What was meant by non-God (or unambiguous)? Why did Stan Rogers and computermacgyver write a series of pseudonyms for “agnostics”? It comes from the word a (without) and the Greek “gnosis” (knowledge, specifically of sacredness). Contrast “atheist”, meaning, loosely, “one who is without God” (some wags even define an agnostic as “a chickens**t atheist”).

It was then co-opted by computer engineers into “platform-agnostic”, not knowing anything about the underlying system (thanks, Stan). In the process it morphed from a noun to an adjective but it at least retained the implication of lack of knowledge. From there it’s been applied more broadly (and, in my view, incorrectly).

This word originate from theological matters, specifically that the existence of God is unknown or unknowable.

In technical and marketing literature, agnostic often has a meaning close to independent —for example, “platform agnostic” or “hardware agnostic”. If ^the property specified does not affect the object in question, what exactly is object in question “1”?

The former meaning could be unaffected or uninfluenced.

Is the phrase “platform agnostic” defined beyond its scope? In a platform-agnostic software, it’s not so much that the software doesn’t care about the host operating system or the underlying architecture, but that it can remain blissfully unaware of it. How do I extract my access to the hardware and/or software from my computer and how do I access it without needing to believe in or know if there is another java virtual machine or something similar? Does the program, then, analogous to an agnostic to whom or why would the world look just about the way it does right now whether ount there is a god?

What is the good reaction that applesauce in your first example is likely to “believe” in the existence of apples — otherwise it’s just a sauce.

Addendum:

(For some reason I can’t add a comment today — did the whole flushing of cache thing, but still no Ajaxy goodness)

The question presupposes the existence of a single word that can be dropped into the places vacated by the deletion of “agnostic”. There is no single English word in common usage that can fulfill that role, since this particular usage of the word “Agnostic” was introduced into the language in a fully grammaticalized form at its coinage. From the tiny world of compilers, it makes a degree of sense (even if it is wrong), but it takes the place of several entire phrases.

Noun “Indifferent” has been proposed but denotation is not enough. A century or more ’s back in time? Other words with similar meaning in limited technical realms have a similar meaning in limited technical realms, like “Separate”, but they don’t fit into a more general context and are as likely to be misinterpreted

as “Indifferent”.

I would say “does not dependent on”.

If you

• chose this recipe “in your own words”, you may make it yourself, but it is easy to make to make Applesauce.
• Is my new backup software OS agnostic?
• Religion in America: Is it god agnostic?

Also, use any

• apple according to the recipe for the apples being picked.
• When you make a Mac backup for a computer, the
• backup tool does not depend on the OS The study does not depend

on (the existence of or type of) god We often in faith context, the meaning is slightly different. Are agnostic (people who look outside) and “incredible” are they?

Are they unsatisfied With reality/evidence of God?

Should the best I come up with is indifferent or immaterial?

• s there any name for applesauce in these recipes?
• Why is my computer backup tool indifferent to OS.
• The study on American morality is indifferent to whether God exists. Is there any evidence that he could exist.

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