]> 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. 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 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Software_company software companies software development business software development businesses A collection of businesses. Each <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rveGX2JwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">WebDevelopmentBusiness</a> is a firm that does <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvykUJJwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">WebDesign</a> for clients. web development business WebDevelopmentBusiness RebelBoatRocker-TheGame Rebel Boat Rocker ZOI Corporation Zoi-TheCompany Codemasters Codemasters Kuju Entertainment KujuEntertainment MicroproseSoftwareInc MicroProse Software KanisaInc Kanisa, Inc. Cunning Cunning-TheDeveloper CrystalDynamics Crystal Dynamics Parsoft Interactive ParsoftInteractive Visual Sciences VisualSciences MonolithProductions Monolith Productions PostlinearProductions Postlinear Productions Yosemite Entertainment YosemiteEntertainment Blam-TheCompany Blam Window Painters WindowPainters-TheCompany NetscapeCommunicationsCorporation Netscape Communications Corporation MaddoxGamesDevelopmentGroup Maddox Games Development Group Blizzard Entertainment BlizzardEntertainment Wizardworks WizardWorks Maris Multimedia MarisMultimedia VirginInteractiveEntertainment Virgin Interactive Entertainment FairIsaacAndCompany Fair, Isaac and Company BethesdaSoftworks Bethesda Softworks StreamSage, Inc. StreamSageInc 989 Studios 989Studios SoarSoftware Soar Software FoxInteractive Fox Interactive MicroproseUk Microprose UK Cycorp Cycorp Manmachine ManMachine EnlightSoftware Enlight Software DigitalIntegrations Digital Integrations N-Space n-Space Meyer-Glass Interactive Meyer-GlassInteractive Pandemic Studios PandemicStudios Hypnos-TheCompany Hypnos IllusionSoftworks Illusion Softworks Rage Software Rage-TheCompany ICQInc-TheCompany ICQ Inc. InterplayProductions InterPlay Productions EyeOne-TheDeveloper Eye One EidosInteractive EIDOS Interactive 2AMInc 2AM Inc. Genetic Anomalies GeneticAnomalies-TheCompany Divide By Zero DivideByZero CreativeAssembly Creative Assembly Indigo Moon Productions LLC IndigoMoonProductionsLLC BerkeleySystemsInc Berkeley Systems VIS Interactive VISInteractive Blue Sky Software BlueSkySoftware ShinyEntertainment Shiny Entertainment RationalSoftwareInc Rational Software Zono-TheCompany Zono Strategy First StrategyFirst-TheCompany Westwood Studios WestwoodStudios RedOrbEntertainment Red Orb Entertainment Pixel Multimedia PixelMultimedia ActivisionInc Activision Has the role of integrator in the Battlespace development work; partner with Cyc in work on critiquing development. Responsible for CM development work on <font color="#ff0000">#$PQ240Mt</font> and <font color="#ff0000">#$PQ225Mt</font>. Teknowledge-Corporation Teknowledge Corporation SRI International SRIInternational RealSports-TheCompany Real Sports Catware Catware-TheDeveloper Team366-TheCompany Team .366 Eyst-TheCompany Eyst An international company involved in the development of computer technology, and the production of testing and measurement instruments. The company is headquartered in Palo Alto, California. Hewlett-PackardInc Hewlett-Packard SurrealStudios Surreal Studios LivingBooks-TheCompany Living Books Cinematix Cinematix PsygnosisLtd Psygnosis Ltd. Structural Dynamics Research StructuralDynamicsResearch-Corporation Tantrum-TheCompany Tantrum Valve Software ValveSoftware GameFXTechnology GameFX Technology Bolt-ActionSoftware Bolt-Action Software FlyingLegends Flying Legends SolarSystems-TheGame Solar Systems BohemiaInteractive Bohemia Interactive DigitalAnvil Digital Anvil Mindscape-TheCompany Mindscape Gigawatt Studios GigawattStudios Milestone-TheDeveloper Milestone MetronInc-TheCompany Metron Inc PhenomProductions Phenom Productions InteractiveSimulations Interactive Simulations Totally Games TotallyGames The Pitbull Syndicate PitbullSyndicate-TheCompany Novell NovellInc Presto Studios PrestoStudiosInc PlanetMoonStudios Planet Moon Studios QuickdrawDevelopments Quickdraw Developments UBI Soft UbiSoft-TheCompany Impressions Software ImpressionsSoftwareInc Ward Six WardSix 2015Inc 2015 FrogCity-TheCompany Frog City VulcanInc Vulcan, Inc. Citrix Systems CitrixSystemsInc SierraAttractions Sierra Attractions Relic Entertainment RelicEntertainment Ashton-Tate Ashton-Tate Gearbox Gearbox Volition VolitionInc StormfrontStudiosInc Stormfront Studios Wings Simulations GmbH WingsSimulationsGmbh ReflectionsInteractive Reflections Interactive SoundSourceInteractive Sound Source Interactive Poptop Software PoptopSoftware MegamediaCorporation MegaMedia Corporation Studio3 Studio 3 WASP-TheDeveloper WASP Pumpkin Studios PumpkinStudios GeneralSimulations General Simulations Xatrix Entertainment XatrixEntertainment Megamedia Australia MegamediaAustralia BeamSoftware Beam Software EnsembleStudios Ensemble Studios Charybdis Charybdis-TheCompany IDSoftwareInc ID Software ComputerAssociates Computer Associates Mirage Media MirageMedia Cyclone Studios CycloneStudios Gamefx GameFX ION Storm IONStorm Sirtech Software SirtechSoftwareInc Hasbro-TheCompany Hasbro TurbineEntertainmentSoftware Turbine Entertainment Software Paradigm Interactive ParadigmInteractive Ronin Entertainment RoninEntertainment SouthPeak Interactive SouthpeakInteractive GlobalSystemForMobileCommunication Global System