A living system is software reprogrammable to the extent that stimuli can be used to alter its behavior and functionality, as opposed to needing physical rewiring.

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• Updated Software/Hardware Definition: a continuous variant — a living system is software reprogrammable to the extent stimuli can alter its behavior, as opposed to needing physical rewiring; the binary distinction is not useful.claim0.869
  The paper's proposed dissolution of binary software/hardware distinction into a continuum
• I believe such a system of living processes can be described precisely, can be made practical, and can be implemented.claim0.812
  Alexander's optimistic programmatic statement for a worldwide generative system.
• How Can Living Systems Be Defined As Unifiedquestion0.807
• How Do Living Systems Create And Maintain Meaningfulquestion0.803
• A living process is a step-by-step adaptive process that goes forward in small increments, with opportunity for feedback and correction at every step.claim0.799
  Operational definition of the incremental, self-correcting nature of living process.
• Living system as individual organismconcept0.791
  The basis of the standard biological definition of life, centered on the individual organism.
• The living organism seems to be a macroscopic system which in part of its behaviour approaches that purely mechanical (as contrasted with thermodynamical) conduct to which all systems tend as the temperature approaches absolute zero.claim0.791
  Schrödinger's analogy highlighting that life maintains order akin to a system at very low temperature.
• A living process is any adaptive process which generates living structure, step by step, through structure-preserving transformations.claim0.789
  Core definition that anchors the whole chapter; asserts the necessary and sufficient structure of life-creating activity in the built world.