### system:

Living system
* All living systems are far from equilibrium, and remain there until they are no longer living
  - self-reproducing
  - whole and are made up of interdependent interacting parts
* Every living system creates cancerous cells
  - has a blueprint for replication, or making copies of itself
* are able to organize and improved themselves
  - autopoietic systems in the physical space
  - chaotic systems
  - clearly different from nonliving systems
  - complex
  - dynamic
  - experts at energy conversion
  - hugely complex systems of atoms and molecules
  - never in equilibrium
* are open self-organizing living things that interact with their environment
  - self-reproducing, coded, information systems, for starters
  - wonderfully adaptable and can survive in a complex natural environment
* bypass the thermodynamic limit by reproduction.
* can build complex structures hierarchically
  - heal minor or brief damage or injury
  - reproduce themselves
* consist of dead organic and inorganic matter as well as living tissue.
* create and live among their artifacts
  - order within by creating even more disorder in the outside world
  - their own order through self-organization
* demonstrate a unique and complex hierarchical organization
  - molecular organization
* display an analogous form of supple dynamics.
* have a tendency to keep themselves in balance but also to adapt and evolve over time
  - unique hierarchy of biological levels
  - internal regulation without fixed goals
  - negative entropy
* live long owing to their ability to reproduce themselves with a high fidelity.
* undergo ecological and evolutionary change.
* use chemistry economically.

Marine system
* Many marine systems have no observable nitrogen fixation.
* have a limit on the damage that they can sustain, just as terrestrial systems do.

Mechanical system
* Most mechanical systems follow the clock.
* Some mechanical systems use special vortex
  - what is called a positive displacement gear pump
* are closed systems
  - the very heartbeat of a building
* provide a steady level of controlled air flow.
* require little feedback from the environment to function.

### system | mechanical system:

Fuel injection
* Provides precise fuel mixture to reduce emissions and reduce fuel consumption.
* are mechanical systems.
* can also play a large role in power.
* is the best form of fuel delivery for street use today.
* provides better metering of fuel and air than carburetors.

Messaging system
* Most messaging systems have a single storage area and use a single access method.
* provide a way to exchange events and data asynchronously.

Misting system
* can help with the maintenance of frog-keeping.
* provide outdoor cooling through evaporation.

Modern system
* Many modern systems come with built-in microphones that can be used to record sounds.
* Most modern systems use disks as the principle on-line storage medium, for both programs and data.

Moral system
* All moral systems are systems of power, of abstraction, of fragmentation.
* Most moral systems value the concept of self-knowledge.
* allow people to live together in cooperating communities.
* operate to enhance the group's survival.