Difference between revisions of "Artefacts"
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− | An '''artifact'''U.S. or '''artefact'''U.K. is: | + | An '''artifact''' (U.S.) or '''artefact''' (U.K.) is: |
* A human-made object, such as a [[tool]], [[weapon]] or [[decoration|ornament]], especially those of archaeological or [[historical]] interest. | * A human-made object, such as a [[tool]], [[weapon]] or [[decoration|ornament]], especially those of archaeological or [[historical]] interest. |
Revision as of 17:16, 23 August 2007
An artifact (U.S.) or artefact (U.K.) is:
- A human-made object, such as a tool, weapon or ornament, especially those of archaeological or historical interest.
- A human-made object that is a prototype or standard of measurement.
- A structure or feature, visible only as a result of external action or experimental error. Also known as disturbance in biopotential signals.
- Artefact is a fulltext information retrieval system capable of searching through databases containing documents written in a natural language [1]