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  • noun The essential attributes that constitute a system

Etymologies

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system +‎ -ness

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Examples

  • Google just bolted a big ol 'bag of drivers (also known as the Linux kernel) to Chrome and are calling it the operating systemness now.

    Software Sector and Stocks Analysis from Seeking Alpha 2009

  • - (Business Wire) - August 27, 2009 - New healthcare performance results released by the Integrated Healthcare Association (IHA) include a comparison of average composite scores across eight California regions in four performance measurement domains: clinical quality, patient experience, information technology-enabled systemness, and coordinated diabetes care.

    Digital50.com Digital 50 Daily Industry News RSS Feed 2009

  • Beniger’s key insight, the growing “systemness” of society, is a fact no less important for not yet being fully understood.

    Economic Principals David Warsh 1993

  • It’s going to be hard for people to continue to deny its operating systemness now.

    Google Chrome: Redefining The Operating System Michael Arrington 2005

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