# application (use)

a process in which something is used for a specific purpose

- Computed level: L10 (depth in the emergence graph, not abstraction)
- Status: review  ·  Domain: everyday  ·  Arena: application

## Emergence
**Emerges from:** [use](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-use.application), [purpose](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-purpose.goal), [process](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-process.general), [specific](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-specific.detail)

**Through:** When a use for a particular end is enacted, and that end defines a specific role, the ongoing changes constitute a process perceived as an application.

**Novel properties:**
- functional role assignment
- purpose-bound process
- specific use trajectory

## Examples
- The Hubble Space Telescope corrected its blurry vision in 1993 via a servicing mission that installed COSTAR, a device to refocus its instruments. *(engineering)*
- In 2008, Iceland's Icesave bank collapsed when users withdrew funds en masse, overwhelming its liquidity mechanisms. *(economics)*
- The Linux kernel schedules CPU time across processes using the CFS (Completely Fair Scheduler) to balance system responsiveness and throughput. *(computing)*

## Used by
- [limit](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-limit.boundary) (L14)
- [measurement](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-measurement.quantitative) (L12)
- [paradox](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-paradox.ontological) (L11)
- [print](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-print.material) (L13)
- [stranger](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-stranger.unmodeled) (L15)
- [study](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-study.learning) (L11)

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*Structured data: https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-application.use.json*  
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