"subagent" meaning in All languages combined

See subagent on Wiktionary

Noun [English]

Forms: subagents [plural]
Etymology: From sub- + agent. Etymology templates: {{prefix|en|sub|agent}} sub- + agent Head templates: {{en-noun}} subagent (plural subagents)
  1. (law) A person employed by an agent to transact the whole, or a part, of the business entrusted to the latter. Categories (topical): Law
    Sense id: en-subagent-en-noun-rUlj-YdU Topics: law
  2. (computing) An autonomous process that is launched by and communicates with another agent in order to handle part of the task that is the objective of that other agent. Categories (topical): Computing, People
    Sense id: en-subagent-en-noun-bnIG3WI~ Disambiguation of People: 5 95 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms prefixed with sub-, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 38 62 Disambiguation of English terms prefixed with sub-: 32 68 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 41 59 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 32 68 Topics: computing, engineering, mathematics, natural-sciences, physical-sciences, sciences

Inflected forms

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          "text": "An SNMP subagent supports its own MIB, which might be an RFC-architected MIV, or might be a proprietary (referered to as enterprise-specific) MIB. For example, a TCP/IP subagent would most likely support the IP, ICMP, TCP, UDP, and Interface groups defined in RFC 1213.",
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