metasystems
Systems governing systems
Metasystems are systems that govern, organize, or operate on other systems.
A government is a metasystem managing economic, legal, and social systems beneath it.
In computing, an operating system is a metasystem coordinating software applications.
The prefix meta- signals this higher-order relationship—a metasystem doesn't just exist alongside other systems but encompasses or regulates them: The curriculum committee functions as a metasystem overseeing individual course designs.
Coming into existence
- self-organizationSpontaneous internal structure emergence
- nonlinearityDisproportionate cause and effect
- feedbackReturned response data
- adaptationFitting to new conditions
chaos · fractals · dynamical · networks · modularity · scalability · robustness · entropy
Complete, undivided state
- gestaltIntegrated perceptual whole
- interconnectednessState of mutual linkage
- totalityComplete aggregate amount
- coherenceLogical internal consistency
synthesis · unity · big-picture · macroscopic · reductionism · synergy · integration · comprehensive
Heights or ranked stages
- subsystemsComponent parts of complexes
- strataParallel geological layers
- tieredHaving multiple levels
- nestedContained within another
scaffolding · stratification · recursion · containment · boundaries · interfaces · top-down · bottom-up
Authority to direct
- homeostasisBiological internal stability maintenance
- regulationOfficial rules governing conduct
- communicationExchanging ideas or information
- autonomyIndependent decision-making capacity
stability · dynamics · robotics · automation · algorithm · information · interface · sensor
Major ecological community
- biodiversityRange of life forms
- habitatOrganism's natural environment
- symbiosisInterspecies biological interdependence
- nicheRecessed wall space
succession · cycles · resilience · interdependence · coevolution · mutualism · biogeochemical · disturbance
emergence
Coming into existence
- self-organizationSpontaneous internal structure emergence
- nonlinearityDisproportionate cause and effect
- feedbackReturned response data
adaptation · chaos · fractals · dynamical · networks · modularity · scalability · robustness · entropy · stochastic
wholeness
Complete, undivided state
- gestaltIntegrated perceptual whole
- interconnectednessState of mutual linkage
- totalityComplete aggregate amount
coherence · synthesis · unity · big-picture · macroscopic · reductionism · synergy · integration · comprehensive · relational
levels
Heights or ranked stages
- subsystemsComponent parts of complexes
- strataParallel geological layers
- tieredHaving multiple levels
nested · scaffolding · stratification · recursion · containment · boundaries · interfaces · top-down · bottom-up · layering
control
Authority to direct
- homeostasisBiological internal stability maintenance
- regulationOfficial rules governing conduct
- communicationExchanging ideas or information
autonomy · stability · dynamics · robotics · automation · algorithm · information · interface · sensor · actuator
biome
Major ecological community
- biodiversityRange of life forms
- habitatOrganism's natural environment
- symbiosisInterspecies biological interdependence
niche · succession · cycles · resilience · interdependence · coevolution · mutualism · biogeochemical · disturbance · equilibrium
metasystemssubsystems
Component parts of complexes
components · elements · modules · primitives · nodes
meta, system, systems, systematic, systematize, systematized, systematically, systemic, systemically