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agent

A software routine that waits in the background and performs an action when a specified event occurs. For example, agents could transmit a summary file on the first day of the month or monitor incoming data and alert the user when a certain transaction has arrived. Agents are also called "intelligent agents," "personal agents" and "bots." See mobile agent, bot and workflow.

agent
a person representing a business concern, esp a travelling salesman
(networking)agent - In the client-server model, the part of the system that performs information preparation and exchange on behalf of a client or server. Especially in the phrase "intelligent agent" it implies some kind of automatic process which can communicate with other agents to perform some collective task on behalf of one or more humans.


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A spray of sodium carbonate, bicarbonate, and trace amounts of one of the iron-ligand catalysts, followed by a spray of the oxidizing agent tertiary butyl hydroperoxide, killed all spores in tests with the bacterium Bacillus atrophaeus, the scientists reported in Pittsburgh last month at the Society of Environmental Journalists annual meeting (see http://www.
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The combustible materials include the endotracheal tube, tonsillar tissue, necrotic charred tissue, and suture materials; the ignition source is the electrosurgical device; and the oxidizing agent is nitrous oxide and/or oxygen.
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The clay/water relationship, as well as the use of water as a bond, coolant and oxidizing agent must also be factored into the processing of system sand.
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