The Emergence Machine

Hardware

physical · Technology · Level 4 · E11

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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

Hardware serves a specific function in a system, where each input value corresponds to a unique output value, as governed by a mathematical function, and is composed of physical components that interact with energy and matter.

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Wiktionary senses

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

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Historical origin

Origin language
English

Prerequisite chain

Possible path of this concept down to the fundamental substrate.

thisfoundationsL4L3L2L1L0HardwareFunctionSoftwareObjectFormInformationProcessActionChangeExistenceMatterEnergyPatternSpaceTimeE1 concrete → E14 abstract

Neighborhood

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

used byprerequisitesInformation Tech…L7FirewallL14HardwareL4ObjectL2FunctionL3SoftwareL3E1 concrete → E14 abstract

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Prerequisites

What you need to understand first.

  • Object L2 (requires)
    Hardware refers to physical objects in a system.
  • Function L3 (requires)
    Hardware serves a specific function in a system.
  • Software L3 (requires)
    hardware builds on the concept of software

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