software · digital
Data arranged in a regular pattern that enables a device to function.
Examples
- The Linux kernel, first released in 1991, coordinates hardware and software on millions of devices by interpreting binary instructions. computing
- The Hubble Space Telescope's onboard flight software corrected its mirror's spherical aberration during operations in 1993. engineering
- In 2000, the ILO estimated that 80% of industrial programmable logic controllers ran proprietary firmware to manage assembly lines. economics
Emergence
through: Data is ordered into a recurring pattern that, when processed by a device, brings about functional behavior through sustained effort-like changes.
- executable structure
- persistent operational pattern
- information-driven functionality
Chain to foundations
as tree
- softwareL17
- dataL7
- informationL6
- differenceL1
- patternL0
- marksL5
- differenceL1 (shown above)
- partL1
- changeL1
- patternL0 (shown above)
- surfaceL4
- patternL0 (shown above)
- differenceL1
- pieceL3
- setsL3
- patternL0 (shown above)
- othersL2
- spaceL0 (shown above)
- timeL0 (shown above)
- patternL0 (shown above)
- differenceL1 (shown above)
- boundaryL2 (shown above)
- differenceL1 (shown above)
- informationL6
- patternL0 (shown above)
- deviceL5
- orderL8
- regularL1
- makeL4 (shown above)
- workL3
- dataL7
Neighborhood
Concepts that depend on this one above; what it is built from below.
Used by (3)
Relations
| is-a | products.goods | software is a product of changes on matter |