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Meta comment: We have come to very narrow definition of a 'system' when using terms like system design, system architect, etc., which here seems to mean a dist
by alok-g 3y ago
Meta comment:
We have come to very narrow definition of a 'system' when using terms like system design, system architect, etc., which here seems to mean a distributed computer system. That, as compared to a more open-ended definition found on, say, Wikipedia [1]. What about biological systems like a cell or a human body, a road system, a sound system, ...
[1] https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/System https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/System
- qznc 3y agoWorking in the automotive sector, I find it even worse. Sometimes “system” means an ECU (e.g. a radar sensor), sometimes the whole car, sometimes even includes infrastructure (cloud, other cars, etc). Sometimes it is just a software component within an ECU (e.g. the operating system). If I could I would taboo the term. It conveys practically zero information at this point.
- charcircuit 3y ago>which here seems to mean a distributed computer system. No, it can also be a design between multiple services on the same machine. Or it can be a design between multiple subsystems of a single application.