The Emergence Machine

Library

physical · Computing · Level 7 · 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.

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Emergence definition

A pre-compiled collection of reusable code, functions, and modules that facilitate efficient software development by providing standardized and tested components, built upon the understanding of code as a sequence of instructions executed by a system to implement an algorithm and produce a specific outcome.

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Wiktionary senses

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

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

Historical origin

Origin word
library
Origin language
English

Prerequisite chain

Possible path of this concept down to the fundamental substrate.

thisfoundationsL7L6L5L4L3L2L1L0LibraryCodeAlgorithmComputationDataLogicCausalitySystemFormOperationProcessStructureCollectionActionChangeMatterEnergyPatternSpaceTimeE1 concrete → E14 abstract

Neighborhood

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

used byprerequisitesThe Beatty Rosar…L9LibraryL7CollectionL1ComputationL5CodeL6E1 concrete → E14 abstract

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Prerequisites

What you need to understand first.

  • Collection L1 (requires)
    A library is a pre-compiled collection of reusable code, functions, and modules that facilitate efficient software development by providing standardized and tested components.
  • Computation L5 (requires)
    Understanding library requires knowledge of computation as a foundational technical concept.
  • Code L6 (requires)
    A library is a collection of pre-written code, functions, and modules organized for reuse, reducing development time and promoting code standardization and quality.

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