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Object

Definition:

An object is any System Component that can be described in terms of its Attributes; Functions, performance, and Cost; as well as Past, present or future Attribute states.

Alternative Names

Concept Number: *099
English Master: Object
Synonyms, Variations & Acronyms: System *145

Detailing

An object can be real or Conceptual. It is a term we use for Systematic building blocks of larger Systems – which themselves might be viewed as more-Complex objects.
Any object can be composed of sub-objects. It is a matter of taste, and relative Scope whether we use the term object or System to describe something.

An object is simply a “little System” – a building block of larger Systems. Object implies a potential Component of a larger System. The only distinction between the synonyms is that object infers something relatively small, compared to a “System”.
Given these two terms are mainly used completely distinctly – two Concepts have been allocated.


Illustrations


Illustration: none


Type

Specification Concept


Examples

---->( Update Address)---->


In this Context the Mission tag, “Update Address” can serve as the reference name for the object, the performance and Cost Attributes of the object being implied by the arrows.


Notes

1. The object Concept is extremely general. “Object” is a description of almost anything.

2. The main difference between our definition, and common use of the term in the software field, is that we explicitly include the notion that an object can be described in terms of its performance and Cost Attributes. That, central Systems-Engineering Idea, is usually totally overlooked in the software world.

3. There is an implication in the use of the term “object” that it is intended to be reused in some way, for example, to be a Component of more than one System.

4. Entity ->OBJECT ---> ARTIFACT (SEE HIERARCHY DICTIONARY)
Object is a tangible Entity; artifact is a man-made object.


Keyed-Icons

“Same icons as for System *145.”

[[ ----->O----> ] 

or

----->(~lt~mission tag>)----> 

Drawn-Icons

none


• Artifact *227
Entity *645


History-of-Concept

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Created by system. Last Modification: Thursday 11 of July, 2019 19:03:48 CEST by Admin (Kai).

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