The Emergence Machine

Packet

abstract · Technology · Level 5 · 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 packet is a unit of information transmitted across networks, which is a collection of organized and interrelated parts that work together.

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Wiktionary senses

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Historical origin

Origin language
English

Prerequisite chain

Possible path of this concept down to the fundamental substrate.

thisfoundationsL5L4L3L2L1L0PacketDataNetworkSystemFormStructureChangeExistenceMatterQuantityEnergyPatternSpaceTimeE1 concrete → E14 abstract

Neighborhood

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

thisprerequisitesPacketL5NetworkL3DataL4E1 concrete → E14 abstract

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Prerequisites

What you need to understand first.

  • Network L3 (requires) Technology sense
    packets are transmitted over networks
  • Data L4 (requires)
    A packet is a unit of data transmitted across networks.