# version (variant)

a type of something that is different from another type of the same thing

- Computed level: L5 (depth in the emergence graph, not abstraction)
- Status: review  ·  Domain: everyday  ·  Arena: version

## Emergence
**Emerges from:** [type](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-type.category), [difference](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-difference.relation)

**Through:** type and different together are a thing that is a specific type

**Novel properties:**
- specific type
- distinct variant
- tracked label

## Examples
- The Python 2.7 release continued parallel to Python 3.x, despite incompatible syntax changes. *(computing)*
- The Ford Model T was produced in a black-only version until 1926, then offered in other colors. *(engineering)*
- The 1986 Chernobyl disaster led to a radioactive exclusion zone variant of forest succession near Pripyat. *(biology)*

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*Canonical: https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-version.variant*  
*Structured data: https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-version.variant.json*  
*Every definition provably resolves to space, time, energy and pattern.*