fact

n. actuality; reality; deed; proof (Law)

Generally, a fact is something that is the case, something that actually exists, or something that can be verified according to an established standard of evaluation. There is a range of other uses, depending on the context. People are interested in facts because of their relation to truth.
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The Federation Against Copyright Theft (FACT) is a trade organisation in the UK established to protect and represent the interests of the film and broadcasting industry against copyright and trademark infringements. Established in 1983, FACT works closely with statutory law enforcement agencies to combat the growth of copyright-infringing and counterfeit DVDs, film and other forms of broadcast material, including the threat to film and broadcasting companies from online/internet-based copyright infringement. FACT has been accepted as a prosecution authority and engages in criminal prosecutions in its own right.
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Fact, n a thing done; an event or a circumstance; an actual occurrence. [more]Fact - Community and Resources

Noun
1. a piece of information about circumstances that exist or events that have occurred; "first you must collect all the facts of the case"
(hypernym) information
(hyponym) case
2. a statement or assertion of verified information about something that is the case or has happened; "he supported his argument with an impressive array of facts"
(hypernym) information, info
(hyponym) record, record book, book
3. an event known to have happened or something known to have existed; "your fears have no basis in fact"; "how much of the story is fact and how much fiction is hard to tell"
(hypernym) reality, realness, realism
4. a concept whose truth can be proved; "scientific hypotheses are not facts"
(hypernym) concept, conception, construct

Fully Automated Compiling Technique

<artificial intelligence, programming> The kind of clause used in logic programming which has no subgoals and so is always true (always succeeds). E.g.
wet(water). male(denis).
This is in contrast to a rule which only succeeds if all its subgoals do. Rules usually contain logic variables, facts rarely do, except for oddities like "equal(X,X).".
(1996-10-20)