AllWords.com


Definitions
agent
Tweet Definition of agent Like Definition of agent on Facebook
noun
  1. One who exerts power, or has the power to act; an actor.
Heaven made us agents, free to good or ill. --Dryden.
  1. One who acts for, or in the place of, another, by authority from him; one intrusted with the business of another; a substitute; a deputy; a factor.
  2. An active power or cause; that which has the power to produce an effect; as, a physical, chemical, or medicinal agent; as, heat is a powerful agent.
  3. (computing) 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.
Translations: Etymology: From agentem.

Supplemental Details:Sponsor an extended definition for agent for as little as $10 per month. Click here to contact us.
Find:
Words Starting With:
Words Ending With:
Words Containing:
Words That Match:

Translate Into:
 Dutch French German
 Italian Spanish
Show results per page.
Browse the Dictionary
A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z
Dictionary content provided from Wiktionary.org under the GNU Free Documentation License
Allwords Copyright 1998-2013 All rights reserved.
Share this page:
More To Explore

Contact & About