(verb) In expert system programming, ordinarily used to describe the "triggering" or "activation" of a rule. A rule is "Fired" "triggered" or "activated" when its conditions have been met, and its "consequents" (resultant facts) are added to the knowledge base.
Barry Goldsmith
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