]> 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. ComputerControllerBoard computer controller board Mx4rvVj7yJwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA The collection of all computer controller boards. A type of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/en/ExpansionCard" class="cyc_term">ExpansionCard</a>. The collection <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/en/ComputerControllerBoard" class="cyc_term">ComputerControllerBoard</a> is a <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/en/ComputerHardwareDeviceType" class="cyc_term">ComputerHardwareDeviceType</a> and a <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/en/SpatiallyDisjointObjectType" class="cyc_term">SpatiallyDisjointObjectType</a>. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Printed_circuit_board computer controller boards controller board controller boards SCSIController The collection of all SCSI controllers. A type of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/en/ComputerControllerBoard" class="cyc_term">ComputerControllerBoard</a>. The concept <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/en/SCSIController" class="cyc_term">SCSIController</a> is a <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/en/ManufacturedGoodsType" class="cyc_term">ManufacturedGoodsType</a> and a <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/en/SpatiallyDisjointObjectType" class="cyc_term">SpatiallyDisjointObjectType</a>. SCSI controller The collection of all IDE controllers. A type of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/en/ComputerControllerBoard" class="cyc_term">ComputerControllerBoard</a>. The concept <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/en/IDEController" class="cyc_term">IDEController</a> is a <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/en/ManufacturedGoodsType" class="cyc_term">ManufacturedGoodsType</a> and a <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/en/SpatiallyDisjointObjectType" class="cyc_term">SpatiallyDisjointObjectType</a>. IDE controller IDEController EthernetControllerBoard ethernet controller board The collection of all video controllers. A type of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/en/ComputerControllerBoard" class="cyc_term">ComputerControllerBoard</a>. The concept <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/en/VideoController" class="cyc_term">VideoController</a> is a <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/en/ManufacturedGoodsType" class="cyc_term">ManufacturedGoodsType</a> and a <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/en/SpatiallyDisjointObjectType" class="cyc_term">SpatiallyDisjointObjectType</a>. video controller VideoController computer hardware device type A specialization of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/en/ExistingObjectType" class="cyc_term">ExistingObjectType</a>. Each instance of this (second-order) collection is a subcollection of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/en/ComputerHardwareItem" class="cyc_term">ComputerHardwareItem</a> all of whose instances are a particular, distinct type of (entire) computer hardware item. It includes such collections as <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/en/ComputerKeyboard" class="cyc_term">ComputerKeyboard</a>, <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/en/CableModem" class="cyc_term">CableModem</a> and <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/en/FloppyDisk" class="cyc_term">FloppyDisk</a>. It does not contain collections of computers or computer hardware items sorted by brand (e.g. <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/en/MacintoshComputer" class="cyc_term">MacintoshComputer</a>). For that, see <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/en/ComputerTypeByBrand" class="cyc_term">ComputerTypeByBrand</a>. ComputerHardwareDeviceType 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. <p/> 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>). ComputerControllerBoard computer controller board The collection of all computer controller boards. A type of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/en/ExpansionCard" class="cyc_term">ExpansionCard</a>. The collection <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/en/ComputerControllerBoard" class="cyc_term">ComputerControllerBoard</a> is a <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/en/ComputerHardwareDeviceType" class="cyc_term">ComputerHardwareDeviceType</a> and a <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/en/SpatiallyDisjointObjectType" class="cyc_term">SpatiallyDisjointObjectType</a>. ExpansionCard The collection of peripheral printed circuit boards in computers. expansion card ComputerControllerBoard computer controller board The collection of all computer controller boards. A type of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/en/ExpansionCard" class="cyc_term">ExpansionCard</a>. The collection <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/en/ComputerControllerBoard" class="cyc_term">ComputerControllerBoard</a> is a <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/en/ComputerHardwareDeviceType" class="cyc_term">ComputerHardwareDeviceType</a> and a <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/en/SpatiallyDisjointObjectType" class="cyc_term">SpatiallyDisjointObjectType</a>. ComputerControllerBoard computer controller board The collection of all computer controller boards. A type of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/en/ExpansionCard" class="cyc_term">ExpansionCard</a>. The collection <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/en/ComputerControllerBoard" class="cyc_term">ComputerControllerBoard</a> is a <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/en/ComputerHardwareDeviceType" class="cyc_term">ComputerHardwareDeviceType</a> and a <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/en/SpatiallyDisjointObjectType" class="cyc_term">SpatiallyDisjointObjectType</a>. ComputerControllerBoard computer controller board The collection of all computer controller boards. A type of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/en/ExpansionCard" class="cyc_term">ExpansionCard</a>. The collection <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/en/ComputerControllerBoard" class="cyc_term">ComputerControllerBoard</a> is a <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/en/ComputerHardwareDeviceType" class="cyc_term">ComputerHardwareDeviceType</a> and a <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/en/SpatiallyDisjointObjectType" class="cyc_term">SpatiallyDisjointObjectType</a>. (<a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/en/wikipediaArticleURL" class="cyc_term">wikipediaArticleURL</a> THING URL) means that in <font color="#ff0000">#$Wikipedia-WebSite</font> THING is described by an article located at URL wikipediaArticleURL wikipediaArticleURL BT <code>(<a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/en/broaderTerm" class="cyc_term">broaderTerm</a> <b>TERM1</b> <b>TERM2</b>)</code> means that <code><b>TERM2</b></code> is <i>broader</i> than <code><b>TERM1</b></code>, in an extremely general sense of &quot;broader&quot;. For example, <code><b>TERM2</b></code> is, in the relevant sense, broader than <code><b>TERM1</b></code> if any of the following hold:<br><br> <code><b>TERM2</b></code> is a collection that subsumes <code><b>TERM1</b></code>; <br> <code><b>TERM2</b></code> is a collection that has <code><b>TERM1</b></code> as an instance; <br> <code><b>TERM2</b></code> is a collection, instances of which have instances of the collection <code><b>TERM1</b></code> as parts; <br> <code><b>TERM2</b></code> has <code><b>TERM1</b></code> as a part; <br><br> This list of reasons for why <code>(<a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/en/broaderTerm" class="cyc_term">broaderTerm</a> <b>TERM1</b> <b>TERM2</b>)</code> could hold is not exhaustive, but it should give a good indication of how general the <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/en/broaderTerm" class="cyc_term">broaderTerm</a> relation actually is. broaderTerm 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 ComputerControllerBoard computer controller board The collection of all computer controller boards. A type of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/en/ExpansionCard" class="cyc_term">ExpansionCard</a>. The collection <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/en/ComputerControllerBoard" class="cyc_term">ComputerControllerBoard</a> is a <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/en/ComputerHardwareDeviceType" class="cyc_term">ComputerHardwareDeviceType</a> and a <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/en/SpatiallyDisjointObjectType" class="cyc_term">SpatiallyDisjointObjectType</a>.