internet · digital
a system of linked connections through which users send and receive information using devices
Examples
- The 1983 launch of NSFNET connected academic institutions across the United States, expanding access beyond military use. computing
- Iran's National Information Network routed domestic traffic through local servers during the 2019 internet shutdown. institutions
- Undersea fiber-optic cables like MAREA, completed in 2018, carry data between Virginia and Spain at 160 terabits per second. engineering
Emergence
through: the organized system uses connected links and devices to enable users to send and receive information
- global information exchange
- decentralized connectivity
- user-mediated data flow
Chain to foundations
as tree
- internetL10
- systemL5
- setsL3
- patternL0
- othersL2
- spaceL0
- timeL0
- patternL0 (shown above)
- differenceL1
- patternL0 (shown above)
- boundaryL2
- spaceL0 (shown above)
- differenceL1 (shown above)
- changeL1
- differenceL1 (shown above)
- partL1
- structureL2
- interactionL2
- setsL3
- linksL8
- partL1 (shown above)
- connectsL7
- dataL7
- informationL6
- pieceL3
- setsL3 (shown above)
- deviceL5
- sendL8
- receiveL6
- userL7
- connectionL9
- linksL8 (shown above)
- interactionL2 (shown above)
- informationL6 (shown above)
- useL6 (shown above)
- systemL5
Neighborhood
Concepts that depend on this one above; what it is built from below.
Used by (1)
Relations
| medium-for | system.organized | is-a |
| enables | data.information | medium-for |