Bloggs Family, the
An imaginary family consisting of Fred and Mary Bloggs and their children. Used
as a standard example in knowledge representation to show the difference between
extensional and intensional objects. For example, every occurrence of "Fred
Bloggs" is the same unique person, whereas occurrences of "person" may refer to
different people. Members of the Bloggs family have been known to pop up in
bizarre places such as the DEC Telephone Directory. Compare Mbogo, Dr. Fred.
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