# electronics (electrical)

devices that use electricity to change information with parts in a structure

- Computed level: L7 (depth in the emergence graph, not abstraction)
- Status: review  ·  Domain: everyday  ·  Arena: likely.0

## Emergence
**Emerges from:** [electricity](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-electricity.electrical), [device](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-device.tool), [structure](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-structure.arrangement), [change](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-change.process), [information](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-information.knowledge), [part](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-part.relation), [use](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-use.application)

**Through:** electricity flows through structured parts in a device, using controlled change to encode or transform information.

**Novel properties:**
- controlled information processing
- dynamic signal response
- reconfigurable functional states

## Examples
- The Apollo Guidance Computer directed lunar landings using integrated circuits powered by the spacecraft's electrical system. *(engineering)*
- The 2003 Northeast Blackout halted traffic signals, hospital equipment, and communication networks across eight U.S. states. *(event)*
- The IBM 1401 processed payroll data for businesses in the 1960s using transistorized circuitry and magnetic core memory. *(computing)*

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*Canonical: https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-electronics.electrical*  
*Structured data: https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-electronics.electrical.json*  
*Every definition provably resolves to space, time, energy and pattern.*