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ALGORITHM

[1] noun


1 A process or set of rules to be followed in calculations or other problem-solving operations, especially by a computer.

‘a basic algorithm for division’More example sentences


Origin

Late 17th century (denoting the Arabic or decimal notation of numbers): variant (influenced by Greek arithmos ‘number’) of Middle English algorism, via Old French from medieval Latin algorismus. The Arabic source, al-Ḵwārizmī ‘the man of Ḵwārizm’ (now Khiva), was a name given to the 9th-century mathematician Abū Ja‘far Muhammad ibn Mūsa, author of widely translated works on algebra and arithmetic.


PARADIGM

[2] noun


1 A typical example or pattern of something; a pattern or model.

‘society's paradigm of the ‘ideal woman’’

1.1 A world view underlying the theories and methodology of a particular scientific subject.‘the discovery of universal gravitation became the paradigm of successful science’

2 Linguistics A set of linguistic items that form mutually exclusive choices in particular syntactic roles.

‘English determiners form a paradigm: we can say ‘a book’ or ‘his book’ but not ‘a his book’’

3 (in the traditional grammar of Latin, Greek, and other inflected languages) a table of all the inflected forms of a particular verb, noun, or adjective, serving as a model for other words of the same conjugation or declension.


Origin

Late 15th century: via late Latin from Greek paradeigma, from paradeiknunai ‘show side by side’, from para- ‘beside’ + deiknunai ‘to show’.


Knowledge Federation


To federate

[3] verb


Form or be formed into a single centralized unit, within which each state or organization keeps some internal autonomy.

no object ‘in 1901 the six colonies federated to form the Commonwealth of Australia’with object ‘he resisted British attempts to federate Barbados with neighbouring islands’


Origin

Early 18th century (as an adjective): from late Latin foederatus, based on foedus, foeder- ‘league, covenant’.

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[4] It is is an idea first imagined by Dino Karaberg and Roy Lachica where the goal is to develop new ways of co-creating, which combine information technology with innovative social organization of production and distribution.


SUSTAINABILITY

[5] noun


1The ability to be maintained at a certain rate or level.

‘the sustainability of economic growth’‘schemes to ensure the long-term sustainability of the project’

1.1 Avoidance of the depletion of natural resources in order to maintain an ecological balance.‘the pursuit of global environmental sustainability’‘the ecological sustainability of the planet’


GENERAL INSIGHT

[6] noun


Insight: Insight, thorough understanding, proficiency; to see the connections one has not seen.

ex. 1: Science on a crossroads

The Science on a Crossroads ideogram points to the possibility to reverse the narrow and technical focus in the sciences – and create general insights and principles about any theme that matters.

ex. 2 : Innovation

The Modernity ideogram bears an even larger and more general insight – it points to a way in which our creative capabilities in general need to be directed and used.



Citation:


[1] Dictionary, ALGORITHM. "Algorithm| Meaning In The English Oxford living Dictionaries". en.oxforddictionaries.com, 2019, https://en.oxforddictionaries.com/definition/algorithm


[2] Dictionary, PARADIGM. "Paradigm| Meaning In The English Oxford living Dictionaries". en.oxforddictionaries.com, 2019, https://en.oxforddictionaries.com/definition/paradigm


[3] Dictionary, FEDERATE. "federate| Meaning In The English Oxford living Dictionaries". en.oxforddictionaries.com, 2019, https://en.oxforddictionaries.com/definition/federate


[4] Karaberg, D. (2019). Knowledge federation. Retrieved from https://folk.uio.no/dino/KnowledgeFederation.html


[5] Dictionary, SUSTAINABILITY. "Sustainability| Meaning In The English Oxford living Dictionaries". en.oxforddictionaries.com, 2019, https://en.oxforddictionaries.com/definition/sustainability


[6] Dictionary, GENERAL INSIGHT. "Insight | Meaning in the Big Norwegian lexicon". https://snl.no/innsikt, 2019,

ex. 1: http://kf.wikiwiki.ifi.uio.no/Main_Page, 2019,

ex. 2: http://kf.wikiwiki.ifi.uio.no/Main_Page, 2019,


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