Beyond Zero and One (Andrew Smart) / quote 17 of 171
Accruing (vocabulary)
accruing
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Computers that speak English
If your computer speaks English it was probably made in Japan.
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Medical subject headings
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A tawdry business, gangster-style
The whole hanging-the-cunt-up-over-the-acid thing, it was all a bit—what did you call it, Salman? What was the word?’ ‘Tawdry,’ Salman suggested. ‘Yeah…
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A topic can be anything whatsoever
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A vocabulary is a set of URIrefs
Since RDF uses URIrefs instead of words to name things in statements, RDF refers to a set of URIrefs (particularly a set intended for a specific purpose) as a…