Conniver \Con*niv"er\, n. One who connives.
CONNIVER {Artificial intelligence} language for {automatic theorem proving}. An outgrowth of {PLANNER}, based on {coroutine}s rather than {backtracking}. Allowed multiple database contexts with hypothetical assertions. ["The CONNIVER Reference Manual", D. McDermott & G.J. Sussman, AI Memo 259, MIT AI Lab, 1973]. (1995-01-10)