goal

n 1: the state of affairs that a plan is intended to achieve and

that (when achieved) terminates behavior intended to

achieve it; "the ends justify the means" [syn: {end}]

2: a successful attempt at scoring; "the winning goal came with

less than a minute left to play"

3: a place toward which players of a game try to advance a ball

or puck in order to score points

4: place where something (e.g., a journey or race) ends [syn: {destination}]

goal

In {logic programming}, a {predicate} applied to

its {arguments} which the system attempts to prove by matching

it against the {clauses} of the program. A goal may fail or

it may succeed in one or more ways.

(1997-07-14)