logic programming
logic programing | creating a program that enables the computer to reason logically |
chain pickerel
chain pike
Esox niger | common in quiet waters of eastern United States |
anchor chain
anchor rope | the chain or rope that attaches an anchor to a vessel |
atomic pile
atomic reactor
pile
chain reactor | a nuclear reactor that uses controlled nuclear fission to generate energy |
| ball and chain | heavy iron ball attached to a prisoner by a chain |
| bicycle chain | a chain that transmits the power from the pedals to the rear wheel of a bicycle |
| chain | a series of (usually metal) rings or links fitted into one another to make a flexible ligament |
| chain string strand | a necklace made by a stringing objects together, a string of beads, a strand of pearls, |
| chain | anything that acts as a restraint |
| chain | a linked or connected series of objects, a chain of daisies |
chain mail
ring mail
mail
chain armor
chain armour
ring armor
ring armour | (Middle Ages) flexible armor made of interlinked metal rings |
| chain printer | an impact printer that carries the type slugs by links of a revolving chain |
chain saw
chainsaw | portable power saw, teeth linked to form an endless chain |
| chain stitch | a looped stitch resembling the links of a chain, used in embroidery and in sewing |
| chain stitch | the most basic of all crochet stitches made by pulling a loop of yarn through another loop |
| chain store | one of a chain of retail stores under the same management and selling the same merchandise |
| chain tongs | a pipe wrench used for turning large pipes, an adjustable chain circles the pipe with its ends connected to the head whose teeth engage the pipe |
| chain wrench | another name for chain tongs |
| daisy chain | flower chain consisting of a string of daisies linked by their stems, worn by students on class day at some schools |
| flower chain | flowers strung together in a chain |
fob
watch chain
watch guard | short chain or ribbon attaching a pocket watch to a man's vest |
| gate logic gate | a computer circuit with several inputs but only one output that can be activated by particular combinations of inputs |
irons
chains | metal shackles, for hands or legs |
| logic element | an electronic device that performs an elementary logic operation |
| paper chain | a chain made of loops of colored paper, used to decorate a room |
| pull chain | a chain (usually with a handle at the end) that is pulled in order to operate some mechanism (e.g. to flush a toilet) |
tire chain
snow chain | chain attached to wheels to increase traction on ice or snow |
| logic | reasoned and reasonable judgment, it made a certain kind of logic |
logic logical system
system of logic | a system of reasoning |
| Aristotelian logic | the syllogistic logic of Aristotle as developed by Boethius in the Middle Ages |
inference
illation | the reasoning involved in drawing a conclusion or making a logical judgment on the basis of circumstantial evidence and prior conclusions rather than on the basis of direct observation |
| logic | the principles that guide reasoning within a given field or situation, economic logic requires it, by the logic of war |
| logic | the system of operations performed by a computer that underlies the machine's representation of logical operations |
| logic | the branch of philosophy that analyzes inference |
symbolic logic
mathematical logic
formal logic | any logical system that abstracts the form of statements away from their content in order to establish abstract criteria of consistency and validity |
Boolean logic
Boolean algebra | a system of symbolic logic devised by George Boole, used in computers |
propositional logic
propositional calculus | a branch of symbolic logic dealing with propositions as units and with their combinations and the connectives that relate them |
| modal logic | a system of logic whose formal properties resemble certain moral and epistemological concepts |
| alethic logic | the modal logic of necessity and possibility and contingency |
| deontic logic | the modal logic of obligation and permissibility |
| epistemic logic | the modal logic of knowledge and uncertainty and ignorance |
| doxastic logic | the modal logic of belief and disbelief |
| fuzzy logic | a form of mathematical logic in which truth can assume a continuum of values between
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| modal logic | the logical study of necessity and possibility |
logic diagram
logical diagram | a graphical representation of a program using formal logic |
logic bomb
slag code | a set of instructions inserted into a program that are designed to execute (or `explode') if a particular condition is satisfied, when exploded it may delete or corrupt data, or print a spurious message, or have other harmful effects, a disgruntled employee planted a logic bomb |
| chain letter | a letter that is sent successively to several people |
Prolog
logic programing
logic programming | a computer language designed in Europe to support natural language processing |
| chain | (business) a number of similar establishments (stores or restaurants or banks or hotels or theaters) under one ownership |
| apparel chain | a chain of clothing stores |