What is a Concept
Concept means design, image, construction or symbol, conception, expressed idea or opinion, characterization. It is the formulation of an idea or an image through words.
The term concept has origins from Latin conceptusfrom the verb conciperewhich means something conceived or formed in the mind, and is considered a cognitive unit of meaning.
The concept is what is conceive in thought about something or someone. It is the way of thinking about something, and consists of a type of evaluation or appreciation through an expressed opinion, for example, when an idea or a good or bad concept of someone is formed.
See also Thought.
A concept is a mental symbolan abstract notion that contains each word of a language or a language and that corresponds to a set of characteristics common to a class of beings, objects or abstract entities, determining how things are.
Concept is also the credit, judgment or opinion that you have for someone or something, and it is something clearly subjective.
See also Language.
Concept and Definition
The concept expresses the qualities of a thing or an object, determining what it is and its meaning and importance. However, definition and concept are not synonyms, the concept is much less precise and more particularbecause it is an opinion, while the definition is a universal description of something.
Words in different languages have the same meaning because they express the same concept. For example, the concept of cat can be expressed as cat in English, chat in French, cat in Portuguese, cat in Italian, Katze in German, etc.
Concept in Philosophy
In philosophy, the concept consists of a mental and linguistic representation of a concrete or abstract object, being for the mind the object itself in the process of identification, classification and description of it.
See also Philosophy.
Concept in IT
In computing, the concept is used in the Internet field to name web pages where their contents can be edited by multiple users through any browser. These pages, therefore, are developed from the collaboration of Internet users, who can add, modify or delete information.
See also Computer Science.
Conceptualization
Conceptualization is representation of an abstract idea in a concept, which arises from the general knowledge that people possess. Conceptualization involves the development and order of ideas that have been obtained from experience and understanding of what surrounds us.
See also Conceptualization.