Property (disambiguation)

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In law and political theory, property refers to an ownership interest in land or other resources.

A property of an object is some intrinsic or extrinsic quality of that object, where the nature of the "object" in question will depend on the field, as, for example, indicated below.

• Chemical properties
• Mechanical properties
• Physical properties
• Thermodynamic properties
• Mental properties

Other uses

• In information processing, properties are qualities of objects which are transmitted and then received by observers. Generally, properties allow an observer to distinguish one object from another.
• Property may also refer to something in relation to which ownership rights subsist (eg. real property).
• In the performing arts, a property (usually known as a "prop") is any object used or touched by a performer.
• In philosophy, mathematics, and logic, a property is an abstraction characterizing an object.
• Property is the name of a novel by Valerie Martin.
• Window property, data associated to a window in the X Window System.
• In RDF, a property is a property of an RDF class, possessing a value domain and range.
• Property is a type of class member in object-oriented programming.
• A Java Properties File with file extension .properties is a file format to store program settings as name-value pairs.
• Property, may refer to a site designated and classified by its type on the U.S. National Register of Historic Places.

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