]> 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. A large software company founded by Bill Gates and Paul Allen. MicrosoftInc Microsoft http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Microsoft Microsofts Microsoft Corporation Microsoft, Inc. Microsoft Corp. The collection of all major companies. A type of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvViSlZwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">LegalCorporation</a> and <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVjQNpwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Business</a>. <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rwKv8OJwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">MajorCompany</a> is an <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4r5XR_DpX-QdecYYD_ncIdVg" class="cyc_term">ExistenceDependentIntermittentCollection</a>. MajorCompany major company The 'Systems Software' sub-industry, as defined by Standard and Poor's. SystemsSoftware-SubIndustrySP company in the Standard & Poor's systems software subindustry A large software company founded by Bill Gates and Paul Allen. MicrosoftInc Microsoft A large software company founded by Bill Gates and Paul Allen. MicrosoftInc Microsoft 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 S&P 500 corporation SP500-Corporation HighTechManufacturingEnterprise high tech manufacturer The colleciton of organizations (businesses) that manufacture high tech items. SoftwareVendor A collection of businesses. Each <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rv_2oMpwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">SoftwareVendor</a> is a firm that produces computer software for clients or for retail sale. software company incorporated business A specialization of both <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvViSlZwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">LegalCorporation</a> and <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVjQNpwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Business</a>. Each instance of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvViSTpwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">LargeIncorporatedBusiness</a> is a relatively large (e.g., having at least several hundred employees) business corporation. Specializations of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvViSTpwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">LargeIncorporatedBusiness</a> include <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVjpYJwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">ChainOrganization</a> and <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rwUbpDZwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">MultinationalCorporation</a>. LargeIncorporatedBusiness A large software company founded by Bill Gates and Paul Allen. MicrosoftInc Microsoft