| Front | ontology \on-TOL-uh-jee\ |
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| Back | noun The philosophical study of existence and the nature of being. [From Greek onto- (being) + -logy (study). First recorded use: 1663. In the context of computer and information sciences, ontology is the formal representation of knowledge in a domain, for example, by defining classes, their attributes, and relationships.] "But there's still that pesky problem of ontology. 'He does exist and he doesn't really exist. What does that mean?'" - Margaret Atwood, novelist and poet (b. 1939) |
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