</a> include <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rwVGrQ5wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">LatitudeLine</a>, <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvW4n1pwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">CompactDisc_Audio</a>, and <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rwR7UWZwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">PlanetaryBody</a>. An important specialization of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rpPHhAOB1EdqAAAACs6hRXg" class="cyc_term">SpatiallyDisjointObjectType</a> is <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVjlE5wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">SpatiallyDisjointRegionType</a> (a collection of specializations of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvViACZwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">GeographicalRegion</a>, such as <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVjnZ5wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">City</a> and <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rwT-n15wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">TrueContinent</a>). spatially disjoint object type SpatiallyDisjointObjectType