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Typing The act of pressing a bunch of buttons in a sequence like typing on a keyboard or a typewriter or cash register etc. Requires at least one hand. typing http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Typing ComputerKeyboardTyping computer keyboard typing Typing using a computer or word processor keyboard. TypewriterTyping Typing on a typewriter (as opposed to, e.g. a terminal keyboard). Requires two hands. typewriter typing Typing The act of pressing a bunch of buttons in a sequence like typing on a keyboard or a typewriter or cash register etc. Requires at least one hand. typing A specialization of both <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvViN65wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">HumanActivity</a> and <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVj2ZpwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">VisualInformationGeneratingAct</a>. Each instance of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVjLvpwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Writing</a> is an action in which some text is produced, either via writing by hand or writing with a machine, such as a typewriter or a computer. An instance of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVjLvpwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Writing</a> could be a single episode of writing, or a discontinuous series of episodes (as when one writes a letter over a few days). <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVjLvpwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Writing</a> is not a specialization of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvViexZwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Communicating</a>, because in some instances of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVjLvpwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Writing</a> there is not a successful transfer of information to another agent. writing Writing Typing The act of pressing a bunch of buttons in a sequence like typing on a keyboard or a typewriter or cash register etc. Requires at least one hand. typing Typing The act of pressing a bunch of buttons in a sequence like typing on a keyboard or a typewriter or cash register etc. Requires at least one hand. typing Typing The act of pressing a bunch of buttons in a sequence like typing on a keyboard or a typewriter or cash register etc. Requires at least one hand. typing type of temporally stuff-like thing that is also a type of durative event A <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rHQdVmB_TEdaAAABQ2rksLw" class="cyc_term">SecondOrderCollection</a>. <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rsptUGhfiQdmQ1dIv6htA7Q" class="cyc_term">ProcessType</a> is the collection intersection of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVitN5wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">TemporalStuffType</a> and <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rwNyXxJwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">DurativeEventType</a>; that is, a thing is an instance of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rsptUGhfiQdmQ1dIv6htA7Q" class="cyc_term">ProcessType</a> if and only if it is an instance of both <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVitN5wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">TemporalStuffType</a> and <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rwNyXxJwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">DurativeEventType</a>. Instances of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rsptUGhfiQdmQ1dIv6htA7Q" class="cyc_term">ProcessType</a> can be constructed from instances of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rv48ocpwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">AccomplishmentType</a> using <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4r0VWpmNnEQdiJDq0mDlTBkQ" class="cyc_term">ProcessFn</a> (q.v.). ProcessType use of devices A specialization of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvViMoZwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">HandlingAnObject</a>. Each instance of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvViMXpwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">HandlingADevice</a> is an event in which a device is manipulated (with the operator holding and touching the device) so that it can be used for its <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rv-lujZwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">primaryFunction</a>. Specializations of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvViMXpwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">HandlingADevice</a> include <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVjGGpwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Pruning</a>, <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVjUJ5wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">PlayingAMusicalInstrument</a>, <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVkDnpwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">OperatingAHouseholdAppliance</a>, <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVjCfZwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">PumpingGasEvent</a>, and <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvViMp5wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">WritingByHand</a>. HandlingADevice skilled activity This is the collection of collections of activities which require some specialized skill to perform--i.e., to play any role which is a specPred of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rwP1HmJwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">doneBy</a>. So, all skilled activities are learned, but not all learned activities are skilled. For instance, <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVi0gpwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">WalkingOnTwoLegs</a> is an instance of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvm8XOpwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">LearnedActivityType</a> but not an instance of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvbVrl5wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">SkilledActivityType</a>. Since every normal person learns to walk, it requires no special skill. In contrast, <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvYn_nZwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Juggling</a> is an instance of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvbVrl5wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">SkilledActivityType</a>, for most people do not know how to juggle. SkilledActivityType Typing The act of pressing a bunch of buttons in a sequence like typing on a keyboard or a typewriter or cash register etc. Requires at least one hand. typing SingleDoerAction action with only one performer A specialization of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVioQZwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Action</a>. Each instance of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rwP1IRJwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">SingleDoerAction</a> is an action which can have only one &quot;doer&quot; (see the predicate <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rwP1HmJwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">doneBy</a>). Such actions may be intentional, but they need not be. Most bodily functions (e.g., the instances of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvViYhJwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Heartbeating</a> or <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVjPypwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Bleeding_TheAction</a>) belong to specializations of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rwP1IRJwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">SingleDoerAction</a>, because the only doer of a normal bodily function is the body of a single agent. In order for a type of action (i.e., a specialization of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVioQZwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Action</a>) to be a specialization of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rwP1IRJwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">SingleDoerAction</a>, it must be inconsistent to assert, for any instance <code><b>ACT</b></code> of that type of action, both <code>(<a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rwP1HmJwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">doneBy</a> <b>ACT</b> <b>X</b>)</code> and <code>(<a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rwP1HmJwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">doneBy</a> <b>ACT</b> <b>Y</b>)</code>, where <code><b>X</b></code> and <code><b>Y</b></code> are different. Notable specializations of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rwP1IRJwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">SingleDoerAction</a> include <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVjSm5wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Sleeping</a>, <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVkJU5wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Dying</a>, <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVjXfZwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">AnimalWalkingProcess</a>, and <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvViMp5wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">WritingByHand</a>.