<s>
Computational	B-General_Concept
humor	I-General_Concept
is	O
a	O
branch	O
of	O
computational	O
linguistics	O
and	O
artificial	B-Application
intelligence	I-Application
which	O
uses	O
computers	O
in	O
humor	O
research	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Simple	O
prototypes	O
for	O
computer	O
pun	B-Application
generation	O
were	O
reported	O
in	O
the	O
early	O
1990s	O
,	O
based	O
on	O
a	O
natural	B-General_Concept
language	I-General_Concept
generator	I-General_Concept
program	O
,	O
VINCI	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Graeme	O
Ritchie	O
and	O
Kim	O
Binsted	O
in	O
their	O
1994	O
research	O
paper	O
described	O
a	O
computer	O
program	O
,	O
JAPE	O
,	O
designed	O
to	O
generate	O
question-answer-type	O
puns	B-Application
from	O
a	O
general	O
,	O
i.e.	O
,	O
non-humorous	O
,	O
lexicon	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Since	O
then	O
the	O
approach	O
has	O
been	O
improved	O
,	O
and	O
the	O
latest	O
report	O
,	O
dated	O
2007	O
,	O
describes	O
the	O
STANDUP	O
joke	B-General_Concept
generator	I-General_Concept
,	O
implemented	O
in	O
the	O
Java	B-Language
programming	I-Language
language	I-Language
.	O
</s>
<s>
(	O
The	O
project	O
name	O
is	O
an	O
acronym	O
for	O
"	O
System	O
To	O
Augment	O
Non-speakers	O
'	O
Dialog	O
Using	O
Puns	B-Application
"	O
and	O
an	O
allusion	O
to	O
standup	O
comedy	O
.	O
)	O
</s>
<s>
(	O
1996	O
)	O
reported	O
on	O
a	O
heuristic	B-Algorithm
program	O
for	O
detecting	O
puns	B-Application
in	O
the	O
Japanese	O
language	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
A	O
possible	O
application	O
for	O
the	O
assistance	O
in	O
language	O
acquisition	O
is	O
described	O
in	O
the	O
section	O
"	O
Pun	B-Application
generation	O
"	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Another	O
envisioned	O
use	O
of	O
joke	B-General_Concept
generators	I-General_Concept
is	O
in	O
cases	O
of	O
steady	O
supply	O
of	O
jokes	O
where	O
quantity	O
is	O
more	O
important	O
than	O
quality	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
particular	O
,	O
humor	O
generation	O
in	O
user	B-Application
interface	I-Application
to	O
ease	O
communications	O
with	O
computers	O
was	O
suggested	O
.	O
</s>
