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Mx4rwP1Fb5wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA Card card An instance of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/en/ExistingObjectType" class="cyc_term">ExistingObjectType</a>, and a specialization of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/en/HardcopyInformationBearingObject" class="cyc_term">HardcopyInformationBearingObject</a>. Each instance of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/en/Card" class="cyc_term">Card</a> is a small, sturdy sheet of stuff -- usually cardstock paper, although it could be plastic or thin metal -- bearing some kind of information. Specializations of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/en/Card" class="cyc_term">Card</a> include <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/en/CreditCard" class="cyc_term">CreditCard</a>, <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/en/BusinessCard" class="cyc_term">BusinessCard</a>, and <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/en/PostCard" class="cyc_term">PostCard</a>. Note that electronic objects that perform the same functions as some instances of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/en/Card" class="cyc_term">Card</a> (for example, electronic greeting cards) are not instances of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/en/Card" class="cyc_term">Card</a>. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Playing_card cards credit card CreditCard A specialization of both <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/en/Card" class="cyc_term">Card</a> and <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/en/TenderObject" class="cyc_term">TenderObject</a>. Each instance of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/en/CreditCard" class="cyc_term">CreditCard</a> is a piece of plastic that enables authorized users to spend the card-issuing company's money, drawn as a (usually unsecured) loan through an associated instance of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/en/CreditCardAccount" class="cyc_term">CreditCardAccount</a> (q.v.) under a pre-arranged credit agreement. The credit card company credits the vendor of the purchased goods or services and bills the card user (see <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/en/Bill_PaymentRequest" class="cyc_term">Bill_PaymentRequest</a>), usually with interest. See also <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/en/creditor" class="cyc_term">creditor</a>, <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/en/agentOwesAgentAmount" class="cyc_term">agentOwesAgentAmount</a>. playing card PlayingCard the collection of playing cards, each of which is one of a pack of cards used in playing card games greeting card A type of (usually mass-manufactured and preprinted) correspondence, usually containing a message to commemorate or observe holidays or important events in a person's life. <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/en/GreetingCard" class="cyc_term">GreetingCard</a>s can be textless when sold. GreetingCard Timecard A document on which an employee reports the times (or at least number of hours) during a given time period in which s/he worked. timecard AppointmentCard appointment card The sort of card a dentist gives you to confirm and remind you of an appointment. BankDebitCard debit card A specialization of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/en/Card" class="cyc_term">Card</a> and <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/en/TenderObject" class="cyc_term">TenderObject</a>. Each instance of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/en/BankDebitCard" class="cyc_term">BankDebitCard</a> is a plastic card that enables the holder to access the <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/en/BankAccount" class="cyc_term">BankAccount</a> with which the card is associated. It is typically used to withdraw funds from the account. See also <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/en/CreditCard" class="cyc_term">CreditCard</a>. PostCard postcard Written correspondence on (typically) a 3 x 5 inch card. Postcards often don't contain much content and are usually just a short note to say 'hi' to friends and family during vacations index card The collection of all index cards. A type of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/en/Paper" class="cyc_term">Paper</a>, <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/en/DurableGood" class="cyc_term">DurableGood</a>, and <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/en/Card" class="cyc_term">Card</a>. The collection <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/en/IndexCard" class="cyc_term">IndexCard</a> is an <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/en/ArtifactTypeByGenericCategory" class="cyc_term">ArtifactTypeByGenericCategory</a> and a <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/en/SpatiallyDisjointObjectType" class="cyc_term">SpatiallyDisjointObjectType</a>. IndexCard A specialization of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/en/Card" class="cyc_term">Card</a>. Each instance of this collection is a small piece of cardstock paper (typically 2 x 3.5 inches) containing basic contact information for an individual in a business context; at least their <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/en/Name" class="cyc_term">Name</a>, company, mailing address, <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/en/PhoneNumber" class="cyc_term">PhoneNumber</a>. business card BusinessCard TradingCard trading card A specialization of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/en/Card" class="cyc_term">Card</a> (q.v.). <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/en/TradingCard" class="cyc_term">TradingCard</a> is the collection of cards with pictures or designs that are collected and traded, usually by children. Specializations include <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/en/SportsCard" class="cyc_term">SportsCard</a> and <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/en/TradingCardGameCard" class="cyc_term">TradingCardGameCard</a>. A specialization of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/en/IDDocument" class="cyc_term">IDDocument</a>. Each instance of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/en/SmartCard" class="cyc_term">SmartCard</a> is a credit-card sized plastic card containing one or more semiconductor chips. Instances of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/en/SmartCard" class="cyc_term">SmartCard</a> include some credit cards, as well as some health insurance cards. SmartCard smart card social security card SocialSecurityCard The collection of all