An item whose text expresses a programmatic response to a set of conditions. A rule's text contains a two-part statement, which can take one of several forms; for example: when fire-alarm is sounding then invoke fire-safety rules. G2 invokes rules using several different mechanisms.

The combination of a selector and a declaration block. A very basic example is h1 {color: green;}, but rules can be arbitrarily long.

something regarded as a normative example; "the convention of not naming the main character"; "violence is the rule not the exception"; "his formula for impressing visitors"

a conditional statement that tells Web-link II what to do when the specified event occurs

a general statement of policy if it does not establish a binding norm and leaves agency officials free to exercise their discretion

an absurd and senseless statement

an agency statement of general applicability that implements, interprets, or prescribes law or policy, or practice requirements of an agency

an assignment statement whose left side represents a cell or a range of cells and whose right side is an expression involving constants, bind variables, individual cells or an aggregate function on a range of cells

an IF-THEN-ELSE-BECAUSE construct that links statements together in order to facilitate inference

an If/Then/Else decision statement that determines the content to be displayed to a particular visitor based on their profile information, the segment they are associated with, and the business intelligence of the marketing manager

a sequence of logical statements which describe how you want the cost or revenue to be estimated

a set of 'If/Then' statements

a simple, direct statement of what a child must/must not do

a standard for correctness, a norm

a statement about one stylistic aspect of one or more elements

a statement applying one or more properties to one or more elements

a statement composed of a condition and an action that specifies what to do when the condition becomes true

a statement made up of an HTML or custom style, called a selector, and its defined properties and values

a statement made up of an HTML or custom tag, called a selector, and its defined properties, referred to as a declaration

a statement telling people to follow

a statement that exercises the Civil Service Commission's constitutional quasi-legislative power

a statement that includes a ruling, a user category, an action, a data category, and a purpose

Statement in the form If A, then B, term in the database in the form B:-A, where A is the rule body and B the rule head.

A set of logical statements that enable a server to recognize relationships among events and to perform automated responses accordingly.

an explicit statement that tells a supervisor what he or she can and cannot do.

A formal written statement of expectations for appropriate behavior.

An authoritative statement of what may or may not be done; a regulation.

a canonically*-approved set of approximately 143 statements (along with sub-statements) pertaining to mission,* duties, and practices that the Brothers* throughout the world adapt locally as directives for their communities* and districts.

In the Tivoli environment, a set of one or more logical statements that enable the event server to recognize relationships among events (event correlation) and to execute automated responses accordingly.

In the Tivoli Enterprise Console product and Tivoli Event Services Manager, one or more logical statements that enable the event server to recognize relationships among events (event correlation) and to execute automated responses accordingly. See also event correlation, rule base, and rule set.

how a style is defined in CSS. A rule is made up of a selector, and decoloration. Example

a declaration (e.g 'font-family: helvetica') and its selector (e.g. 'H1')

Part of a style sheet consisting of a selector and one or more declarations.

An agency may add, revise, or remove text from the Code of Federal Regulations in response to a newly passed law, voluntarily, or at the request of a company or another agency that is affected by that area of the law. Individual changes are usually called rules. Together, they are generally called regulations.

The foundational document of a religious institute.* The basic meaning of rule is "measure" so that an individual religious would be able to assess his fidelity to the community by comparing his conduct with that stated in the Rule. The Rule of St. Augustine is one of the oldest and most popular of all rules. Other famous rules include those of St. Benedict and St. Francis of Assisi.

A rule is a written plan of life and discipline, by which members of a religious order conduct their lives. Obedience to the rule is usually first followed after making a "simple" vow, and eventually taking a lifetime "solemn vow."

The written text containing the principles and values by which the members of a community try to live. The Rule is not simply a set of regulations, although it may contain such, but is an attempt to capture the spirit and charism of a community in written form. Some communities follow traditional Rules, such as those of St Benedict or St Augustine, others have written their own.

