May 15, 2003

Bloggs Family

n.

An imaginary family consisting of Fred and Mary Bloggs and their children. Used as a standard example in knowledge representation to show the difference between extensional and intensional objects. For example, every occurrence of Fred Bloggs is the same unique person, whereas occurrences of person may refer to different people. Members of the Bloggs family have been known to pop up in bizarre places such as the old DEC Telephone Directory. Compare Dr. Fred Mbogo; J. Random Hacker; Fred Foobar.

Posted by Jargon File at May 15, 2003 10:57 AM

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