social security cards. A type of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/en/LegalDocument" class="cyc_term">LegalDocument</a>, <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/en/Card" class="cyc_term">Card</a>, and <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/en/IDDocument" class="cyc_term">IDDocument</a>. <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/en/SocialSecurityCard" class="cyc_term">SocialSecurityCard</a> is a <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/en/SpatiallyDisjointObjectType" class="cyc_term">SpatiallyDisjointObjectType</a>. phone card PrepaidTelephoneCard An instance of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/en/MoneyTenderType" class="cyc_term">MoneyTenderType</a> and a specialization of both <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/en/Card" class="cyc_term">Card</a> and <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/en/PhysicalDevice" class="cyc_term">PhysicalDevice</a>. Each instance of this collection allows a user to make telephone calls by debiting the price of the call from the <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/en/MonetaryValue" class="cyc_term">MonetaryValue</a> (q.v.) remaining on the card. The value on the card may be encoded on a magnetic strip on the card, or kept track of by the company that issued the card. A collection of collections. Each instance of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/en/ExistingObjectType" class="cyc_term">ExistingObjectType</a> is a specialization of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/en/PartiallyTangible" class="cyc_term">PartiallyTangible</a> (q.v.). Moreover, each instance of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/en/ExistingObjectType" class="cyc_term">ExistingObjectType</a> is a collection that is temporally stuff-like (see <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/en/TemporalStuffType" class="cyc_term">TemporalStuffType</a>) but physically-spatially object-like (see <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/en/ObjectType" 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/en/properPhysicalDecompositions" class="cyc_term">properPhysicalDecompositions</a>). Consider the collection <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/en/BookCopy" class="cyc_term">BookCopy</a>. <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/en/BookCopy" class="cyc_term">BookCopy</a> is a specialization of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/en/PartiallyTangible" class="cyc_term">PartiallyTangible</a>. Further, <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/en/BookCopy" class="cyc_term">BookCopy</a> is temporally stuff-like: any one of the <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/en/timeSlices" 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/en/BookCopy" 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/en/BookCopy" class="cyc_term">BookCopy</a> is an instance of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/en/ExistingObjectType" class="cyc_term">ExistingObjectType</a>. See also <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/en/StuffType" class="cyc_term">StuffType</a> and <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/en/ExistingStuffType" class="cyc_term">ExistingStuffType</a>. type of object ExistingObjectType QA clarifying collection type The collection of all instances of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/en/ClarifyingCollectionType" class="cyc_term">ClarifyingCollectionType</a> that are used by the <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/en/QueryAugmentationApplication" class="cyc_term">QueryAugmentationApplication</a> to resolve natural language ambiguities. QAClarifyingCollectionType FreeSheet free sheet A specialization of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/en/SheetOfSomeStuff" class="cyc_term">SheetOfSomeStuff</a>. Each instance of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/en/FreeSheet" class="cyc_term">FreeSheet</a> is a sheet of tangible stuff that has two sides open to the environment. That is, over most of each of its surfaces, it is not related by <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/en/sheetSurfaceConnected" class="cyc_term">sheetSurfaceConnected</a> (q.v.) with something else. Specializations include <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/en/SheetOfPaper" class="cyc_term">SheetOfPaper</a>, <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/en/Towel" class="cyc_term">Towel</a>, <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/en/Fence" class="cyc_term">Fence</a>, and <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/en/CreditCard" class="cyc_term">CreditCard</a>. spatially disjoint object type SpatiallyDisjointObjectType A collection of collections and a specialization of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/en/ObjectType" class="cyc_term">ObjectType</a> (q.v.). Each instance of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/en/SpatiallyDisjointObjectType" class="cyc_term">SpatiallyDisjointObjectType</a> is a collection C of spatial things (see <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/en/SpatialThing" class="cyc_term">SpatialThing</a>), where each of the spatial things in C is spatially disjoint with the other spatial things in C. For example, the collection <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/en/Dog" class="cyc_term">Dog</a> is an instance of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/en/SpatiallyDisjointObjectType" class="cyc_term">SpatiallyDisjointObjectType</a>, since dogs do not spatially overlap. Even pregnant dogs do not spatially overlap the pups they bear; rather, pregnant dogs contain their unborn pups. Other instances of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/en/SpatiallyDisjointObjectType" class="cyc_term">SpatiallyDisjointObjectType</a> include <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/en/LatitudeLine" class="cyc_term">LatitudeLine</a>, <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/en/CompactDisc_Audio" class="cyc_term">CompactDisc_Audio</a>, and <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/en/PlanetaryBody" class="cyc_term">PlanetaryBody</a>. An important specialization of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/en/SpatiallyDisjointObjectType" class="cyc_term">SpatiallyDisjointObjectType</a> is <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/en/SpatiallyDisjointRegionType" class="cyc_term">SpatiallyDisjointRegionType</a> (a collection of specializations of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/en/GeographicalRegion" class="cyc_term">GeographicalRegion</a>, such as <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/en/City" class="cyc_term">City</a> and <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/en/TrueContinent" class="cyc_term">TrueContinent</a>). information and CWs topic InformationAndCWs-Topic physical information bearing object The "collection-intersection" (and thus a common specialization) of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/en/Artifact" class="cyc_term">Artifact</a>, <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/en/StillImageSource" class="cyc_term">StillImageSource</a> and <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/en/HumanAccessibleIBO" class="cyc_term">HumanAccessibleIBO</a> (qq.v.). Each instance of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/en/HardcopyInformationBearingObject" class="cyc_term">HardcopyInformationBearingObject</a> is an human-created <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/en/InformationBearingObject" class="cyc_term">InformationBearingObject</a> (IBO) in a "hard" format (e.g. written on paper, on wood, on palm leaves, engraved in metal, or carved on stone) that humans can obtain information from by viewing (if there is sufficient light) without using a computer or electronic device. In many cases the information is encoded in visual symbols, whose <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/en/CommunicationConvention" class="cyc_term">CommunicationConvention</a> must be understood by anyone who would access the information. For example, the information may be stored as English text. Examples of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/en/HardcopyInformationBearingObject" class="cyc_term">HardcopyInformationBearingObject</a> include: a billboard, a greeting card, a restaurant check, a magazine, an engraving by Rembrandt, a Picasso painting, and a hardcopy of a map with no text on it. Note that this collection does _not_ include IBOs embodied in magnetic media such as tape or disk (as the information they bear is not directly accessible to someone viewing them) or Braille books (as they are not instances of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/en/StillImageSource" class="cyc_term">StillImageSource</a>, whose information content must be accessed visually). HardcopyInformationBearingObject Card card An instance of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/en/ExistingObjectType" class="cyc_term">ExistingObjectType</a>, and a specialization of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/en/HardcopyInformationBearingObject" class="cyc_term">HardcopyInformationBearingObject</a>. Each instance of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/en/Card" class="cyc_term">Card</a> is a small, sturdy sheet of stuff -- usually cardstock paper, although it could be plastic or thin metal -- bearing some kind of information. Specializations of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/en/Card" class="cyc_term">Card</a> include <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/en/CreditCard" class="cyc_term">CreditCard</a>, <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/en/BusinessCard" class="cyc_term">BusinessCard</a>, and <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/en/PostCard" class="cyc_term">PostCard</a>. Note that electronic objects that perform the same functions as some instances of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/en/Card" class="cyc_term">Card</a> (for example, electronic greeting cards) are not instances of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/en/Card" class="cyc_term">Card</a>. portable object PortableObject A specialization of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/en/HumanScaleObject" class="cyc_term">HumanScaleObject</a> (q.v.). Each instance of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/en/PortableObject" class="cyc_term">PortableObject</a> is a tangible object that is not "fastened down" and is light enough for an average human (or, more to the point, for its average intended user) to move easily. For many instances of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/en/PortableObject" class="cyc_term">PortableObject</a>, portability is important for the fulfillment of their primary functions; for example, an article of clothing (an instance of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/en/SomethingToWear" class="cyc_term">SomethingToWear</a>), a hand-guided tool (an instance of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/en/HandTool" class="cyc_term">HandTool</a>), a coin or dollar bill (an instance of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/en/Currency" class="cyc_term">Currency</a>), or a flashlight (an instance of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/en/Flashlight" class="cyc_term">Flashlight</a>) would be pretty useless if they weren't portable. In other cases, making a device portable, or making a portable version of a device, simply provides a convenience, as with the subcollections <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/en/PortableTelevision" class="cyc_term">PortableTelevision</a> and <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/en/PortableStereoSystem" class="cyc_term">PortableStereoSystem</a>. Note that <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/en/Tool" class="cyc_term">Tool</a> is not a subcollection of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/en/PortableObject" class="cyc_term">PortableObject</a>, since many tools are heavy and/or stationary. A borderline example of a <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/en/PortableObject" class="cyc_term">PortableObject</a> would be a heart/lung machine; although the beneficiary of its primary function is in no position to move it around, the physicians and nurses who also are "using" it can and do exactly that. The same goes for a playpen; the kids in it had better not be able to move it around, but the adults who set it up and put them there can and do move it. A borderline non-example would be a car; even though its user can make it move around, that is more a controlling action than a transporting action -- i.e., the car is doing the transporting in that case, not the driver. A borderline example is a cat; even though it moves under its own power, it is light enough for its owner to pick it up and move it around. A borderline example is a bed or a dresser; though too heavy to lift, its owners can generally move it around (by sliding, disassembling and reassembling, and so on). (<a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/en/wikipediaArticleURL" class="cyc_term">wikipediaArticleURL</a> THING URL) means that in #$Wikipedia-WebSite THING is described by an article located at URL wikipediaArticleURL wikipediaArticleURL candidate