server · digital
a device that provides information to others over a network
Examples
- The Apache HTTP Server software runs on a Dell PowerEdge server at CERN, delivering web pages over the internet. computing
- The Hubble Space Telescope's data archive at NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center stores and transmits petabytes of astronomical images. engineering
- The Bank of England's real-time gross settlement system processes trillions in transactions daily from financial institutions. economics
Emergence
through: the device uses software that supplies information over the network to distinct entities
- information provisioning
- remote accessibility
- client-server relationship
Chain to foundations
as tree
- serverL18
- deviceL5
- networkL9
- systemL5
- setsL3
- patternL0 (shown above)
- othersL2
- spaceL0 (shown above)
- timeL0 (shown above)
- patternL0 (shown above)
- differenceL1
- patternL0 (shown above)
- boundaryL2
- spaceL0 (shown above)
- differenceL1 (shown above)
- changeL1 (shown above)
- differenceL1 (shown above)
- partL1 (shown above)
- structureL2 (shown above)
- interactionL2 (shown above)
- setsL3
- linksL8
- partL1 (shown above)
- connectsL7
- flowL3 (shown above)
- interactionL2 (shown above)
- persistL1 (shown above)
- structureL2 (shown above)
- broughtL6
- happenL2
- distinctL3
- differenceL1 (shown above)
- othersL2 (shown above)
- connectsL7 (shown above)
- entitiesL4
- interactingL4
- interactionL2 (shown above)
- systemL5
- softwareL17
- dataL7
- informationL6
- pieceL3
- setsL3 (shown above)
- patternL0 (shown above)
- deviceL5 (shown above)
- orderL8
- regularL1
- makeL4 (shown above)
- workL3
- dataL7
- informationL6 (shown above)
- othersL2 (shown above)
- provideL8
Neighborhood
Concepts that depend on this one above; what it is built from below.
Relations
| is-a | system.organized | is-a conventional system that is organized for a purpose |
| enables | access.entry | enables others to access resources |