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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. television network A subset of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvViOUpwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">CommunicationsOrganization</a>. Elements of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rwQCRtJwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">TelevisionNetwork</a> are organizations that produce television programs and distribute them either directly to the public or through intermediaries (see also <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rwQCRppwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">TelevisionStation</a>). TelevisionNetwork networks network television networks tv networks tv network http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Television_network CableTVNetwork This is the collection of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rwQCRtJwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">TelevisionNetwork</a>s that are were originally broadcast only via cable television systems (they are not broadcast via satellite as well). These networks do not, like ABC, NBC, CBS and Fox, own local affiliates through which they broadcast their programming locally using transmitting towers. cable television network CubanStateTV Cuban state television CBS CBS-TVNetwork TVFoodNetwork-TVNetwork the Food Network NBC NBC-TVNetwork TBS Superstation TBS-TVNetwork Showtime-TVNetwork Showtime Turner Network Television TNT-TVNetwork the Learning Channel TLC-TVNetwork Fox TV Fox-TVNetwork the Discovery Channel DiscoveryChannel-TVNetwork the British Broadcasting Corporation BritishBroadcastingCorporation Nickelodeon Nickelodeon-TVNetwork ABC-TVNetwork ABC PBS-TVNetwork PBS television network A subset of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvViOUpwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">CommunicationsOrganization</a>. Elements of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rwQCRtJwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">TelevisionNetwork</a> are organizations that produce television programs and distribute them either directly to the public or through intermediaries (see also <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rwQCRppwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">TelevisionStation</a>). TelevisionNetwork service organization ServiceOrganization A specialization of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVjVT5wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Organization</a>. Each instance of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVixGpwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">ServiceOrganization</a> is an organization whose main function is to provide some service or services (as opposed, e.g., to mainly selling goods or manufacturing products). A service organization might or might not be a subsidiary or department in some larger organization; it might or might not be a for-profit organization (for-profit service organizations are instances of the subcollection <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVjxuZwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">CommercialServiceOrganization</a>). Notable specializations of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVixGpwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">ServiceOrganization</a> include <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVj0jpwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">MedicalCareOrganization</a>, <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvViIt5wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">ShippingOrganization</a>, and <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVjyg5wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Restaurant_Organization</a>. A collection of collections. Each instance of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvWXYgJwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">ExistingObjectType</a> is a specialization of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVj27ZwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">PartiallyTangible</a> (q.v.). Moreover, each instance of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvWXYgJwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">ExistingObjectType</a> is a collection that is temporally stuff-like (see <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVitN5wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">TemporalStuffType</a>) but physically-spatially object-like (see <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVirnZwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">ObjectType</a>) -- i.e. object-like with respect to some physical-spatial part-whole predicate (e.g. some specialization of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4r8a2smPXcQdiEoJhcx65EiQ" class="cyc_term">properPhysicalDecompositions</a>). Consider the collection <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rwJaXepwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">BookCopy</a>. <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rwJaXepwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">BookCopy</a> is a specialization of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVj27ZwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">PartiallyTangible</a>. Further, <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rwJaXepwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">BookCopy</a> is temporally stuff-like: any one of the <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvWn4OZwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">timeSlices</a> of a given copy <code>COPY</code> of (say) "Moby Dick" is still a copy of "Moby Dick". (Most collections of tangible objects are temporally stuff-like in this way.) But <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rwJaXepwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">BookCopy</a> is spatially object-like: if we take a scalpel and slice <code>COPY</code> into ten pieces, each piece is not a copy of "Moby Dick". So <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rwJaXepwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">BookCopy</a> is an instance of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvWXYgJwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">ExistingObjectType</a>. See also <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVir35wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">StuffType</a> and <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVny6pwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">ExistingStuffType</a>. ExistingObjectType type of object television network A subset of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvViOUpwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">CommunicationsOrganization</a>. Elements of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rwQCRtJwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">TelevisionNetwork</a> are organizations that produce television programs and distribute them either directly to the public or through intermediaries (see also <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rwQCRppwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">TelevisionStation</a>). TelevisionNetwork 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 television network A subset of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvViOUpwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">CommunicationsOrganization</a>. Elements of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rwQCRtJwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">TelevisionNetwork</a> are organizations that produce television programs and distribute them either directly to the public or through intermediaries (see also <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rwQCRppwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">TelevisionStation</a>). TelevisionNetwork EntertainmentOrRecreationOrganization entertainment organization <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVijq5wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">EntertainmentOrRecreationOrganization</a> is a specialization of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVjVT5wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Organization</a>. Each instance of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVijq5wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">EntertainmentOrRecreationOrganization</a> is an organization whose <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvViMgZwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">actsInCapacity_MainFunction</a> is to provide personal entertainment to customers. This collection includes organizations that perform or provide other forms of entertainment, as well as organizations which provide spaces in which entertainment is scheduled or provided. Specific types of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVijq5wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">EntertainmentOrRecreationOrganization</a> include: <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rwQCRppwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">TelevisionStation</a>, <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rwQCRtJwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">TelevisionNetwork</a>, <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVjywJwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">NightClub</a>, <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvViFGJwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">TheaterCompany</a>, <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvViKFpwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Cinema_Organization</a>, <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVi1P5wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">AmusementPark</a>, <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvgEZGJwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Band_MusicGroup</a>. This collection is a subset of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvViOUpwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">CommunicationsOrganization</a>. Every instance of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rv9YQyZwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">MediaOrganization</a> exists for the purpose of disseminating information to the public (cf. <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvXf6cJwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">MediaTransferEvent</a>). Examples of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rv9YQyZwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">MediaOrganization</a> include radio stations, cable-TV providers, and publishing companies. A <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rv9YQyZwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">MediaOrganization</a> may also create the <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvXg6i5wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">MediaProduct</a>s it distributes. However, an organization that merely creates <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvXg6i5wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">MediaProduct</a>s, but does not distribute them, is not a <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rv9YQyZwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">MediaOrganization</a>. MediaOrganization media organization television network A subset of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvViOUpwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">CommunicationsOrganization</a>. Elements of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rwQCRtJwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">TelevisionNetwork</a> are organizations that produce television programs and distribute them either directly to the public or through intermediaries (see also <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rwQCRppwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">TelevisionStation</a>). TelevisionNetwork The collection of all instances of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4r_4bScKNtQdiVw7XtX-HN0Q" class="cyc_term">ClarifyingCollectionType</a> that are used by the <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvYbXiJwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">QueryAugmentationApplication</a> to resolve natural language ambiguities. QAClarifyingCollectionType QA clarifying collection type