Pavitra wrote: > On 06/05/2011 01:59 PM, Ed Murphy wrote: >> Gratuitous: Instances of switches are attributes of entities, not >> entities in their own right. > > Doesn't "entity" just mean any noun?
http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/entity 1 a : being, existence; especially : independent, separate, or self-contained existence b : the existence of a thing as contrasted with its attributes
