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Boxology
A boxology is a representation of an organized structure as a graph of labeled nodes and connections between them. The concept is useful because many problems in systems design are reducible to modular "black boxes" and connections or flow channels between them. The term is somewhat tongue-in-cheek and refers to the generic nature of diagrams containing labelled nodes and paths between them. The archetypical example of a boxology is a corporate "org chart", which describes lines of control through the corporation. Other boxologies include programming flow charts, system-level circuit diagrams for designing large complex circuits, and even economic models. Feynman diagrams are useful because they reduce the complicated mathematics of quantum mechanics to a simple boxology of particle interactions. Depending on application, the boxes are optional; for example, the global carbon cycle is modeled as a boxology, but many figures explaining the model include only labels and directed connections.
The New Hacker's Dictionary
boxology
Syn. ASCII art. This term implies a more restricted domain, that of box-and-arrow drawings. “His report has a lot of boxology in it.” Compare macrology.
Numerology
Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of boxology in Chaldean Numerology is: 8
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of boxology in Pythagorean Numerology is: 7
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