system
Interconnected working parts
A system is a set of connected parts working together as a whole.
The body has systems—circulatory, nervous, digestive.
Governments and institutions are systems.
A stereo system combines components.
The system often means established power structures: fighting the system, working within the system.
To get something out of your system is to purge an impulse or emotion by indulging it.
Ranked authority structure
- bureaucracyRigid administrative system
- institutionEstablished organization or custom
- governanceHow authority is exercised
- administrationOrganizational oversight and control
structure · protocol · procedure · policy · authority · centralized · decentralized · corporate
Underlying support system
- methodologyFormal procedural framework
- theoryExplanatory set of principles
- philosophyStudy of fundamental truths
- doctrineEstablished body of teachings
paradigm · schema · model · approach · classification · taxonomy · notation · logic
Actively in function
- softwarePrograms directing computer operations
- hardwareMetal goods and fittings
- networkInterconnected system
- databaseOrganized digital information collection
server · binary · interface · storage · processor · algorithm · kernel · filesystem
Living biological entity
- organBody's working component
- circulatoryOf blood movement
- respiratoryRelated to breathing organs
- digestiveRelating to food breakdown
nervous · immune · endocrine · lymphatic · cardiovascular · metabolic · reproductive · skeletal
Means by which something operates
- apparatusEquipment for a task
- engineMachine producing motion
- hydraulicRelating to pressurized liquids
- pneumaticUsing pressurized gas
braking · propulsion · steering · ventilation · heating · cooling · exhaust · ignition
System of written symbols
- tonalRelating to pitch
- modalPertaining to form
- rhythmicHaving regular tempo
- harmonicOf musical overtones
twelve-tone · chromatic · diatonic · pentatonic · Baroque · classical · Hindustani · gamelan
hierarchy
Ranked authority structure
- bureaucracyRigid administrative system
- institutionEstablished organization or custom
- governanceHow authority is exercised
administration · structure · protocol · procedure · policy · authority · centralized · decentralized · corporate · judicial
framework
Underlying support system
- methodologyFormal procedural framework
- theoryExplanatory set of principles
- philosophyStudy of fundamental truths
doctrine · paradigm · schema · model · approach · classification · taxonomy · notation · logic · belief
operating
Actively in function
- softwarePrograms directing computer operations
- hardwareMetal goods and fittings
- networkInterconnected system
database · server · binary · interface · storage · processor · algorithm · kernel · filesystem · runtime
organism
Living biological entity
- organBody's working component
- circulatoryOf blood movement
- respiratoryRelated to breathing organs
digestive · nervous · immune · endocrine · lymphatic · cardiovascular · metabolic · reproductive · skeletal · muscular
mechanism
Means by which something operates
pneumatic · braking · propulsion · steering · ventilation · heating · cooling · exhaust · ignition · suspension
notation
System of written symbols
harmonic · twelve-tone · chromatic · diatonic · pentatonic · Baroque · classical · Hindustani · gamelan · tuning
- connectionslink, links, connect, connection, tie
- S wordssay, see, set, sit, son
- ITIT support, computer, IT manager, IT services, IT director
- machineryengine, machinery, industrial machinery, motors, engines
- Greek wordsalpha, beta, gamma, delta, epsilon
- methodsmethod, approach, way, technique, procedure
systemchaos
Complete disorder and confusion
disorder · disorganization · randomness · confusion · entropy
systemspontaneity
Acting without forethought
improvisation · randomness · haphazardness · whim · impulse
- immune systemBody's pathogen-fighting network
- pressure systemZone of atmospheric force
- solar systemStar and orbiting bodies
- nervous systemSignal transmission network
- social systemsStructures organizing group life
- sound systemAudio playback equipment
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