The Emergence Machine

Cup

physical · Technology · Level 7 · E3

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Emergence definition

A cup is a vessel in a computer system that holds a digital equivalent of a drink, typically used to measure or display data, such as a progress bar or a gauge, by leveraging the concept of container and vessel.

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Wiktionary senses

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

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Source: Wiktionary — “cup”. Content available under CC BY-SA 4.0.

Historical origin

Origin language
English

Prerequisite chain

Possible path of this concept down to the fundamental substrate.

thisfoundationsL7L6L5L4L3L2L1L0CupDrinkAnimalClayVesselContainerOrganismShipWater ElementCellSoftwareSystemWaterHoldEnvironmentFormInformationActionChangeMatterMotionEnergyPatternSpaceTimeE1 concrete → E14 abstract

Neighborhood

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

used byprerequisitesWorld CupL8CupL7HoldL2ContainerL4ClayL5VesselL5DrinkL6E1 concrete → E14 abstract

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Prerequisites

What you need to understand first.

  • Hold L2 (requires)
    A vessel in a computer system that holds a digital equivalent of a drink, typically used to measure or display data, such as a progress bar or a gauge.
  • Container L4 (requires)
    cup depends on container
  • Clay L5 (requires)
    A cup is a small vessel for drinking
  • Vessel L5 (requires)
    A vessel in a computer system that holds a digital equivalent of a drink, typically used to measure or display data, such as a progress bar or a gauge.
  • Drink L6 (requires)
    Cups are clay containers for drinks

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