A world of knowledge about a specific topic.
A planet may be in human readable form such as a website, news site or blog. These planets usually are specialized in a specific subject matter. Examples are planet.smalltalk.org, planet.lisp.org, python.feedjack.org and planet.perl.org.
A planet may also be in a machine readable form such as a database. Expert systems may use this data to make decisions.
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