]> 2009/04/07 OpenCyc Knowledge Base Copyright© 2001-2009 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. Mappings between OpenCyc terms and Wikipedia article names provided by Olena Medelyan and Catherine Legg, University of Waikato, NZ under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 license. 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. InternetServiceProvider A collection of service-providing organizations. Each <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/concept/Mx4rvhx2A5wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">InternetServiceProvider</a>, or ISP, provides its clients with access to the <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/concept/Mx4rvVnZe5wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Internet</a>. An ISP typically charges a monthly or annual fee for this service, although some do not charge for the service. Access may be provided via a telephone number for the client's modem to connect to a modem at the ISP, a dedicated high-speed line, cable modem, cellular or sattelite connection, or more modern technologies. The ISP may or may not provide software or a modem for the client's computer, email service, website hosting, and online 'content' such as news, weather, magazines, chatrooms, etc. Some ISPs are national or international, like <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/concept/Mx4rwRU8LpwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">AmericaOnlineInc</a>, and others are local. internet service provider internet provider internet service online services online service ISPs online service providers internet services ISP internet service providers access provider access providers internet providers online service provider

Internet service provider

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Internet_service_provider Flashnet Flashnet Prodigy Communications Corporation ProdigyCommunicationsCorporation Earthlink Network EarthLinkNetworkInc FreeinternetDotCom Freeinternet.com AOL The largest <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/concept/Mx4rvhx2A5wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">InternetServiceProvider</a> in the United States. <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/concept/Mx4rwRU8LpwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">AmericaOnlineInc</a> (NYSE: AOL, www.aol.com) provides internet service, including email, website hosting, WWW access, and a lot of proprietary content to millions of members (about 14 million as of 1998). <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/concept/Mx4rwRU8LpwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">AmericaOnlineInc</a> also (as of January, 1998) owns and operates Compuserve, a formerly independent ISP, in addition to AOL, the original interactive service of America Online. The company was founded in 1985, and the chairman and CEO is Steve Case. AmericaOnlineInc Delphi DelphiISP netzero NetZero Wikipedia Article URL (<a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/concept/Mx4rNv0nbm4TTjOp7yhmnzOyqg" class="cyc_term">wikipediaArticleURL</a> THING URL) means that in <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/concept/Mx4rtqXA6OC8QdiWC72DuLJdUw" class="cyc_term">Wikipedia_WebSite</a> THING is described by an article located at URL wikipediaArticleURL private-sector organization The collection of all <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/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/concept/Mx4rv_D3hZwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">PrivateSectorOrganization</a>s may be either <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/concept/Mx4rvViS05wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">CommercialOrganization</a>s or <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/concept/Mx4rvViu6JwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">NonProfitOrganization</a>s. Examples of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/concept/Mx4rv_D3hZwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">PrivateSectorOrganization</a>s include <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/concept/Mx4rvVjfTJwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">IBMInc</a>, <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/concept/Mx4rvViYm5wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Cycorp</a>, <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/concept/Mx4rvVjrK5wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">FloridaNationalBank</a>, and <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/concept/Mx4rvVjRFpwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">SierraClub</a>. PrivateSectorOrganization InternetServiceProvider A collection of service-providing organizations. Each <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/concept/Mx4rvhx2A5wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">InternetServiceProvider</a>, or ISP, provides its clients with access to the <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/concept/Mx4rvVnZe5wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Internet</a>. An ISP typically charges a monthly or annual fee for this service, although some do not charge for the service. Access may be provided via a telephone number for the client's modem to connect to a modem at the ISP, a dedicated high-speed line, cable modem, cellular or sattelite connection, or more modern technologies. The ISP may or may not provide software or a modem for the client's computer, email service, website hosting, and online 'content' such as news, weather, magazines, chatrooms, etc. Some ISPs are national or international, like <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/concept/Mx4rwRU8LpwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">AmericaOnlineInc</a>, and others are local. internet service provider Pretty String (<a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/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/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 CommunicationsOrganization The collection of all <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/concept/Mx4rvVjVT5wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Organization</a>s that are primarily or significantly engaged in the communications industry (including both the <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/concept/Mx4rvh2_J5wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">TelecommunicationsIndustry</a> and the publishing industry) or whose activities focus on that industry. press InternetServiceProvider A collection of service-providing organizations. Each <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/concept/Mx4rvhx2A5wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">InternetServiceProvider</a>, or ISP, provides its clients with access to the <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/concept/Mx4rvVnZe5wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Internet</a>. An ISP typically charges a monthly or annual fee for this service, although some do not charge for the service. Access may be provided via a telephone number for the client's modem to connect to a modem at the ISP, a dedicated high-speed line, cable modem, cellular or sattelite connection, or more modern technologies. The ISP may or may not provide software or a modem for the client's computer, email service, website hosting, and online 'content' such as news, weather, magazines, chatrooms, etc. Some ISPs are national or international, like <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/concept/Mx4rwRU8LpwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">AmericaOnlineInc</a>, and others are local. internet service provider TechnologyOrganization The collection of all instances of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/concept/Mx4rvVjQNpwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Business</a> that are primarily or significantly engaged in the <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/concept/Mx4rvwQLD5wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">TechnologyIndustry</a> or whose activities focus on that industry. technology organization A collection of collections. Each instance of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/concept/Mx4rvWXYgJwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">ExistingObjectType</a> is a specialization of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/concept/Mx4rvVj27ZwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">PartiallyTangible</a> (q.v.). Moreover, each instance of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/concept/Mx4rvWXYgJwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">ExistingObjectType</a> is a collection that is temporally stuff-like (see <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/concept/Mx4rvVitN5wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">TemporalStuffType</a>) but physically-spatially object-like (see <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/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/concept/Mx4r8a2smPXcQdiEoJhcx65EiQ" class="cyc_term">properPhysicalDecompositions</a>). Consider the collection <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/concept/Mx4rwJaXepwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">BookCopy</a>. <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/concept/Mx4rwJaXepwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">BookCopy</a> is a specialization of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/concept/Mx4rvVj27ZwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">PartiallyTangible</a>. Further, <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/concept/Mx4rwJaXepwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">BookCopy</a> is temporally stuff-like: any one of the <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/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/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/concept/Mx4rwJaXepwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">BookCopy</a> is an instance of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/concept/Mx4rvWXYgJwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">ExistingObjectType</a>. See also <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/concept/Mx4rvVir35wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">StuffType</a> and <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/concept/Mx4rvVny6pwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">ExistingStuffType</a>. ExistingObjectType type of object wikipediaArticleName (<a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/concept/Mx4rTv-jk9SPTXa991kk5mAvHg" class="cyc_term">wikipediaArticleName</a> THING NAME) means that in <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/concept/Mx4rtqXA6OC8QdiWC72DuLJdUw" class="cyc_term">Wikipedia_WebSite</a> THING is described by an article with the title NAME Wikipedia Article Name InternetServiceProvider A collection of service-providing organizations. Each <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/concept/Mx4rvhx2A5wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">InternetServiceProvider</a>, or ISP, provides its clients with access to the <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/concept/Mx4rvVnZe5wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Internet</a>. An ISP typically charges a monthly or annual fee for this service, although some do not charge for the service. Access may be provided via a telephone number for the client's modem to connect to a modem at the ISP, a dedicated high-speed line, cable modem, cellular or sattelite connection, or more modern technologies. The ISP may or may not provide software or a modem for the client's computer, email service, website hosting, and online 'content' such as news, weather, magazines, chatrooms, etc. Some ISPs are national or international, like <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/concept/Mx4rwRU8LpwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">AmericaOnlineInc</a>, and others are local. internet service provider