* Example: "John is a brilliant actor. He really transforms into the characters he plays."
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2. In computing, an actor or software actor often denotes some computation process whose behavior corresponds to the actions requested to execute and which exhibits autonomous behavior to some degree without direct manipulation
* Example: "Our new system uses a decentralized and concurrent architecture of a system composed of independent and asynchronously interacting software actors for maximum scalability."
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3. A person or thing considered in their capacity or function: A person acting according to his capacity.
* Example: "In their roles as public advocates, these celebrities are sometimes cast as political actors."
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4. In a military context, An Army unit that carries out the primary battle function under control of a headquarters
* Example: "He's got 20 years worth of service with Army infantry forces and other combat arms actors."
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5. In business, a person (or other organizational body) that produces an effect upon some business process
* Example: "Employees, suppliers, clients, regulatory bodies and competitors can all be seen as stakeholders of a specific business process which are therefore called business actors according to a role mining perspective based on stakeholder approach.”