Data systems: Patterns of forma

Paul Beynon-Davies
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Paul Beynon-Davies: Cardiff University

Chapter 7 in Significance, 2011, pp 141-173 from Palgrave Macmillan

Abstract: Abstract In the previous chapter we elevated the idea of data to that of forma: the physical nature of signs. In this chapter we focus upon systems of such forma. Symbols relate together and are operated upon in data systems. A data system is a physical symbol system consisting of physical patterns (symbols) which can be combined into structures and manipulated to produce new structures. We suggest a particular interest in those data systems in which the symbols have some persistence. By persistence we mean that symbols exist for some duration over and above the communication within which the symbols were used.

Keywords: Facial Expression; Data Item; Data Element; Turing Machine; Paper Tape (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2011
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DOI: 10.1057/9780230295025_7

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