# profile (personal)

a piece of information that is ordered with details about a person

- Computed level: L9 (depth in the emergence graph, not abstraction)
- Status: review  ·  Domain: everyday  ·  Arena: language

## Emergence
**Emerges from:** [piece](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-piece.portion), [information](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-information.knowledge), [order](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-order.arrangement), [people](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-people.social), [details](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-details.information)

**Through:** the piece collects details about a person into an ordered arrangement

**Novel properties:**
- structured personal data
- integrated identity representation
- contextual attribute grouping

## Examples
- The FBI's NCIC database contains over 13 million criminal profiles, updated daily with arrest records and fingerprints. *(institutions)*
- Facebook's algorithm assembles user profiles from likes, location data, and friend networks to target advertisements. *(computing)*
- The 2020 U.S. Census collected detailed demographic profiles for 331 million people, including age, race, and housing status. *(everyday life)*

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*Canonical: https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-profile.personal*  
*Structured data: https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-profile.personal.json*  
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