Bloggs Family, the

Bloggs Family, the

An imaginary family consisting of Fred and Mary Bloggs andtheir children. Used as a standard example in knowledgerepresentation to show the difference between extensional andintensional objects. For example, every occurrence of "FredBloggs" is the same unique person, whereas occurrences of"person" may refer to different people. Members of the Bloggsfamily have been known to pop up in bizarre places such as theDEC Telephone Directory. Compare Mbogo, Dr. Fred.