# waste (output)

A parameter whose value is outside the window of every nearby system's input.

- Computed level: L12 (depth in the emergence graph, not abstraction)
- Status: review  ·  Domain: window  ·  Arena: system

## Emergence
**Emerges from:** [window](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-window.range), [parameter](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-parameter.condition), [drift](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-drift.aimless), [outside](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-outside.spatial), [system](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-system.organized), [value](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-value.worth)

**Through:** Drifting parameter conditions fall outside the range acceptable to any organized system nearby, becoming unvalued and unassimilable.

**Novel properties:**
- abandonment by systems
- loss of assimilability
- valueless persistence

## Examples
- The 2011 Fukushima nuclear plant released radioactive water into the Pacific after cooling systems failed post-tsunami. *(engineering)*
- Bitcoin mining consumes 127 terawatt-hours yearly, exceeding Norway's annual residential electricity use. *(economics)*
- The Voyager 1 probe transmits data at 160 bits per second through a 45-year-old fault-prone system. *(computing)*

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