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From: George.Bray@syd.dit.CSIRO.AU (George Bray)
Newsgroups: comp.human-factors
Subject: Re: Thing Icon
Message-ID: <1991Jun23.063832.13452@syd.dit.CSIRO.AU>
Date: 23 Jun 91 06:38:32 GMT
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In article <1991Jun19.162618.0807@MEMPHIS.wif.ctt.bellcore.com>, hammy@ctt.bellcore.com writes:

> Also, of course, what I have just described could represent "gift", 
> "package", or any number of other "things".

I like the idea of a present.  It conveys that the type of the object is unknown.

The application is an electronic book, where the reader can identify portions
of text and "define" them to be used later in modelling exercises.  I would like
to use the THING to mean <any other knowledge or object type as yet undefined>.
It not really important what it is, just that it is there.


George Bray
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