CONTEXT (Internal)
Charles François (2004). CONTEXT (Internal), International Encyclopedia of Systems and Cybernetics, 2(1): 661.
| Collection | International Encyclopedia of Systems and Cybernetics |
|---|---|
| Year | 2004 |
| Vol. (num.) | 2(1) |
| ID | ◀ 661 ▶ |
| Object type | General information, Methodology or model |
- “The context into which information is received” (G. BATESON, 1973, p.370).
As stated by BATESON: “… information comes out of a context into a context” (Ibid).
A system is basically, from this viewpoint, an entity in which internal context is different from the outside context. This is the reason why this compiler found it necessary to introduce the concept of invironment \term{}.
This is also the rationale behind J. MILLER's input and output transducers and decoders and encoders.