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	'''Entity''' ({{Latin\|entitas}}, from {{lang\|la\|ens}} "being") is a [[philosophical]]-[[ontological]] term denoting an ''individual'' "being as distinct from the general essence of a thing" or also those essential determinations that constitute its unique [[identity]]. What is decisive here is that it is, i.e. exists in some form, whether as a physical or non-physical entity, but not what it is, in the sense of its subordination to a general concept. An entity is unique and uniquely identifiable. It can be a [[thing]], a clearly identifiable [[object]], a clearly identifiable state of affairs or a clearly delimitable [[concept]], a closed unit or whole, i.e. material or immaterial, concrete or abstract objects, properties, processes, etc. The expression thus denotes the real or imagined or conceived being of something in its unique [[thisness]] ({{Latin\|haecceitas}}), to which one can only point by way of indication, in contrast to the [[whatness]] ({{Latin\|quidditas}}) or [[essence]] ({{Greek\|οὐσία}} ''ousia'', {{Latin\|essentia}}), the universal suchness that it has in common with other entities of the same [[species]] or [[genus]].		'''Entity''' ({{Latin\|entitas}}, from {{lang\|la\|ens}} "being") is a [[philosophical]]-[[ontological]] term denoting an ''individual'' "being as distinct from the general essence of a thing" or also those essential determinations that constitute its unique [[identity]]. What is decisive here is that it is, i.e. exists in some form, whether as a physical or non-physical entity, but not what it is, in the sense of its subordination to a general concept. An entity is unique and uniquely identifiable. It can be a [[thing]], a clearly identifiable [[object]], a clearly identifiable state of affairs or a clearly delimitable [[concept]], a closed unit or whole, i.e. material or immaterial, concrete or abstract objects, properties, processes, etc. The expression thus denotes the real or imagined or conceived being of something in its unique [[thisness]] ({{Latin\|haecceitas}}), to which one can only point by way of indication, in contrast to the [[whatness]] ({{Latin\|quidditas}}) or [[essence]] ({{Greek\|οὐσία}} ''ousia'', {{Latin\|essentia}}), the universal suchness that it has in common with other entities of the same [[species]] or [[genus]].

	In [[w:computer science\|computer science]], this means an individual information object about which data is collected or processed and which can be uniquely identified via a [[w:Uniform Resource Identifier\|Uniform Resource Identifier]] (URI).		In [[w:computer science\|computer science]], this means an individual information object about which data are collected or processed and which can be uniquely identified via a [[w:Uniform Resource Identifier\|Uniform Resource Identifier]] (URI).

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'''Entity''' ({{Latin|entitas}}, from {{lang|la|ens}} "being") is a [[philosophical]]-[[ontological]] term denoting an ''individual'' "being as distinct from the general essence of a thing" or also those essential determinations that constitute its unique [[identity]]. What is decisive here is that it is, i.e. exists in some form, whether as a physical or non-physical entity, but not what it is, in the sense of its subordination to a general concept. An entity is unique and uniquely identifiable. It can be a [[thing]], a clearly identifiable [[object]], a clearly identifiable state of affairs or a clearly delimitable [[concept]], a closed unit or whole, i.e. material or immaterial, concrete or abstract objects, properties, processes, etc. The expression thus denotes the real or imagined or conceived being of something in its unique [[thisness]] ({{Latin|haecceitas}}), to which one can only point by way of indication, in contrast to the [[whatness]] ({{Latin|quidditas}}) or [[essence]] ({{Greek|οὐσία}} ''ousia'', {{Latin|essentia}}), the universal suchness that it has in common with other entities of the same [[species]] or [[genus]].

In [[w:computer science|computer science]], this means an individual information object about which data is collected or processed and which can be uniquely identified via a [[w:Uniform Resource Identifier|Uniform Resource Identifier]] (URI).

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