magenta

adj : deep purplish red

n 1: a dark purple-red; the dye was discovered in 1859, the year

of the battle of Magenta [syn: {fuchsia}]

2: a battle in 1859 in which the Franco-Sardinian forces under

Napoleon III defeated the Austrians under Francis Joseph

[syn: {Magenta}, {battle of Magenta}]

agent

In the {client-server} model, the part of the

system that performs information preparation and exchange on

behalf of a {client} or {server}. Especially in the phrase

"intelligent agent" it implies some kind of automatic process

which can communicate with other agents to perform some

collective task on behalf of one or more humans.

(1995-04-09)