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presentity

presentity noun: an entity (usually a human) which provides information about its presence (whether it is available and willing to communicate through communication services).

Noun

presentity (plural presentities)

  1. (Internet) An entity (usually a human) which provides information about its presence (whether it is available and willing to communicate through communication services).
    • Users of an instant messaging service are presentities that may show themselves as online, offline, or away.

Forms of presentity

pluralpresentities

Origin of presentity

Blend of presence + entity; first introduced in the Internet Engineering Task Force (IETC) RFC 2778.

Questions about presentity

What does presentity mean?
Presentity means an entity (usually a human) which provides information about its presence (whether it is available and willing to communicate through communication services).
What part of speech is presentity?
Presentity is a noun.
What is the plural of presentity?
The plural of presentity is presentities.

Words near presentity in the dictionary

  1. presentism
  2. presentisms
  3. presentist
  4. presentists
  5. presentities
  6. presentity
  7. presentive
  8. presentively
  9. presentiveness
  10. presentives
  11. presentless

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