software · digital
Ask PrometheusData arranged in a regular pattern that enables a device to function.
Software (noun) means: Data arranged in a regular pattern that enables a device to function. It emerges from data, pattern, device, order: Data is ordered into a recurring pattern that, when processed by a device, brings about functional behavior through sustained effort-like changes. In the EmergenceLexicon it sits at computed level 17, chaining down to the four foundations (space, time, energy, pattern).
Examples
- The Linux kernel, first released in 1991, coordinates hardware and software on millions of devices by interpreting binary instructions. computing
- The Hubble Space Telescope's onboard flight software corrected its mirror's spherical aberration during operations in 1993. engineering
- In 2000, the ILO estimated that 80% of industrial programmable logic controllers ran proprietary firmware to manage assembly lines. economics
Emergence
through: Data is ordered into a recurring pattern that, when processed by a device, brings about functional behavior through sustained effort-like changes.
- executable structure
- persistent operational pattern
- information-driven functionality
Chain to foundations
full chain as text (140 steps)
Neighborhood
Concepts that depend on this one above; what it is built from below.
Used by (3)
Relations
| is-a | products.goods | software is a product of changes on matter |