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111Knowledge base — A knowledge base (abbreviated KB, kb or Δ[1][2]) is a special kind of database for knowledge management, providing the means for the computerized collection, organization, and retrieval of knowledge. Also a collection of data representing related …
112Knowledge by acquaintance — The contrasting expressions knowledge by acquaintance and knowledge by description [Lazerowitz (p.403) prefers direct knowledge and indirect knowledge for knowledge by acquaintance and knowledge by description respectively. The pursuit of… …
113Knowledge Value — The idea that knowledge has value is ancient. In the first century AD, Juvenal (55 130) [Juvenal (Decimus Juvenalis) (55 130) Satires 7.118] stated “All wish to know but none wish to pay the price. In 1775, Johnson [Johnson, Samuel (1775) in:… …
114Knowledge community — A knowledge community is community construct, stemming from the convergence of knowledge management as a field of study and social exchange theory. Formerly known as a discourse community and having evolved from forums and web forums, knowledge… …
115Knowledge space — In mathematical psychology, a knowledge space is a combinatorial structure describing the possible states of knowledge of a human learner. [citation|title=Knowledge Spaces|last1=Doignon|first1=J. P.|last2=Falmagne|first2=J. Cl.|publisher=Springer …
116knowledge — noun ADJECTIVE ▪ new ▪ basic ▪ considerable, great, vast ▪ complete, comprehensive, sound …
117Knowledge — (Roget s Thesaurus) < N PARAG:Knowledge >N GRP: N 1 Sgm: N 1 knowledge knowledge Sgm: N 1 cognizance cognizance cognition cognoscence| Sgm: N 1 acquaintance acquaintance experience ken privity insight familiarity …
118knowledge */*/*/ — UK [ˈnɒlɪdʒ] / US [ˈnɑlɪdʒ] noun Get it right: knowledge: Knowledge is an uncountable noun, so it is never used in the plural: Wrong: Students don t understand how to use these knowledges in real life. Right: Students don t understand how to use… …
119Knowledge by description — The contrasting expressions knowledge by description and knowledge by acquaintance were promoted by Bertrand Russell, who was extremely critical of the equivocal nature of the word know , and believed that the equivocation arose from a failure to …
120Knowledge environment — In the broadest sense knowledge environments may be defined as social practices, technological and physical arrangements intended to facilitate collaborative knowledge building, decision making, inference or discovery, depending on the… …
