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  2. Koinonos - Wikipedia

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    Koinonos (Ancient Greek: κοινωνός) is an Ancient Greek word, generally thought to mean companion; however it has been used extensively in ancient writing with a wide variety of meanings. Its original form is κοινωνός and it was later translated to Koinonos.

  3. Companion robot - Wikipedia

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    A companion robot is a robot created to create real or apparent companionship for human beings. [1] Target markets for companion robots include the elderly [ 2 ] and single children. [ 3 ] Companions robots are expected to communicate with non-experts in a natural and intuitive way.

  4. Willing to pay $175,000 for a life-size robot friend that ...

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    Her role as an engaging companion is designed to enhance human experiences through interaction and fun. However, she can engage in adult conversations if desired.

  5. Friendship - Wikipedia

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    Friendship in adulthood provides companionship, affection, and emotional support, and contributes positively to mental well-being and improved physical health. [ 20 ] : 426 Adults may find it particularly difficult to maintain meaningful friendships in the workplace.

  6. Social support - Wikipedia

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    Social support is integrated into service delivery schemes and sometimes are a primary service provided by governmental contracted entities (e.g., companionship, peer services, family caregivers). Community services known by the nomenclature community support, and workers by a similar title, Direct Support Professional, have a base in social ...

  7. 21 Fun Pangrams Every Word Lover Will Appreciate - AOL

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    The purpose of a pangram is for fun wordplay, for artists to display various fonts in sentences using every letter, and they are useful to children that are learning to write, practice their ...

  8. Artificial human companion - Wikipedia

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    The earliest, such as the "psychologist" program ELIZA, did little more than identify key words and feed them back to the user, but Kenneth Colby's 1972 PARRY program at Stanford University -- far superior to ELIZA -- exhibited many of the features researchers now seek to put into a dialog system, above all some form of emotional response and ...

  9. Gigolo - Wikipedia

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    A gigolo (/ ˈ dʒ ɪ ɡ ə l oʊ, ˈ ʒ ɪ ɡ-/ JIG-ə-loh, ZHIG-) is a male escort or social companion who is supported by a person in a continuing relationship. [1]The term gigolo usually implies a man who adopts a lifestyle consisting of a number of such relationships serially rather than having other means of support.