Taxonomy vs Dreamware - What's the difference?
taxonomy | dreamware |
The science or the technique used to make a classification.
A classification; especially , a classification in a hierarchical system.
(taxonomy, uncountable) The science of finding, describing, classifying and naming organisms.
(rare) Things dreamed of; fictions or fantasies.
* 1901 , Paulist Fathers, Catholic World
* 1994 , William Corbett, Philip Guston's late work
* 2008 , Skip Moen, Spiritual Restoration
(computing, rare) Speculative software products that may never reach fruition; vapourware.
* 1989 , Visual Resources Association, Bulletin
* 1989 , Information Access Company, Datamation
* 1999 , Jessica Keyes, Internet Management
As nouns the difference between taxonomy and dreamware
is that taxonomy is the science or the technique used to make a classification while dreamware is (rare) things dreamed of; fictions or fantasies.taxonomy
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(wikipedia taxonomy)Noun
(taxonomies)Synonyms
* alpha taxonomyDerived terms
* folk taxonomy * scientific taxonomySee also
* classification * rank * taxon * domain * kingdom * subkingdom * superphylum * phylum * subphylum * class * subclass * infraclass * superorder * order * suborder * infraorder * parvorder * superfamily * family * subfamily * genus * species * subspecies * superregnum * regnum * subregnum * superphylum * phylum * subphylum * classis * subclassis * infraclassis * superordo * ordo * subordo * infraordo * taxon * superfamilia * familia * subfamilia * ontologydreamware
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(-)- No use talking, I'm an unpractical, useless dealer in dreamware ; a metaphysician who don't know how to fry an egg...
- The painting could serve as a sign over a shop selling dreamware . Legend erases the line between conscious and unconscious.
- So much of our contemporary theological dreamware is about escape. We long for heaven. We fix our eyes on the other world. We want out!
- ...the author is surprised to find so few imaging projects actually using CD-ROM. He attributes this to the "wait and see" attitude of potential users who are holding out for new "dreamware" products which do not exist yet.
- Independently pursuing his interest in metasoftware, Vinci has defined several basic modules and created some actual models of his dreamware .
- You could create problems for your company if you downplay current products and hype the dreamware that may never become reality.