]> 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 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 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peripheral computer peripheral devices peripheral computer peripheral device computer peripherals peripherals cd-rewriteable drive CD-RWDrive A collection of computer devices that can read and write data onto both <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rwJAempwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">CD_R</a> or <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvn9enZwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">CD_RW</a> discs. Note, a <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rv6aBGpwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">CD_RDrive</a> (as of July 99) can only read and write onto <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rwJAempwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">CD_R</a> discs while a <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvihOJpwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">CD_RWDrive</a> can read and write onto both <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rwJAempwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">CD_R</a> and <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvn9enZwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">CD_RW</a> discs. ComputerPrinter computer printer The collection of computer hardware that is used for producing hard copies of text or images. The collection of CDR-Drives, or CD-recordable drives which can write to recordable CompactDiscs as well as read them cd-r drive CD-RDrive The collection of all modems. A type of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVkHxZwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">ComputerInterfaceDevice</a> and <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVjd9ZwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">ComputerPeripheralDevice</a>. The collection <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVi7a5wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Modem</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>. Each instance of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVi7a5wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Modem</a> is a device designed to facilitate communication between computers by modulating analog signals to encode digital information, and demodulating analog signals to decode information back into digital format. Modem modem computer display ComputerDisplay A specialization of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVkK9pwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">ComputerOutputDevice</a>. Each instance of this collection is a device with which computer output is displayed visually. An important specialization is <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVjoAJwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">ComputerMonitor_VideoKind</a>, but see also <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rwGlPhZwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">DataProjector</a>. computer switch box The collection of all computer switch boxes. A type of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVjd9ZwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">ComputerPeripheralDevice</a> and <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvViXqpwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">SinglePurposeDevice</a>. The collection <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvWm5QJwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">ComputerSwitchBox</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>. ComputerSwitchBox optical drive This is the collection of optical drives for computers. OpticalDrive expansion slot The slots in the mother board of a computer where <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvtW68pwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">ExpansionCard</a>s plug in. ExpansionSlot CD-rom drive The collection of all CD-ROM drives. A type of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVjd9ZwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">ComputerPeripheralDevice</a>. The collection <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVu-_5wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">CD_ROMDrive</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>. CD-ROMDrive The collection of computer peripherals designed to manipulate disk-based memory media. disk drive DiskDrive anti-glare computer screen This is the collection of anti-glare screens that fit over the <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVjgr5wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">VideoScreen</a>s on computer monitors. AntiGlareComputerScreen ComputerInputDevice computer input device A specialization of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVkHxZwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">ComputerInterfaceDevice</a>. Each instance of this collection is an <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvViQlZwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">ElectronicDevice</a> which delivers information from a user to a computer. The collection of all all-in-one business machines. A type of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVjyaJwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">MultiPurposeDevice</a>, <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVjd9ZwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">ComputerPeripheralDevice</a>, and <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvXOCN5wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">BusinessMachine</a>. The collection <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvyJb0ZwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">MultiFunctionMachine</a> is an <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rejmDbrF_QdeIENT1qpbYzQ" class="cyc_term">ArtifactTypeByGenericCategory</a> and a <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rpPHhAOB1EdqAAAACs6hRXg" class="cyc_term">SpatiallyDisjointObjectType</a>. all-in-one business machine MultiFunctionMachine 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 <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 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 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 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 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 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 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