KB completeness node CandidateKBCompletenessNode Card card An instance of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/en/ExistingObjectType" class="cyc_term">ExistingObjectType</a>, and a specialization of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/en/HardcopyInformationBearingObject" class="cyc_term">HardcopyInformationBearingObject</a>. Each instance of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/en/Card" class="cyc_term">Card</a> is a small, sturdy sheet of stuff -- usually cardstock paper, although it could be plastic or thin metal -- bearing some kind of information. Specializations of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/en/Card" class="cyc_term">Card</a> include <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/en/CreditCard" class="cyc_term">CreditCard</a>, <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/en/BusinessCard" class="cyc_term">BusinessCard</a>, and <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/en/PostCard" class="cyc_term">PostCard</a>. Note that electronic objects that perform the same functions as some instances of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/en/Card" class="cyc_term">Card</a> (for example, electronic greeting cards) are not instances of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/en/Card" class="cyc_term">Card</a>. Card card An instance of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/en/ExistingObjectType" class="cyc_term">ExistingObjectType</a>, and a specialization of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/en/HardcopyInformationBearingObject" class="cyc_term">HardcopyInformationBearingObject</a>. Each instance of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/en/Card" class="cyc_term">Card</a> is a small, sturdy sheet of stuff -- usually cardstock paper, although it could be plastic or thin metal -- bearing some kind of information. Specializations of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/en/Card" class="cyc_term">Card</a> include <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/en/CreditCard" class="cyc_term">CreditCard</a>, <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/en/BusinessCard" class="cyc_term">BusinessCard</a>, and <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/en/PostCard" class="cyc_term">PostCard</a>. Note that electronic objects that perform the same functions as some instances of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/en/Card" class="cyc_term">Card</a> (for example, electronic greeting cards) are not instances of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/en/Card" class="cyc_term">Card</a>. Card card An instance of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/en/ExistingObjectType" class="cyc_term">ExistingObjectType</a>, and a specialization of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/en/HardcopyInformationBearingObject" class="cyc_term">HardcopyInformationBearingObject</a>. Each instance of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/en/Card" class="cyc_term">Card</a> is a small, sturdy sheet of stuff -- usually cardstock paper, although it could be plastic or thin metal -- bearing some kind of information. Specializations of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/en/Card" class="cyc_term">Card</a> include <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/en/CreditCard" class="cyc_term">CreditCard</a>, <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/en/BusinessCard" class="cyc_term">BusinessCard</a>, and <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/en/PostCard" class="cyc_term">PostCard</a>. Note that electronic objects that perform the same functions as some instances of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/en/Card" class="cyc_term">Card</a> (for example, electronic greeting cards) are not instances of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/en/Card" class="cyc_term">Card</a>. Card card An instance of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/en/ExistingObjectType" class="cyc_term">ExistingObjectType</a>, and a specialization of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/en/HardcopyInformationBearingObject" class="cyc_term">HardcopyInformationBearingObject</a>. Each instance of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/en/Card" class="cyc_term">Card</a> is a small, sturdy sheet of stuff -- usually cardstock paper, although it could be plastic or thin metal -- bearing some kind of information. Specializations of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/en/Card" class="cyc_term">Card</a> include <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/en/CreditCard" class="cyc_term">CreditCard</a>, <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/en/BusinessCard" class="cyc_term">BusinessCard</a>, and <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/en/PostCard" class="cyc_term">PostCard</a>. Note that electronic objects that perform the same functions as some instances of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/en/Card" class="cyc_term">Card</a> (for example, electronic greeting cards) are not instances of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/en/Card" class="cyc_term">Card</a>. Card card An instance of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/en/ExistingObjectType" class="cyc_term">ExistingObjectType</a>, and a specialization of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/en/HardcopyInformationBearingObject" class="cyc_term">HardcopyInformationBearingObject</a>. Each instance of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/en/Card" class="cyc_term">Card</a> is a small, sturdy sheet of stuff -- usually cardstock paper, although it could be plastic or thin metal -- bearing some kind of information. Specializations of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/en/Card" class="cyc_term">Card</a> include <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/en/CreditCard" class="cyc_term">CreditCard</a>, <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/en/BusinessCard" class="cyc_term">BusinessCard</a>, and <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/en/PostCard" class="cyc_term">PostCard</a>. Note that electronic objects that perform the same functions as some instances of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/en/Card" class="cyc_term">Card</a> (for example, electronic greeting cards) are not instances of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/en/Card" class="cyc_term">Card</a>. prettyString (<a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/en/prettyString" 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/en/prettyString" 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. Pretty String