key · tool
a piece of material that is formed into a shape and can be put in a device
Examples
- The bronze Yale key from 1865 opened the front door of the New Haven workshop nightly. engineering
- In 1971, a plastic RFID key fob granted access to the Xerox PARC research lab after hours. computing
- A steel skeleton key once turned the lock on the cell door at Kilmainham Gaol in Dublin. institutions
Emergence
through: the piece of material is formed into a shape that can be put in a device
- compatibility with a device's mechanism
- capacity to actuate controlled access
- physical key-device fit through shaped alignment
Chain to foundations
as tree
- keyL10
- pieceL3
- materialL5
- formL9
- deviceL5
- putL3
- shapeL3
Neighborhood
Concepts that depend on this one above; what it is built from below.