An established standard, guideline, or regulation. A principle set up by any authority that directs either action or forbearance, as in the rules of a legislative body, of a company, or of the law.

a principle or condition that customarily governs behavior; "it was his rule to take a walk before breakfast"; "short haircuts were the regulation"

a basic generalization that is accepted as true and that can be used as a basis for reasoning or conduct; "their principles of composition characterized all their works"

a rule or law concerning a natural phenomenon or the function of a complex system; "the principle of the conservation of mass"; "the principle of jet propulsion"; "the right-hand rule for inductive fields"

any one of a systematic body of regulations defining the way of life of members of a religious order; "the rule of St. Dominic"

a general principle on which decisions are to be based

an appointed Representative of Lumley Letsure Limited which is authorised and regulated by the Financial Services Authority

a regulation to be followed, as in government and sport

a specific requirement that must be followed, while a guideline is a principle of operation

Regulating principle (religious, legal).

The instructions on the time and substance of debate on a bill, which are attached to the bill when reported out to the floor by the House Rules Committee.

(a) The rules in this book, including the Definitions, Race Signals, Introduction, preambles and the rules of relevant appendices, but not titles; (b) the prescriptions of the national authority, unless the sailing instructions state that they do not apply; (c) the class rules, or the rules of the handicapping or rating system, except any that conflict with the rules in this book; (d) the notice of race; (e) the sailing instructions; and (f) any other documents that govern the event.

The term "Rule" includes Local Rules made by the Committee under Rule 33-8a. back

As used in the House, a resolution reported by the Rules Committee to govern the consideration of a particular piece of legislation on the House floor, usually to set a time limit for debate and to limit amendments.

the duration of a monarch's or government's power; "during the rule of Elizabeth"

dominance or power through legal authority; "France held undisputed dominion over vast areas of Africa"; "the rule of Caesar"

exercise authority over; as of nations; "Who is governing the country now?"

be larger in number, quantity, power, status or importance; "Money reigns supreme here"; "Hispanics predominate in this neighborhood"

a valid exercise of statutory authority if its provisions are in harmony with the general objectives of the enabling statute

A rule of inference, an axiom or a theorem. For Prolog definition see Definite clauses.

A clause with one or more conditions. For a rule to be true, all of its conditions must also be true. For example, has_stiff_neck(ralph) :- hacker(ralph). This rule states that if the individual ralph is a hacker, then he must also have a stiff neck. The constant ralph is replaced in has_stiff_neck(X) :- hacker(X). by the variable . unifies with anything, so this rule can be used to prove that any hacker has a stiff neck.

To mark with lines made with a pen, pencil, etc., guided by a rule or ruler; to print or mark with lines by means of a rule or other contrivance effecting a similar result; as, to rule a sheet of paper of a blank book.

A line used as a guide or the border around an object.

a collection of actions that will be executed when specific events are triggered within the repository

a collection of conditions and the actions to be taken if the conditions are met

a correlation of a filter list with a filter action

a database object that enables a client to perform an action when an event occurs and a condition is satisfied

a fixed mapping from a subset of states into actions

a mapping from a type of factual situation or event to a desirable action

an action taken on traffic that fit a certain criteria

an established guide for conduct

an expression of the form if A then B where A is an assertion and B can be either an action or another assertion

an if-then procedure that limits possible actions

a prescription, a regulation, a guide for conduct or action

a self-contained prescription about concrete actions or situations, telling you what to do or how to do it

a set of conditions that are applied to a session and result in a specific action being taken

a vertical column that includes one or more condition entries and one or more action entries

One or more conditions and actions that automatically perform tasks based on events and values in the form.

A specific condition associated with SelfAssign, Turnback, etc. that must be true in order for the action requested to continue. E.G. The "Available" Rule verifies that the Position being requested is not already assigned to another Referee.

A rule is a composite action with a rule type.

A segment of an awk program, that specifies how to process single input records. A rule consists of a pattern and an action. awk reads an input record; then, for each rule, if the input record satisfies the rule pattern, awk executes the rule action. Otherwise, the rule does nothing for that input record.

A specific guide to one action rather than a series of actions, such as "always count cash twice before giving it to a customer"

Usually refers to a business rule pairing conditions and actions. May also refer to a branch of a Decide shape, containing conditional logic for program flow.