For Mobile Communication Dynamix Dynamix 3DRealms 3D Realms Conectiva-Corporation Conectiva-Corporation Eclipse Software EclipseSoftware Adobe, Inc. AdobeInc The software company founded by John Warnock which developed Postscript and many other font/printer technologies. Kesmai-TheCompany Kesmai Corporation Angel Studios AngelStudios FASA Interactive FasaInteractive Crossover Technologies CrossoverTechnologies Zombie Virtual Reality Entertainment ZombieVirtualRealityEntertainment Dreamforge Dreamforge ATD-TheDeveloper ATD Big Ape Productions BigApeProductions SinisterGames Sinister Games Eplay Network EplayNetwork AremisSoft AremisSoft LucasArts Entertainment Company LucasArtsEntertainmentCompany Cavedog Entertainment CavedogEntertainment Macromedia MacromediaInc Acclaim Entertainment AcclaimEntertainmentInc The Code Monkeys TheCodeMonkeys CiscoSystemsInc Cisco Systems Bezerk-TheCompany Bezerk Proxy-CommercialOrganization Proxy Communications Corporation IBMInc IBM ElectronicHollywood Electronic Hollywood Take2InteractiveSoftwareInc Take 2 Interactive Software Computer Systems ComputerSystems-TheCompany Black Isle/VB Designs BlackIsleVbDesigns SureSoft/Tobias Thorsen Suresoft-TheGame Hoopy Entertainment HoopyEntertainment 14East-TheCompany 14 East RunningWithScissors-Company Running With Scissors CardozaEntertainment Cardoza Entertainment MorningStarMultimedia Morning Star Multimedia New World Computing NewWorldComputingInc Bullfrog Bullfrog-TheDeveloper Accolade AccoladeInc Origin Systems OriginSystems Access Software AccessSoftwareInc BigTimeSoftware Big Time Software Team17Software Team 17 VicariousVisions Vicarious Visions Taff System TaffSystem Rockstar Games RockstarGames Devil's Thumb Entertainment DevilsThumbEntertainment Tigon Software TigonSoftware Developer of the MacIntosh PC. Apple Computer, Inc. AppleInc Sierra Sports SierraSports Inxight InxightSoftwareInc Inxight Software, Inc. is a software company whose business focus is unstructured data management. Inxight was spun off from a project at Xerox PARC, and became an independent company in 1997. Its products include the <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rSd0LYF8MQdeKFsDq3jPtuA" class="cyc_term">InxightThingFinder</a> software package. Quicksilver Software QuicksilverSoftware Pseudo Interactive PseudoInteractive SPGS SPGS-TheDeveloper BlackIsleStudios Black Isle Studios InteractiveMultimedia Interactive Multimedia Sierra On-Line SierraOnline FlightSimDevelopers Flight Sim Developers 9003Inc 9003inc. Sun Microsystems SunMicrosystemsInc Manufacturer of Sun workstations. Leaping Lizard Software LeapingLizardSoftware LookingGlassStudios Looking Glass Studios MurderOfCrows Murder of Crows ImagineStudios Imagine Studios Caldera Inc A software company which distributes various versions of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvViHlJwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Unix</a>, having bought out SCO (<a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvvHsW5wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">SantaCruzOperationInc</a>). It recently released an open-source Unix. CalderaInc OutrageEntertainment Outrage Entertainment (Affiliate of Parallax) <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rv1KYSpwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">RedHat_Corporation</a> is a company that produces and sells <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvuGfGZwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Linux_RedHat</a> and supporting software. RedHat-Corporation Red Hat Mythic Entertainment MythicEntertainment I-Motion I-Motion-TheCompany ChaosWorks Chaos Works Intelligent Games, Ltd. IntelligentGamesLtd Clarence Sheridan's Theater 3D ClarenceSheridansTheater3D Heuristic Park HeuristicPark BeyondGames Beyond Games Red Lemon Studios RedLemonStudios IllusionMachines-TheCompany Illusion Machines Boss Game Studios BossGameStudios FlatlineStudios Flatline Studios RebellionSoftware Rebellion Software SunstormInteractive Sunstorm Interactive Rowan Software RowanSoftware SilverLightning-TheCompany Silver Lightning Pyrosoft Pyrosoft QuantumAxcess Quantum Axcess LotusDevelopmentCorporation Lotus Development Corporation A large software company founded by Bill Gates and Paul Allen. MicrosoftInc Microsoft ComputerhouseAB ComputerHouse AB EpicMegagames Epic Megagames TrilobyteInc Trilobyte EngineeringAnimationInc Engineering Animation Inc. Mythos Games MythosGames-TheCompany Terminal Reality TerminalReality The 3DO Company Studio3DO-TheCompany Silmarils Silmarils-TheDeveloper Simis Simis-TheDeveloper LegendEntertainmentCompany Legend Entertainment Company Europress Europress EPGStudios EPG Studios PyroStudios Pyro Studios CorelCorporation Corel VBDesignsBlackIsleStudios VB Designs/Black Isle Studios private-sector organization The collection of all <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVjVT5wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Organization</a>s that operate in what is thought of as the private sector and that have no governmental component. Instances of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rv_D3hZwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">PrivateSectorOrganization</a>s may be either <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvViS05wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">CommercialOrganization</a>s or <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvViu6JwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">NonProfitOrganization</a>s. Examples of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rv_D3hZwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">PrivateSectorOrganization</a>s include <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVjfTJwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">IBMInc</a>, <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvViYm5wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Cycorp</a>, <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVjrK5wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">FloridaNationalBank</a>, and <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVjRFpwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">SierraClub</a>. PrivateSectorOrganization 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 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 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 A specialization of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvViS05wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">CommercialOrganization</a> (q.v.). Each instance of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVjQNpwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Business</a> is an organization intended to make profits, i.e. to make money for agents who own them. Note that not all <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvViS05wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">CommercialOrganization</a>s are <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVjQNpwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Business</a>es. For example, in a franchise <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVjVT5wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Organization</a>, while the parent company (see <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVjF5pwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">parentCompany</a>) is regarded as a business, the sub-organizations are commercial organizations but not businesses. Also, <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVjQNpwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Business</a>es are typically <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVinsZwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">LegalAgent</a>s, while <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvViS05wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">CommercialOrganization</a>s need not be. business Business 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 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 A specialization of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVjVT5wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Organization</a> and <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvj_RK5wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Vendor</a>. Each instance of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVkIkpwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">SellingOrganization</a> is an organization whose main function is to sell things by conducting sales activities. Specializations include <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVitqZwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">SalesDepartment</a>, <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvViK6pwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">AdvertisingAgency</a>, and <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVjeUZwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">RetailOrganization</a>. SellingOrganization vendor BusinessTypeByActivityType type of business by activity A collection of collections. Each instance of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rwI3GYpwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">BusinessTypeByActivityType</a> is a category of business characterized by the performance of some main business activity, such as the selling of flowers or the breeding and selling of animals. The collection of all <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVjVT5wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Organization</a>s that are primarily or significantly engaged in the <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvwQLD5wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">TechnologyIndustry</a> or whose activities focus on that industry. Examples of specializations of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvZznmZwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">TechnologyOrganization</a> include <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvhx2A5wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">InternetServiceProvider</a>, <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVj9_ZwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">ComputerRepairShop</a>, and <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVju0JwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">AIResearchDepartment</a>. Both <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVjfTJwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">IBMInc</a> and <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvViYm5wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Cycorp</a> are instances of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvZznmZwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">TechnologyOrganization</a>s. technology organization TechnologyOrganization