System Concepts

A System is an Abstract concept that can be applied to any-thing. This section introduces a way to see a thing as a system. The following picture highlights the key concepts in this section:

The areas covered in this section are:

• A Thing
• Things and Models

• A System-of-Interest

• System

• A Thing as a System

• Shared Meaning through Living Systems

The System (Abstract) Background and Concepts are also in the PDF below:

PDF: System Description: Background and Concepts, Version 0.0, 22-November-2024 (working draft)

The following picture shows the relationship of all of the system concepts used in the understanding of an abstract system.

See Terminology Work Standards for International Standards guidance on establishing coherent terminology and definitions for concepts.