ontology
/ɑnˈtɑlədʒi/
noun
- The branch of philosophy that studies the nature of existence, being, or reality.
- Ontology tries to answer questions like 'What kinds of things are real?'
- In philosophy class, we studied ontology and asked what it means for something to exist.
- The ontology of a video game defines what objects and rules exist in its virtual world.
- A formal representation or set of concepts within a specific domain, often used in computer science and information science.
- The medical ontology lists all known diseases and how they are related.
- The website uses an ontology to organize its products into categories and relationships.
- In artificial intelligence, an ontology helps a computer understand the meaning of words.
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