semantic network
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A graph consisting of nodes that represent physical or conceptual objects and arcs that describe the relationship between the nodes, resulting in something like a data flow diagram. Semantic nets are an effective way to represent data as they incorporate the inheritance mechanism that prevents duplication of data. That is, the meaning of a concept comes from its relationship to other concepts and the information is stored by interconnecting nodes with labelled arcs.
Last updated: 1999-01-07
Nearby terms:
selvage ♦ SEM ♦ semantic gap ♦ semantic network ♦ semantics ♦ semaphore ♦ semi
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