# online (digital)

being connected to a structure that transports information

- Computed level: L8 (depth in the emergence graph, not abstraction)
- Status: review  ·  Domain: everyday  ·  Arena: emergencelexicon

## Emergence
**Emerges from:** [web](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-web.structure), [information](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-information.knowledge), [carrying](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-carrying.transporting), [connects](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-connects.verb)

**Through:** A web.structure transports information, and when something connects to it, the connection enables ongoing flow.

**Novel properties:**
- continuous access
- potential for interaction
- distributed presence

## Examples
- The 2023 outage of Cloudflare's global DNS network disrupted access to sites like Hinge and Gov.uk for four hours. *(computing)*
- During the 2011 Tōhoku earthquake, Japan's SHIS earthquake early warning system broadcast alerts seconds before shaking reached Tokyo. *(engineering)*
- In 2020, the U.S. Postal Service's mail processing delays affected delivery of election ballots in swing states. *(institutions)*

## Used by
- [chat](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-chat.digital) (L10)
- [email](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-email.digital) (L9)
- [website](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-website.digital) (L17)

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