external actor
collocation in Englishmeaningsofexternalandactor
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external
adjective
uk/ɪkˈstɜː.nəl/us/ɪkˈstɝː.nəl/
of, on, for, or coming from ...
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actor
noun[C]
uk/ˈæk.tər/us/ˈæk.tɚ/
someone who pretends to be someone else while performing in a film, play, or television or ...
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(Definition ofexternalandactorfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
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The receptionist andexternalactornames explicitly define the interface to the environment.
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Without this restriction composability of actor configurations is problematic, as it would permit anexternalactorto initialize an internally created actor.
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A configuration in which both the receptionist andexternalactorsets are empty is said to be closed.
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It contains a collection of actors, messages,externalactornames, and receptionist names.
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The sets of receptionists and external actors are the interface of an actor configuration to its environment.
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Both the set of receptionists and the set of external actors may grow as the configuration evolves.
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By placing this constraint on the range of options open to the regime, external actors have again had some impact.
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Receptionists are the externally visible actors of the configuration, and names of external actors are references to actors outside the configuration.
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They consolidated their power by occasionally defying the central government or playing off internal and external actors against each other.
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Evidence suggests that external actors are quite indifferent to holding public organizations accountable for performance.
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However, as the agreed strategy of a group of critical external actors, it could have a much more substantial impact.
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In such elections it is not unusual for the entire administration of the elections to be run by external actors or non-sovereign authorities.
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Rather, the policies adopted by external actors are making the situation worse.
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The external actors are names of actors that are outside this configuration but to which messages may be directed.
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But the success, or lack thereof, of anti-corruption mechanisms also depends on the role of external actors.
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Secondly, if lambda abstractions are communicated to external actors, there is no precise way to establish what actor addresses are actually exported.
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External actors can incite, stimulate and nurture democratic reform by continuously and consistently pursuing opportunities for democratic progress, however limited and far-fetched these may be.
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Contemporary intervention is less the product of coercive intervention by external actors, and more the result of an internalisation of core features of neoliberalism within governance states.
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In particular, the institution's ability to adopt a combination of accountability strategies in alliance with social and external actors and accurately assess available resources was apparent.
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