| facts | something that can be shown to be true, to exist, or to have happened | en |
| facts | Specific accurate or correct information or physical things that can be grouped into classes or categories for easy reference ** | en |
| facts | true, real information that can be proven | en |
| facts | (Clickstream Intelligence Administrator's Guide) [definition #2] (Clickstream Intelligence User's Guide) | en |
| facts | plural of fact | en |
| facts | Financial Accounting | en |
| facts | Federation of Australian Commercial Television Stations - now called Commercial Television Austalia (CTVA) | en |
| facts | With relation to expert systems, these are givens - known truths that are written in to a program These are what expert systems use to help them make decisions | en |
| facts | Federation of Australian Commercial Television Stations It is the industry association representing the commercial TV stations FACTS are also responsible for monitoring the content of commercials before they go to air, hence the FACTS number FACTS also give all commercials an intended audience classification, i e 'AO', 'G', 'C' etc | en |
| facts | Information known to be true In terms of intelligence, facts include confirmed intelligence See Assumptions | en |
| facts | The relevant actions, values and laws of both sides of a court case or values conflict situation | en |
| facts | Bits of information that can be objectively measured or described, such as the retail price of a new product, the cost of raw materials, the defect rate of a manufacturing process, or the number of employees who quit during a year | en |
| fact | Federation of Automated Coding Technology - A bureau of AIM consisting of organizations that use and promote automatic identification among their members | en |
| fact | a piece of information about circumstances that exist or events that have occurred; "first you must collect all the facts of the case" a concept whose truth can be proved; "scientific hypotheses are not facts" a statement or assertion of verified information about something that is the case or has happened; "he supported his argument with an impressive array of facts" an event known to have happened or something known to have existed; "your fears have no basis in fact"; "how much of the story is fact and how much fiction is hard to tell | en |
| fact | a statement or assertion of verified information about something that is the case or has happened; "he supported his argument with an impressive array of facts" | en |
| fact | Clause without a body This is called a fact because interpreted as logic, there is no condition to be satisfied The example below states john is a person | en |
| fact | an event known to have happened or something known to have existed; "your fears have no basis in fact"; "how much of the story is fact and how much fiction is hard to tell | en |
| fact | actuality; reality; deed; proof (Law) isim | en |
| fact | An entry in a data table A fact can be a patient name, an address or a billing amount It can also be a derived value, such as total billings | en |
| fact | An element of a situation to which all people will stipulate | en |
| fact | Food Animal Concerns Trust | en |
| fact | a concept whose truth can be proved; "scientific hypotheses are not facts" | en |
| fact | Also "Predicate Name" The first item in a predicate - describes what the value is | en |
| fact | The assertion or statement of a thing done or existing; sometimes, even when false, improperly put, by a transfer of meaning, for the thing done, or supposed to be done; a thing supposed or asserted to be done; as, history abounds with false facts | en |
| fact | Information about a particular subject | en |
| fact | Something actual as opposed to invented | en |
| fact | Something concrete used as a basis for further interpretation | en |
| fact | Something which has become real | en |
| fact | An objective consensus on a fundamental reality that has been agreed upon by a substantial number of people | en |
| fact | An honest observation | en |
| fact | Something known with certainty or based on proof | en |
| fact | Reality; actuality; truth; as, he, in fact, excelled all the rest; the fact is, he was beaten | en |
| fact | An effect produced or achieved; anything done or that comes to pass; an act; an event; a circumstance | en |
| fact | A doing, making, or preparing | en |
| fact | a piece of information about circumstances that exist or events that have occurred; "first you must collect all the facts of the case" | en |
| fact | a verifiable statement or event that is known to have really occurred | en |
| fact | emphasis If you say that you know something for a fact, you are emphasizing that you are completely certain that it is true. I know for a fact that Graham has kept in close touch with Alan | en |
| fact | An association between two or more terms (4) See also Derived fact | en |
| fact | You use the fact is or the fact of the matter is to introduce and draw attention to a summary or statement of the most important point about what you have been saying. The fact is blindness hadn't stopped the children doing many of the things that sighted children enjoy The fact of the matter is that student finances are stretched | en |
| fact | A statement or piece of information that is true or a real occurrence | en |
| fact | (n ) in the context of logic programming, a fact is a Horn clause with a head but no body | en |
| fact | Facts are pieces of information that can be discovered. There is so much information you can almost effortlessly find the facts for yourself His opponent swamped him with facts and figures The lorries always left in the dead of night when there were few witnesses around to record the fact | en |
| fact | When you refer to something as a fact or as fact, you mean that you think it is true or correct. a statement of verifiable historical fact How much was fact and how much fancy no one knew | en |
| fact | You use the fact that after some verbs or prepositions, especially in expressions such as in view of the fact that, apart from the fact that, and despite the fact that, to link the verb or preposition with a clause. His chances do not seem good in view of the fact that the Chief Prosecutor has already voiced his public disapproval We have to lie and hide the fact that I have an illness | en |
| fact | You use the fact that instead of a simple that-clause either for emphasis or because the clause is the subject of your sentence. The fact that he had left her of his own accord proved to me that everything he'd said was true | en |
| fact | You use in fact, in actual fact, or in point of fact to indicate that you are giving more detailed information about what you have just said. We've had a pretty bad time while you were away. In fact, we very nearly split up this time He apologised as soon as he realised what he had done. In actual fact he wrote a nice little note to me | en |
| fact | You use in fact, in actual fact, or in point of fact to introduce or draw attention to a comment that modifies, contradicts, or contrasts with a previous statement. That sounds rather simple, but in fact it's very difficult Why had she ever trusted her? In point of fact she never had, she reminded herself. = actually | en |
| fact | Something that is known to have happened or to be true or to exist | en |
| fact | You use as a matter of fact to introduce a statement that gives more details about what has just been said, or an explanation of it, or something that contrasts with it. It's not that difficult. As a matter of fact, it's quite easy `I guess you haven't eaten yet.' --- `As a matter of fact, I have,' said Hunter. = actually | en |
| fact | (Data Warehousing Guide) | en |
| fact | An instance of some particular occurrence or event and the properties of the event all stored in a database | en |
| fact | An association between two or more terms (3) | en |
| fact | A statement about the relationship between objects | en |
| fact | A fact is an expression which represents a true statement in the current world state | en |
| fact | A claim that is either true or for which there is excellent evidence or justification Sometimes fact is used for the circumstances asserted by such a claim, as when we say that a claim states a fact This means only that the claim is true or that there is excellent evidence or justification for it | en |
| fact | that which is known to be true on the basis of observation | en |
| fact | (Data Warehousing Guide; search in this book) | en |
| fact | Numeric data that is the core of what is being analyzed | en |
| fact | a relationship held between two or more entities | en |
| fact | An indisputable truth | en |