bloggs family

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bloggs family - Jargon File (4.4.4, 14 Aug 2003) :

  Bloggs Family
   n.
  
     An imaginary family consisting of Fred and Mary Bloggs and their
     children. Used as a standard example in knowledge representation to
     show the difference between extensional and intensional objects. For
     example, every occurrence of "Fred Bloggs" is the same unique person,
     whereas occurrences of "person" may refer to different people.
  Members
     of the Bloggs family have been known to pop up in bizarre places such
     as the old DEC Telephone Directory. Compare Dr. Fred Mbogo; J. Random Hacker
     ; Fred Foobar.