Structure
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For specific meanings of structure in specific fields, see structure (disambiguation).
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The structure of a thing is how the parts of it relate to each other, how it is “put together”. This contrasts with process, which is how the thing works; but process requires a viable structure.
Both reality and language have structure. One of the goals of general semantics, and of science, is to create and use language the structure of which accurately parallels the structure of reality.
See also
- Social sciences
- Social structure
- Structuralism
- Theory of structuration
- Hierarchy
- Structural violence
- Infrastructure
- Deep structure
- General semantics
- Computer science
- Data model
- Refactoring
- Network architecture
- Reality
- Consciousness
- Mathematics
- Abstract structure
- Structure (mathematical logic)
- Mathematical structure
- Discrete space
- Form
- Chemical structure
- structural formula
- Architecture
- Tree structure
- Structural failure
- Tent
- Truss
- Dormer
- Musical form
- Chemical structure
- Content
- Composition
- Text encoding
- Parser
- People
- Alfred Korzybski
- Lists, including ordered lists