Basic process by Fred Bauder
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See also basic process.
A basic process is a phenomenon which is one of the elemental building blocks of reality. Natural and industrial processes utilize basic processes such as sorting, amplification, and flow.
Fundamental units of measurement such as time, distance, velocity, mass, and weight can be considered basic processes. Rigorous analysis might insist that one should include only fundamental units as opposed to derivative units (which can be defined in terms of fundamental units.)
But reality is more than physics. For example one might speak of the flow of time, using the basic process of metaphor. Or one might speak of broad fields such as history or communication.
In journalism the basic process of description of an event is broken down into what or pattern, when or time, where or location, who or identity and how or process.
It is theorized that four fundamental forces are responsible for all interaction.
Basic Processes
- accumulation
- adaption (to change)
- amplification
- attention
- change which may require adaption
- convergence, see convergent evolution
- context
- dimension
- emergence
- energy level (a specialized term used in physics)
- excitation
- error
- failure
- feedback
- flow
- homeostasis
- limit
- learning which results in expertise
- location
- measurement, see fundamental unit
- network
- oscillation or vibration, see harmonic oscillator, and wave
- pattern or structure
- procedure or pattern of activity; An algorithm is a systematic list of instructions for accomplishing some task, a method.
- quality control
- redistribution
- replication or reproduction. This appears to be the basis of nonlinearity (property as a basic element by John H. Holland in Hidden Order.
- significance
- orders of magnitude or Scale (ratio), which is to say size.
- size or quantity
- sensing
- style a technical term from archaeology
- sorting
- storage
- Switching is controlling the rate or direction of flow. Generally a switch turns flow off or on while a valve regulates the rate of flow; however witches may offer variable resistance to flow while valves may completely block flow or be turned completely on.
- trigger
- uncertainty or probablity
- volatility
Related topics
Evolution is not a basic process. It is the result of the operation of basic processes. Sorting resulting from random changes to a system interacting with its environment being the main mechanism.
