Question 21Asked in UGC NET Computer Science, June 2014 (Paper II & III, Selected Questions)

A software agent is defined as I. A software developed for accomplishing a given task.

A software agent is defined as I. A software developed for accomplishing a given task. II. A computer program which is capable of acting on behalf of the user in order to accomplish a given computational task. III. An open source software for accomplishing a given task.
  1. AI
  2. BII
  3. CIII
  4. DAll of the above
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Correct answer: (B) II

Explanation

A software agent is a piece of software that function as a agent for a user or another program, working autonomously and continuously in a particular environment. It is inhibited by other processes and agents, but it is also able to learn from its experience in functioning in an environment over a long period of time.

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