#system  a group of independent but interrelated elements comprising a unified whole; "a vast system of production and distribution and consumption keep the country going"
  supertype:  group__grouping  any number of entities (members) considered as a unit
  part:  hierarchy
  subtype:  system_of_rules__system  a complex of methods or rules governing behavior; "they have to operate under a system they oppose"; "that language has a complex system for indicating gender"
     subtype:  accounting  a system that provides quantitative information about finances
        subtype:  balance_of_payments__balance_of_international_payments  a system of recording all of a country's economic transactions with the rest of the world over a period of one year; "a favorable balance of payments exists when more payments are coming in than going out"
        subtype:  current_account__currentaccount  that part of the balance of payments recording a nation's exports and imports of goods and services and transfer payments
     subtype:  discipline.system_of_rules  a system of rules of conduct or method of practice; "he quickly learned the discipline of prison routine" or "for such a plan to work requires discipline"
     subtype:  frame_of_reference  a system of assumptions and standards that sanction behavior and give it meaning
        subtype:  vocabulary.frame_of_reference  the system of techniques or symbols serving as a means of expression (as in arts or crafts); "he introduced a wide vocabulary of techniques"
     subtype:  gambling_system  a system of rules for placing bets that is believed to lead to winning; "he has a perfect gambling system at roulette"
     subtype:  government  the system or form by which a community or other political unit is governed; "tyrannical government"
     subtype:  honor_system__honorsystem  a system of conduct in which participants are trusted not to take unfair advantage of others; "the students are on the honor system"
     subtype:  system_of_logic__logic__logical_system__logicalsystem  a system of reasoning
        subtype:  Aristotlean_logic__Aristotelian_logic__syllogistic  the syllogistic logic of Aristotle
        subtype:  symbolic_logic__mathematical_logic__formal_logic  any logical system that abstracts the form of statements away from their content in order to establish abstract criteria of consistency and validity
           subtype:  boolean_logic__booleanlogic__boolean_algebra  a system of symbolic logic devised by George Boole; used in computers
           subtype:  propositional_logic__propositional_calculus  a branch of symbolic logic dealing with propositions as units and with their combinations and the connectives that relate them
           subtype:  predicate_calculus__functional_calculus  a system of symbolic logic that represents individuals and predicates and quantification over individuals (as well as the relations between propositions)
           subtype:  modal_logic  a system of logic whose formal properties resemble certain moral and epistemological concepts
              subtype:  alethic_logic__alethiclogic  the modal logic of necessity and possibility and contingency
              subtype:  deontic_logic__deonticlogic  the modal logic of obligation and permissibility
              subtype:  epistemic_logic__epistemiclogic  the modal logic of knowledge and uncertainty and ignorance
              subtype:  doxastic_logic  the modal logic of belief and disbelief
           subtype:  fuzzy_logic__fuzzylogic  a form of mathematical logic in which truth can assume a continuum of values between 0 and 1
        subtype:  system_of_logic_used_in_FCA
           subtype:  FCA_contextual_logic
           subtype:  FCA_contextual_judgement_logic
           subtype:  FCA_contextual_concept_logic
     subtype:  merit_system__meritsystem  the system of employing and promoting civil servants on the basis of ability
     subtype:  point_system__pointsystem  a system of evaluation (in education or industry) based on awarding points according to rules
     subtype:  spoils_system  the system of employing and promoting civil servants who are friends and supporters of the group in power
     subtype:  organon  a system of principles for philosophic or scientific investigations; an instrument for acquiring knowledge
     subtype:  program__programme  a system of projects or services intended to meet a public need; "he proposed an elaborate program of public works"; "working mothers rely on the day care program"
        subtype:  defense_program__defenseprogram__defense_policy__defensepolicy__defence_program__defenceprogram__defence_policy__defencepolicy  a program for defending a country against its enemies
        subtype:  educational_program__educationalprogram  a program for providing education
           subtype:  academic_program  a program of education in liberal arts and sciences (usually in preparation for higher education)
           subtype:  training_program  a program designed for training in specific skills
              subtype:  biofeedback  a training program in which a person is given information about physiological processes (heart rate or blood pressure) that is not normally available with the goal of gaining conscious control of them