A feature of Microsoft Exchange Server that filters incoming mail and takes specified actions, such as moving it to a particular folder, forwarding it to another user, or deleting certain types of information. Also refers to administrative policies associated with the system as a whole or with individual objects such as public folders or mailboxes. See also permission [ http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms985185.aspx ] , rights.

Represents the relationship between objects and actions.

A law or regulation that governs behavior, actions, or operations. In rule-based systems, only those rules with true antecedents are used. For example, a rule that begins "IF the temperature is less than 0°C . . . " is ignored whenever the measured temperature is 0°C or higher. See IF–THEN rule, production rule, antecedent, consequent.

A mental representation of some abstract property of grammar. Rules are part of grammatical competence and allow a speaker to construct entirely novel sentences.cf. formulas. [13, 191

A vertical or horizontal line on a page.

A printed or displayed line used to separate text or graphics.

A printing term for a straight line; usually produced with a roll of border tape.

measuring stick consisting of a strip of wood or metal or plastic with a straight edge that is used for drawing straight lines and measuring lengths

a block-level horizontal line inserted into text similar to the line below the chapter title on the first page of this chapter

a horizontal dividing line which is used to separate sections within an HTML page

a line of varied length or thickness

a small unit which knows exactly what lines it should do something with and what that "something" is

printer's term for a line.

(i) A straight line, used in BOXes and TABLEs, or for separating parts of text. (ii) A grammatical or stylistic protocol.

is the technical term for a line. (A trick to remember this term: rulers are used to draw “rules”.)

Horizontal or verticle lines used in design for separating sections or merely provide graphic elements for decoration.

In letterpress; thin lead strip which is type high. Also, in printing, any line on the page, either horizontal or vertical. It can be typeset, drawn by hand, or scribed on a negative.

In typography, a straight line, identified by its weight in points.

A line printed above, below, or to the side of text or some other element.

A solid or dashed graphic line in documents used to separate the elements of a page. Rules and other graphic devices should be used sparingly, and only for clarifying the function of other elements on the page.

A line of unvarying thickness. Used for forms, charts, graphs and other graphic material.

a geometric line used as a graphic enhancement in page assembly -- the term is used to distinguish ruling lines from a line of type.

a line used to separate elements on a page

(or ruler): an instrument of multifarious functions in the form of a straight rod of metal, wood or other material; a folding rule is an alternative form with two or more jointed legs.

A line used as a graphic element to separate or organize copy.

A straight line on the page, usually expressed with its width as in, "a 1-point rule." Don't call them lines, except in hairline.

of Thirds A guideline for composing or framing shots. The rule suggests that by dividing the screen in thirds vertically and horizontally, and framing the main parts of the subject along those lines will create a sense of depth. To see an example of the Rule of Thirds click here.

A vertical or horizontal straight line of specific thickness that is used to accent a design.

A line often added between lines of type to separate text or for emphasis or decoration.

Line used for graphic effect.

1. A regulation. 2. A straight measuring device with distance markings. Also called a ruler.

A conformace criteria where the imperative is MUST, MUST NOT, SHALL, SHALL NOT, or REQUIRED.

The criteria used by an agent to evaluate data to determine whether a business event occurred. Rules are defined as part of a business information entity. See also agent, and event.

In the PATROL Advisor, the criteria used to determine the state of the Oracle instance or objects. See also findings.

a set of criteria which decide which IMAP folder (if any) a message should be moved into

In StopSign's Firewall, a policy that Firewall applies to applications and network zones to decide whether to allow communication with that application or zone.

an implication of the form A B where A, B are groups of attributes or groups of categories (each attribute includes more than one categories) Then all the sets of values belong to the categories denoted by A, B equally contribute to the

a query that selects documents for the category

A database object that is bound to a column or to a user-defined data type and that specifies what data can be entered in that column. Compare with global rule. schema A description of a database to the database management system (DBMS), generated using the data definition language provided by the DBMS. A schema defines attributes of the database, such as tables, columns, properties. Compare with database diagram.

a mathematical expression that describes a pattern or relationship, or a written description of the pattern or relationship.

A procedural law relating to the way cases are considered by a court.

a set of instructions

a set of Obligations

a set of six conditions