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An entity could be viewed as a Set containing Subset s. In Philosophy , such sets are said to be Abstract Object s.

The word ''entity'' is often useful when one wants to refer to something that could be a human being, a non-human Animal , a non-thinking life-form such as a Plant or Fungus , a lifeless object, or even a belief; for instance.

Sometimes, the word ''entity'' is used in a general sense of a Being , whether or not the referent has material existence; e.g., is often referred to as an entity with no Corporeal form, such as a language. Taken further, ''entity'' sometimes refers to existence or being itself. For example, the former U.S. diplomat George F. Kennan said once that "the policy of the government of the United States is to seek . . . to preserve Chinese territorial and administrative ''entity''."

In Law , an entity is something capable of bearing legal Right s and Obligation s. It generally means " Legal Entity " or " Artificial Person " but also includes " Natural Person ".


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Specialized uses

  • Entity is the root node of the SUMO ontology, and stands for the universal class of individuals.



  • In VHDL , entity is the keyword for defining a new Object .

  • An SGML Entity is an abbreviation for some expanded piece of SGML text.

  • In Relational Database s, an entity can refer to a Table or its model as defined in Entity-relationship Diagram s

  • In the context of the open systems architecture, an entity is an active routine within a layer.

  • In Chrono Trigger (Spoiler Warning) a mysterious force referred to as Entity is believed to be guiding the course of history.

  • 'Zionist entity' is an Anti-Zionist locution referring to Israel



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