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An '''agent''' is either:
* an entity who is capable of [[action]]
* someone (or something) who acts on behalf of another person.
===In law===
* [[Agent (law)]]: a person authorised to act on behalf of another person
** [[Patent agent]], or patent attorney, a professional who represents and advises another in the assessment, securing and maintaining of intellectual property rights, with particular reference to [[patent]] rights.
** Tuition agent, a person who represents a [[tuition agency]] in searching for suitable [[tutor]]s for students.
** [[Literary agent]], a person who represents a writer
** [[Theatrical agent]]
** [[Booking agent]]
** [[Sports agent]], a professional who represents an athlete
** [[Talent agent]], a person who finds jobs for actors, models, and other people in various entertainment businesses.
** [[Press agent]], publicist who acts on behalf of a client on all matters involving public relations
** [[Foreign agent]], someone registered with the U.S. Justice Department as mandated by the [[Foreign Agents Registration Act]]
** [[Travel agent]], makes vacation and travel arrangements
** [[Real estate broker]], or real estate agent
** [[Yacht broker]], or yacht agent
** [[Yacht charter broker]], or yacht charter agent
===In espionage and law enforcement===
* [[Secret agent]], a spy
* [[Double agent]], in spying
* [[Special agent]], generally, a federal criminal or non-criminal investigator or detective.
* [[Agent provocateur]], a person assigned to provoke unrest, violence, debate, or argument by or within a group while acting as a member of the group but covertly representing the interests of another
===In economics===
* [[Agent (economics)]]
* [[Homo economicus]]
* [[Rational agent]]
* [[Agent-Based Computational Economics]]
* [[Representative agent]]
===In chemistry and warfare:===
* [[Agent Orange]], a herbicide
* [[Biological agent]], an infectious disease that can be used in biological warfare
* [[Chemical warfare]] agent, classified by their effect and include:
** [[Nerve agent]]
** [[Blister agent]]
** [[Blood agent]]
** [[Pulmonary agent]]
** [[Incapacitating agent]]
** [[Riot control agent]].
===In linguistics===
* [[Agent (grammar)]], one of the thematic roles: the participant of a situation that carries out an action. Replaces "subject" in [[placement typology]].
* [[Agent noun]] (or ''nomen agentis''), one of the derivatemes (a topic from linguistic morphology)
===In computer science===
* [[Software agent]], software that acts on behalf of a user
** [[Forté Agent]], a newsreader and email client
** [[User agent]], a client application used with a particular network protocol
* [[Intelligent agent]]
** In [[artificial intelligence]] an [[intelligent agent]] is any entity that is capable of perceiving its environment and carrying out goal-directed action (also sometimes called a [[rational agent]]).
** In [[computer science]], an [[intelligent agent]] is a [[software agent]] that displays some intelligence.
<!--Please see the article [[intelligent agent]], which disambiguates these two senses -->
===In fiction===
* ''[[Agent 212]]'', a Belgian comic
* [[Agent (The Matrix)|Agent]]s, characters in ''The Matrix''
* ''[[The Agent (film)]]'', a 1922 film
* ''[[Secret Agent (1936 film)]]'', a 1936 film
* The Agents, superhuman characters in ''[[Seven Samurai 20XX]]''
* Agent 47, a character from the computer game series ''[[Hitman (computer game series)|Hitman]]''
===In finance===
* Agent, a financial institution acting as the operational intermediary in a [[syndicated loan]] between the [[syndicate]] [[bank]]s and the [[borrower]]. The most common form is the "Administrative Agent".
===In popular culture===
* Polish version of [[The Mole]].
===Others===
* [[Election agent]], a person responsible for a candidate's campaign
* [[Free agent]], a sports player who is out of contract
* [[Rational agent]] deliberate being
==See also==
* [[Agent environment]]
* [[Agent architecture]]
* [[Agent based model]]
* [[Robot]]
* [[bot]]
* [[personoid]]
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