# read (information)

when entities.object sees and makes information

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

## Emergence
**Emerges from:** [see](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-see.visual), [information](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-information.knowledge), [entities](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-entities.object)

**Through:** seeing and making information together creates interpretation of visual signs

**Novel properties:**
- semantic interpretation
- knowledge from symbols

## Examples
- The Hubble Space Telescope captures light from distant galaxies, converting photons into digital data streams. *(astronomy)*
- An OCR scanner at a postal sorting facility converts handwritten addresses into machine-readable text. *(engineering)*
- A librarian at the Bodleian deciphers faded 17th-century ink markings to catalog a newly acquired manuscript. *(institutions)*

## Used by
- [library](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-library.information) (L18)

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