The Emergence Machine

Package

physical · COMMUNICATION/MEDIA · Level 8 · 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 self-contained unit of physical goods or materials that encapsulates specific functionality, providing a clear interface for interaction with other parts of a system, relying on the understanding of code, interface, and computation as a process of executing a series of operations.

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Wiktionary senses

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

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Historical origin

Origin word
paccum
Origin language
la

Prerequisite chain

Possible path of this concept down to the fundamental substrate.

thisfoundationsL8L7L6L5L2L1L0PackageModuleCodeAlgorithmComputationInterface… intermediate l…FormInformationOperationProcessActionChangeMatterProcedureEnergyPatternSpaceTimeE1 concrete → E14 abstract

Neighborhood

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

used byprerequisitesMailL9PackageL8ModuleL7E1 concrete → E14 abstract

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Prerequisites

What you need to understand first.

  • Module L7 (requires)
    Package requires understanding module to organize related software code and functions into reusable components.

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