              subtype:  preemployment_training_program  a training program to prepare you for employment
           subtype:  vocational_program  a program of vocational education
        subtype:  rehabilitation_program  a program for restoring someone to good health
           subtype:  vocational_rehabilitation_program  a program of rehabilitation through job training with an eye to gainful employment
        subtype:  space_program__spaceprogram  a technological program intended to explore outer space
           subtype:  Apollo_program  a program of space flights undertaken by US to land a man on the moon; "the first lunar landing was achieved by the Apollo program on July 20, 1969"
           subtype:  Gemini_program  a program of space flights undertaken by US in 1965 and 1966; "under the Gemini program each crew had two astronauts"
           subtype:  Mercury_program  a program of rocket-powered flights undertaken by US between 1961 and 1963 with the goal of putting a man in orbit around the earth; "under the Mercury program each flight had one astronaut"
        subtype:  tax_program__taxprogram__tax_policy__taxpolicy  a program for setting taxes
        subtype:  works_program__worksprogram  a program to provide jobs on public works paid for by government funds
     subtype:  theological_system__theologicalsystem__theology  a particular system or school of religious beliefs and teachings; "Jewish theology"; "Roman Catholic theology"
        subtype:  natural_theology__naturaltheology  a theology that holds that knowledge of God can be acquired by human reason without the aid of divine revelation
        subtype:  Christian_theology  the teachings of Christian churches
           subtype:  Jesuitism__Jesuitry  the theology or the practices of the Jesuits (often considered to be casuistic)
     subtype:  ethical_code__ethicalcode__ethic  a system of principles governing morality and acceptable conduct
        subtype:  double_standard  an ethical or moral code that applies more strictly to one group than to another
           subtype:  double_standard_of_sexual_behavior  a code that permits greater sexual freedom for men than for women (associated with the subordination of women)
  subtype:  multimedia_system__multimedia  transmission that combine media of communication (text and graphics and sound etc.)
     subtype:  hypermedia_system__hypermedia__interactive_multimedia__interactivemultimedia__interactivemultimediasystem  a multimedia system in which related items of information are connected and can be presented together
  subtype:  language_system  a system of linguistic units or elements used in a particular language
     subtype:  accentual_system__accentualsystem__prosodic_system  the system of accentuation used in a particular language
     subtype:  morphophonemic_system  the morphophonemics of a particular language
     subtype:  phonemic_system__phonemicsystem  the system of phonemes recognized in a language
        subtype:  consonant_system__consonantsystem__consonantal_system__consonantalsystem  the system of consonants used in a particular language
        subtype:  vowel_system__vowelsystem  the system of vowels used in a particular language
     subtype:  phonological_system__phonologic_system  the system of phones used in a particular language
        subtype:  tone_system__tonal_system__tonalsystem  the system of tones used in a particular language or dialect of a tone language
     subtype:  syllabicity  the pattern of syllable formation in a particular language
     subtype:  tense_system__tensesystem  a system of tenses used in a particular language
  subtype:  judicatory__judiciary__judicature__judicial_system  the system of law courts that administer justice and constitute the judicial branch of government
  subtype:  economic_system__economy  the system of production and distribution and consumption
     subtype:  industrialism  an economic system built on large industries rather than on agriculture or craftsmanship
     subtype:  market_economy__free_enterprise__laissez-faire_economy__laissezfaireeconomy  an economy that relies chiefly on market forces to allocate goods and resources and to determine prices
        subtype:  capitalism__capitalist_economy  an economic system based on private ownership of capital
     subtype:  non-market_economy  an economy that is not a market economy
        subtype:  managed_economy  a non-market economy in which government intervention is important in allocating goods and resources and determining prices
           subtype:  socialist_economy__socialisteconomy__socialism  an economic system based on state ownership of capital
              subtype:  communism  a form of socialism that abolishes private ownership
                 subtype:  bolshevism__collectivism__Marxism-Leninism__Leninism__Marxism__Sovietism__sovietism  a form of communism based on the writings of Marx and Lenin
                    subtype:  revisionism  a moderate evolutionary form of Marxism
