The Emergence Machine

Microservice

abstract · Computing · 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.

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Emergence definition

microservice requires api, distributed-system, network, computation. It uses container.

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Wiktionary senses

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Historical origin

Origin word
microservice
Origin language
English

Prerequisite chain

Possible path of this concept down to the fundamental substrate.

thisfoundationsL10L9L8L7L5L4L2L1L0MicroserviceDistributed SystemCooperateOrganizationApiBehaviorComputationGoalContainerDataLogicObjective… intermediate l…EnvironmentFormInformationLifeActionChangeCollectionExistenceEnergyPatternSpaceTimeE1 concrete → E14 abstract

Neighborhood

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

thisprerequisitesMicroserviceL10ContainerL4ApiL5Distributed SystemL9E1 concrete → E14 abstract

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Prerequisites

What you need to understand first.

  • Container L4 (uses)
    Microservices use containers.
  • Api L5 (requires)
    Microservices expose functionality through APIs for inter-service communication.
  • Distributed System L9 (requires)
    Microservices are distributed.