Hi!
According to Webster's (www.dictionary.com) both terms are "english".
Clemens
"Don't cling to words, stick with concepts!"
Source: The American Heritage� Dictionary of the English Language,
Third EditionCopyright � 1996, 1992 by Houghton Mifflin Company.
Published by Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved.
<http://www.dictionary.com/cgi-bin/dict.pl?config=about&term=00-database-inf
o&db=ahd3>
ar�ti�fact also ar�te�fact (�r t -f kt ).
n.
An object produced or shaped by human craft, especially a tool, a weapon, or
an ornament of archaeological or historical interest.
A typical product or result: "The very act of looking at a naked model was
an artifact of male supremacy" (Philip Weiss).
Biology. A structure or substance not normally present but produced by an
external agent or action, such as a structure seen in a microscopic specimen
after fixation that is not present in the living tissue.
[Latin arte, ablative of ars, art; see art + factum, something made, from
neuter past participle of facere, to make; see dh - in Indo-European Roots.]
Clemens Bindeus-Fischnaller
Amt der o�. Landesregierung
Pr�sidium / Rechenzentrum / AB4
Tel. 0732 7720 3359
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> -----Urspr�ngliche Nachricht-----
> Von: R. van Veenendaal [SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> Gesendet am: Mittwoch, 25. April 2001 12:45
> An: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Betreff: (ROSE) Artifact - Artefact
>
>
> Hi,
>
> The linguistic engineers around here complain about the name artifact,
> because "it is not an English word"... It should have been 'artefact' in
> their opinion.
> Is the word 'artifact' defined by Rational?
>
> I am aware of the non-technical and non-Rose-specificness of this
> question.
>
> Remco
> R. van Veenendaal
> Linguistic & Software Engineer
> Polderland Language & Speech Technology
> WWW: WWW.Polderland.Nl
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