The Emergence Machine

Client

physical · Computing · Level 4 · E10

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Each concept here is mapped to its prerequisites — the ideas you'd need first to understand it — all the way down to four foundations: Space, Time, Energy, Pattern. Click any prerequisite to drill down, or scroll for the chain graph.

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Emergence definition

A client emerges as a software application or device that requests services or resources from a server, initiating communication and processing responses, by leveraging the complex web of relationships between matter and energy that constitutes a network, and the logical structure and organization of software.

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Wiktionary senses

External reference — all senses of the word “client” on Wiktionary. This atlas concept maps to only the slice of meaning relevant to the prerequisite graph.

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Historical origin

Origin word
client
Origin language
English

Prerequisite chain

Possible path of this concept down to the fundamental substrate.

thisfoundationsL4L3L2L1L0ClientNetworkSoftwareFormInformationStructureChangeExistenceMatterEnergyPatternSpaceTimeE1 concrete → E14 abstract

Neighborhood

Direct prerequisites above, concepts that depend on this one below.

used byprerequisitesClient StateL5Server MedL5BrowserL6GraphqlL10Rest ApiL10ClientL4NetworkL3SoftwareL3E1 concrete → E14 abstract

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Prerequisites

What you need to understand first.

  • Network L3 (requires) Technology sense
    A client is a software application or device that requests services or resources from a server, initiating communication and processing responses.
  • Software L3 (requires)
    client builds on the concept of software

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