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Agent may refer to:
Espionage, investigation, and law
Espionage § Agents in espionage , spies or intelligence officers
Law of agency , laws involving a person authorized to act on behalf of another
Agent of record , a person with a contractual agreement with an insurance policy owner
Election agent , a person responsible for the conduct of a political campaign
Free agent , a sports player who is eligible to sign with any club or franchise
Literary agent , an agent who represents writers and their written works
Modeling agency , a person or a corporation which represents fashion models
Press agent , a professional publicist
Foreign agent , a person who carries out the interests of a foreign country
Political agent (disambiguation)
Patent attorney , an attorney who represents clients in patent matters
Real estate agent , an intermediary between sellers and buyers of real estate
Registered agent , in the US, receives service of process for a party in a legal action
Shipping agent , a person responsible for handling shipments and cargo
Sports agent , a legal representative for professional sports figures such as athletes and coaches
Talent agent or booking agent, a person who finds jobs for entertainment professionals
Trade mark agent , a person who represents clients in trade mark matters
Travel agent , a retailer that provides travel and tourism related services
Special agent , an American criminal investigator or detective for example
Arts and entertainment
Fictional characters
Film and television
Music
Other uses in arts and entertainment
Science and technology
Biology and chemistry
Computing
Agent architecture , a blueprint for software agents and control systems
Agent-based model , a computational model for simulating the actions and interactions of individuals
Intelligent agent , an autonomous, goal-directed entity which observes and acts upon an environment
Software agent , a piece of software that acts for a user or other program
User agent , software that is acting on behalf of a user
Other uses
Agency (philosophy) , the capacity of an actor to act in a given environment
Agency (psychology) , an attribute of humans and non-human animals
Agent (economics) , an actor and decision maker in a model
Agent (grammar) , in linguistics, the thematic relation of a cause or initiator to an event
Agent noun , a word identifying an actor, derived from a word denoting an action
Cleaning agent , a substance used to remove bad smells, clutter, dirt, dust, or stains on surfaces
See also
Topics referred to by the same term