actor
54
8.5
- noun
- /ˈæktər/
- Specialized
:
actor (informática)
- The software design includes multiple actors that interact to complete complex tasks efficiently.
Examples
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Developers use the actor model to simplify the management of state in concurrent systems.
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In each of these systems, the most powerful actors had an interest in maintaining the system.
Academic text (1999) -
Latin Americans do not trust legal institutions and actors, whether government courts or private lawyers.
Academic text (2011) -
The state will be shown to be a multifaceted actor with diverse interests.
Academic text (1999) -
More important, however, is the dual role that nearly every actor plays in the system of patron-client ties.
Academic text (1990) -
The rebels should instead be viewed as fundamentally pragmatic actors, out to advance political, economic, and strategic interests.
Academic text (1999) -
In computing, each actor can manage its own data while communicating with others asynchronously.
Compounds
How Independent
- Specialized
54
8.5
- Specialized
35
6.5
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Actor comes from the Latin root agere, meaning 'to do', the same root found in act and action. In computing, an actor is like a small 'doer' that keeps its own state and performs tasks when it gets messages.