The Emergence Machine

Fix

process · Technology · Level 10 · E10

E10Institutions

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.

Trace. Question. Emerge.

Emergence definition

A fix is a modification or correction made to a system or process to resolve a problem or error, as it builds upon the act of making something new and the identification of a discrepancy between the actual and desired states.

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Wiktionary senses

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

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Source: Wiktionary — “fix”. 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.

thisfoundationsL10L9L8L7L2L1L0FixMakeHandArm… intermediate l…CreateFormLifeLocationProblemChangeExistenceMatterEnergyPatternSpaceTimeE1 concrete → E14 abstract

Neighborhood

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

used byprerequisitesLegumeL11FixL10ProblemL1MakeL9E1 concrete → E14 abstract

In other languages

  • Fix German
  • fix English primary

Prerequisites

What you need to understand first.

  • Problem L1 (requires)
    A fix is a modification or correction made to a system or process to resolve a problem or error, often involving the re-establishment of a stable pattern or the re-creation of a broken activity dependency.
  • Make L9 (requires)
    fix depends on make

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