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# What is an Actor?
A [Syndicated Actor][Actor] is a collection of stateful
[Entities][Entity], organised in a tree of [Facets][Facet], with each
facet representing a
A [Syndicated Actor][Actor] ([Garnock-Jones 2017](#GarnockJones2017))
is a collection of stateful [Entities][Entity], organised in a tree of
[Facets][Facet], with each facet representing a
[(sub)conversation](https://syndicate-lang.org/about/#conversational-concurrency-1)
that the Actor is engaged in. Each entity belongs to exactly one
facet; each facet has exactly one parent and zero or more children;
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**References.**
- De Koster, Joeri, Tom Van Cutsem, and Wolfgang De Meuter. <a
name="DeKoster2016">“43 Years of Actors: A Taxonomy of Actor Models
and Their Key Properties.”</a> In Proc. AGERE, 31–40. Amsterdam,
The Netherlands, 2016.
[DOI](https://doi.org/10.1145/3001886.3001890).
name="DeKoster2016"
href="http://soft.vub.ac.be/Publications/2016/vub-soft-tr-16-11.pdf">“43
Years of Actors: A Taxonomy of Actor Models and Their Key
Properties.”</a> In Proc. AGERE, 31–40. Amsterdam, The
Netherlands, 2016. [DOI](https://doi.org/10.1145/3001886.3001890).
[PDF](http://soft.vub.ac.be/Publications/2016/vub-soft-tr-16-11.pdf).
- Garnock-Jones, Tony. <a name="GarnockJones2017"
href="https://syndicate-lang.org/tonyg-dissertation/html/">“Conversational
Concurrency.”</a> PhD, Northeastern University, 2017.
[Permalink](http://hdl.handle.net/2047/D20261862).
[PDF@Northeastern](https://repository.library.northeastern.edu/files/neu:cj82qs441/fulltext.pdf).
[PDF@syndicate-lang.org](https://syndicate-lang.org/papers/conversational-concurrency-201712310922.pdf).
[HTML](https://syndicate-lang.org/tonyg-dissertation/html/).