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artifact

artifact

9 5.8
A file or program made by a build process for software
  • noun
  • /ˈɑːrtɪfækt/
  • Specialized
translation icon : artefacto
  • Diana's class is using telecommunications to search databases on topics and artifacts they have discovered.
  • creating artifacts
  • digital artifacts
  • portfolio artifacts

I would say it allows us to more easily detach from physical ownership of artifacts that aren't adding value to our lives because it's up there in the cloud.

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Examples

  • Knowledge of trait preferences increases our understanding of why people prefer, value, and evaluate IT artifacts differently.

    Academic text (2004)
  • UDC shows accuracy and precision in finding the required knowledge artifact (Kaosar, 2008).

    Academic text (2017)
  • First, is it an artifact of the methodology used in the study?

    Academic text (2003)
  • Students investigate a technological artifact from the perspective of different regions and countries.

    Academic text (2011)
  • Will adding another item, artifact, or collection of documents add to what a reviewer has already seen?

    Academic text (2002)
  • Data consisted of individual interviews, teachers' artifacts, and researchers' journals.

    Academic text (2012)
  • For this lesson, printing the portrait project created in the illustration software generates an artifact for formal assessment.

    Academic text (2008)
  • Furthermore, hardware must suppress an interrupt condition if it occurs solely as an artifact of the superscalar implementation.

    Academic text (1994)
  • Data warehouses can provide aggregated information or artifact-based information in star schema.

    Academic text (1999)
  • The software developers reviewed their artifacts to ensure the deployment process went smoothly.

Compounds

Cro-Magnon artifact
  • Specialized
9.9

An object made or used by people who lived in Europe long ago

Surface Forms

artifact singular
artifacts plural

Morphology

artifact = art + fact (semi-transparent) = art + fact

In computing the term denotes a produced output (a build product), which is conceptually linked to 'something made' though the components themselves do not transparently convey the technical meaning.

Etymology

Artifact in software means a file or package 'made' by a build or release process, like a product from a factory. The word's parts art and fact mean 'skill' and 'made', so a software artifact is simply an output that people can use or share.