Software-based System State

A Software-based System State is a Thing Set (entity set and relation set) for a software-based system.

• Context:
  • It can have a Temporal Dimension (Event).
  • It can be within some Domain.
• Example(s):
  • a System State, such as a Computing System State, Agent State, Mental State, Conscious State.
  • …
• Counter-Example(s):
  • a Nation State.
• See: Physical Entity, Automata Theory, Digital Logic, Computer Program, Input/Output.

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References

2013

• (Wikipedia, 2013) ⇒ http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/State_(computer_science) Retrieved:2013-12-14.
  • In computer science and automata theory, the state of a digital logic circuit or computer program is a technical term for all the stored information, at a given instant in time, to which the circuit or program has access. The output of a digital circuit or computer program at any time is completely determined by its current inputs and its state.

2011

• (Sammut & Webb, 2011) ⇒ Claude Sammut, and Geoffrey I. Webb. (2011). “State.” In: (Sammut & Webb, 2011) p.912

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