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 ====== Terminology ======
-====== Entities ======
+====== Entity ======
-An entity may be defined as a thing which is recognized as being capable of an independent existence and which can be uniquely identified.
+An entity is defined as anything recognized as being capable of an independent existence and which can be uniquely identified.
+In software clustering, an entity may be a class, a source file, a function call statement, or a software module.
+====== Attribute ======
+An attribute is usually a software artefact, such as a package, a file, a function, a line of code, a database query, a piece of documentation, or a test case. Attributes may also be high level concepts that encompass software artefacts, such as design pattern instances.
-In software clustering, an entity may be a class, source file, function call statements and software module.