The Emergence Machine

File

physical · Computing · Level 5 · E0

E0Spacetime

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 collection of data, identified by a unique name and location, and managed through input/output operations by programs, where data emerges from spatial relationships and patterns of more/less/equal, and digital patterns unfold as energy flows through space and is quantized by binary values.

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Wiktionary senses

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

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

Historical origin

Origin word
file
Origin language
English

Prerequisite chain

Possible path of this concept down to the fundamental substrate.

thisfoundationsL5L4L3L2L1L0FileDataDigitalSystemFormProcessStructureCollectionActionChangeMatterEnergyPatternSpaceTimeE1 concrete → E14 abstract

Neighborhood

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

used byprerequisitesDirectory Struct…L8FileL5CollectionL1DigitalL3DataL4E1 concrete → E14 abstract

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Prerequisites

What you need to understand first.

  • Collection L1 (requires)
    A file is a self-contained collection of digital data stored on a computer system, identified by a unique name and location, and managed through input/output operations by programs.
  • Digital L3 (requires)
    A file is a self-contained collection of digital data stored on a computer system, identified by a unique name and location, and managed through input/output operations by programs.
  • Data L4 (requires)
    A file is a container for storing data on a computer system, identified by a name and location, and accessed through input/output operations by programs.

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