Representation

From Wikinfo

A representation of some object or concept might mean one of many things.

• In mathematics, a group representation is a way of viewing a group in some more concrete way.

• Knowledge representation is a search for formal ways to describe knowledge presented in informal terms (a prerequisite for its handling as computation.

• Logical meaning of some object, in object-oriented programming.

References

• Adapted from the Wikipedia article, "Representation" http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Representation, used under the GNU Free Documentation License