                    subtype:  revisionism.bolshevism  any dangerous departure from the teachings of Marx
                 subtype:  Castroism  a form of communism developed in Cuba by Fidel Castro
                 subtype:  Maoism  a form of communism developed in China by Mao Zedong
              subtype:  International  any of several international socialist organizations
              subtype:  Nazism__Naziism__naziism__national_socialism  a form of socialism featuring racism and expansionism
           subtype:  mercantilism__mercantile_system  an economic system (Europe in 18th C) to increase a nation's wealth by government regulation of all of the nation's commercial interests
           subtype:  communist_economy__communisteconomy  the managed economy of a communist state
     subtype:  state_capitalism__statecapitalism  an economic system that is primarily capitalistic but there is some degree of government ownership of the means of production
     subtype:  state_socialism__statesocialism  an economic system in which the government owns most means of production but some degree of private capitalism is allowed
  subtype:  ecosystem  a system formed by the interaction of a community of organisms with their physical environment
  subtype:  social_organization__social_structure__social_system__structure  the people in a society considered as a system organized by a characteristic pattern of relationships; "the social organization of England and America is very different"; "sociologists have studied the changing structure of the family"
     subtype:  feudalism__feudal_system  the social system that developed in Europe in the 8th C; vassals were protected by lords who they had to serve in war
     subtype:  patriarchy__patriarchate  a form of social organization in which a male is the family head and title is traced through the male line
     subtype:  matriarchy__matriarchate  a form of social organization in which a female is the family head and title is traced through the female line
     subtype:  meritocracy.social_organization  a form of social system in which power goes to those with superior intellects
     subtype:  class_structure__classstructure  the organization of classes within a society
        subtype:  caste_system__castesystem  a social structure in which classes are determined by heredity
     subtype:  segregation.social_organization  a social system that provides separate facilities for minority groups
        subtype:  racial_segregation  segregation by race
           subtype:  petty_apartheid__pettyapartheid  racial segregation enforced primarily in public transportation and hotels and restaurants and other public places
        subtype:  de_facto_segregation  segregation (especially in schools) that happens in fact although not required by law
        subtype:  de_jure_segregation  segregation that is imposed by law
        subtype:  sex_segregation__sexsegregation__purdah  the Hindu or Moslem system of keeping women secluded
  subtype:  machinery.system  a system of means and activities whereby a social institution functions; "the complex machinery of negotiation"; "the machinery of command labored and brought forth an order"
  subtype:  network.system__web  an intricately connected system of things or people; "a network of spies"; "a web of intrigue"
     subtype:  reticulum  any fine network (especially one in the body composed of cells or blood vessels)
        subtype:  neural_network__neural_net  any network of neurons or nuclei that function together to perform some function in the body
           subtype:  reticular_formation__reticularformation__RF  a complex neural network in the central core of the brainstem; monitors the state of the body and functions in such processes as arousal and sleep and attention and muscle tone
           subtype:  reticular_activating_system__RAS  the network in the reticular formation that serves an alerting or arousal function
     subtype:  espionage_network__espionagenetwork  a network of spies
     subtype:  support_system__supportsystem  the network of people and facilities that supports you (enables you to live in a certain style)
  subtype:  subsystem  a system that is part of some larger system
  subtype:  organism  a system considered analogous in structure or function to a living body: "the social organism"
  subtype:  syntax.system  a systematic orderly arrangement
  subtype:  body.system  a collection of particulars considered as a system; "a body of law"; "a body of doctrine"; "a body of precedents"
  subtype:  shebang  an entire system; used in the phrase "the whole shebang"
  subtype:  solar_system__solarsystem  the sun with the celestial bodies that revolve around it in its gravitational field
  subtype:  water_system__watersystem  a river and all of its tributaries
  subtype:  root_system__rootage  a developed system of roots
  subtype:  distributed_software_system
     subtype:  distributed_IR_system
        subtype:  distributed_hypertext_IR_system__distributedhypertextirsystem  e.g. the WWW
           subtype:  WWW
        subtype:  Semantic_Web

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