]> 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 specialization of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVkKbZwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">ProgrammingLanguageImplementation</a>. Each instance of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVjykZwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Compiler</a> is a program that converts another program from some source language (or programming language) to machine language (object code). Some compilers output assembly language which is then converted to machine language by a separate assembler. Cf. <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVkJNpwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Interpreter_Computers</a>. compiler Compiler http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Compiler compilers The collection of all compilers for the programming language, Fortran. A type of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVjykZwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Compiler</a>. compiler for Fortran (CompilerFn Fortran) preprocessor program A specialization of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVjykZwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Compiler</a>. Each instance of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rNd-Amr90EdaAAAABAxv-7A" class="cyc_term">PreprocessorProgram</a> is a program that performs various code-cleanup tasks preliminary to the main compile. PreprocessorProgram compiler for C (CompilerFn C-ProgrammingLanguage) The collection of all compilers for the programming language, C. A type of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVjykZwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Compiler</a>. GCC-TheProgram GCC stands for either "GNU C Compiler" or "GNU Compiler Collection". The latter is more appropriate, because GCC is a compiler for C, C++, Objective C, Chill, Fortran, and Java. gcc Harbour-TheProgram harbour Emacs for Windows EmacsForWindows-TheProgram The Windows version of Emacs, &quot;the extensible, customizable, self-documenting real-time display editor.&quot; At its core is an interpreter for Emacs Lisp (`elisp' for short), a dialect of the <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVjDr5wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Lisp</a> programming language with extensions to support text editing. It runs on a wide variety of platforms - both UNIX and Windows. It was written by Richard Stallman, of the <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVjsLpwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">FreeSoftwareFoundation</a>. Emacs is particularly popular in research institutions. For UNIX versions, see <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVjYUZwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Emacs_TheProgram</a> and <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rwOUboZwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">XEmacs_TheProgram</a>. XEmacs-TheProgram XEmacs javac JavaC-TheProgram MSVisualBasic-TheProgram Microsoft Visual Basic StackGuard StackGuard-TheProgram A execution stack protection program, designed to prevent buffer overflow attacks. StackShield StackShield-TheProgram Workshop SunWorkshop-TheProgram A Sun compiler. MSVisualCPlusPlus-Net-TheProgram Microsoft Visual C++ .Net Emacs-TheProgram &quot;Emacs is the extensible, customizable, self-documenting real-time display editor.&quot; The name &quot;Emacs&quot; was originally chosen as an abbreviation of &quot;Editor MACroS&quot;. At its core is an interpreter for Emacs Lisp (`elisp' for short), a dialect of the <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVjDr5wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Lisp</a> programming language with extensions to support text editing. It runs on a wide variety of platforms - both UNIX and Windows. It was written by Richard Stallman, of the <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVjsLpwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">FreeSoftwareFoundation</a>. Emacs is particularly popular in research institutions. See also <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rwOUboZwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">XEmacs_TheProgram</a> and <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rAxScmMzhEdaAAAACs6hPlg" class="cyc_term">EmacsForWindows_TheProgram</a>. Emacs tic Tic-TheProgram A specialization of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVkKbZwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">ProgrammingLanguageImplementation</a>. Each instance of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVjykZwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Compiler</a> is a program that converts another program from some source language (or programming language) to machine language (object code). Some compilers output assembly language which is then converted to machine language by a separate assembler. Cf. <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVkJNpwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Interpreter_Computers</a>. compiler Compiler Instances are collections of software tools used to facilitate the development or execution of other programs. system program attribute SystemProgramTypeByFeature Software which is used to create other software. Instances would be programs like 'Microsoft Visual C++', 'PowerBuilder', 'Oracle Forms', 'GNU C'. DevelopmentProgram development program A specialization of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVkKbZwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">ProgrammingLanguageImplementation</a>. Each instance of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVjykZwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Compiler</a> is a program that converts another program from some source language (or programming language) to machine language (object code). Some compilers output assembly language which is then converted to machine language by a separate assembler. Cf. <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVkJNpwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Interpreter_Computers</a>. compiler Compiler DecoderProgram The collection of all <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rwJxiRJwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">ComputerProgram_CW</a>s whose purpose is to perform an <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvV82u5wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">IBTRecoding</a> with a <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvrgHFpwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">ComputerFileCopy</a> as its <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvV5PA5wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">informationOrigin</a> and an <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvkNufpwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">InformationBearingThing</a> containing the same information as its <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvqy9EpwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">ibtGenerated</a>. See <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvZTTgpwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">EncoderProgram</a> for programs going the other direction. decoding program type of computer program by function A collection of types of computer programs. Each instance of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvrxE_ZwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">ComputerProgramTypeByFunction</a> is a collection of programs (see <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rwJxiRJwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">ComputerProgram_CW</a>) whose instances all serve a similar function and can be used for a similar purpose. This purpose might be very specific (see e.g. <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rveW_XZwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">AutoLoanCalculatorProgram</a>) or more general (see e.g. <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rwGM3oZwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">FinancialProgram</a>). ComputerProgramTypeByFunction A specialization of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVkKbZwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">ProgrammingLanguageImplementation</a>. Each instance of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVjykZwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Compiler</a> is a program that converts another program from some source language (or programming language) to machine language (object code). Some compilers output assembly language which is then converted to machine language by a separate assembler. Cf. <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVkJNpwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Interpreter_Computers</a>. compiler Compiler 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 ProgrammingLanguageImplementation programming language implementation A specialization of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rwJxiRJwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">ComputerProgram_CW</a>. Each instance of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVkKbZwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">ProgrammingLanguageImplementation</a> is a program which takes source code written in an <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVjC6pwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">AbstractProgrammingLanguage</a> as input and generates either the behavior specified by the sdource code (if the <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVkKbZwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">ProgrammingLanguageImplementation</a> is an instance of the more specialized collection <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVkJNpwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Interpreter_Computers</a>) or another program with the same semantics as the source code (if the <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVkKbZwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">ProgrammingLanguageImplementation</a> is an instance of the more specialized collection <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVjykZwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Compiler</a>). encoding program EncoderProgram The collection of all <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rwJxiRJwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">ComputerProgram_CW</a>s whose purpose is to perform an <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvV82u5wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">IBTRecoding</a> with an <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvkNufpwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">InformationBearingThing</a> as its <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvV5PA5wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">informationOrigin</a> and a <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvrgHFpwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">ComputerFileCopy</a> containing the same information as its <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rv4EuuJwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">fileCopyCreated</a>. See <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvcBdh5wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">DecoderProgram</a> for programs going the other direction. BatchProgram batch thing A program which does not accept new inputs once execution begins, and for which intermediate states are unimportant. Rather, only the input/output function computed is relevant. Opposite of real-time. A specialization of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVkKbZwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">ProgrammingLanguageImplementation</a>. Each instance of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVjykZwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Compiler</a> is a program that converts another program from some source language (or programming language) to machine language (object code). Some compilers output assembly language which is then converted to machine language by a separate assembler. Cf. <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVkJNpwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Interpreter_Computers</a>. compiler Compiler A specialization of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVkKbZwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">ProgrammingLanguageImplementation</a>. Each instance of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVjykZwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Compiler</a> is a program that converts another program from some source language (or programming language) to machine language (object code). Some compilers output assembly language which is then converted to machine language by a separate assembler. Cf. <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVkJNpwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Interpreter_Computers</a>. compiler Compiler