Cyc

Summary

Cyc is a knowledge base^[1]. Cyc draws 55 Wikipedia views per month (knowledge_base category, ranking #5 of 10).^[2]

Key Facts

• Cyc is in the country of United States^[3].
• Cyc's instance of is recorded as knowledge base^[4].
• Cyc's instance of is recorded as inference engine^[5].
• Cyc's instance of is recorded as computer program^[6].
• Cyc's instance of is recorded as upper ontology^[7].
• Cyc's instance of is recorded as science project^[8].
• Cyc's instance of is recorded as expert system^[9].
• Cyc's headquarters location is recorded as Austin^[10].
• Cyc's developer is recorded as Douglas B. Lenat^[11].
• Cyc's developer is recorded as Cycorp^[12].
• Cyc's programmed in is recorded as Lisp^[13].
• Cyc's programmed in is recorded as CycL^[14].
• Cyc's programmed in is recorded as SubL^[15].
• Cyc's has use is recorded as ontology^[16].
• +1984-00-00T00:00:00Z marks the founding of Cyc^[17].
• Cyc's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/01_82^[18].
• Cyc's official website is recorded as https://www.cyc.com/^[19].
• Cyc's Encyclopædia Britannica Online ID is recorded as topic/CYC^[20].
• Cyc's SourceForge project is recorded as opencyc^[21].
• Cyc's GRID ID is recorded as grid.455427.5^[22].
• Cyc's ROR ID is recorded as 05y99bn19^[23].
• Cyc's KBpedia ID is recorded as Cyc^[24].
• Cyc's Linked Open Data Cloud ID is recorded as opencyc^[25].
• Cyc's OSDN project is recorded as freshmeat_opencyc^[26].
• Cyc's AlternativeTo software ID is recorded as opencyc^[27].

Body

Geography

Cyc is in the country of United States^[3].

Designation and Status

Recorded instance of include knowledge base^[4], inference engine^[5], computer program^[6], upper ontology^[7], science project^[8], and expert system^[9].

History and Context

+1984-00-00T00:00:00Z marks the founding of Cyc^[17].

Why It Matters

Cyc draws 55 Wikipedia views per month (knowledge_base category, ranking #5 of 10).^[2] Cyc has Wikipedia articles in 12 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[28] Cyc is known by 10 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[29]