The characteristic of a system that has been divided into smaller subsystems which interact with each other.
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- Blog posts 2008-06-04
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- Discussion threads 2008-06-02
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- Discussion threads 2008-06-02
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- Discussion threads 2008-04-11
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- Discussion threads 2008-03-05
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- Discussion threads 2008-01-29
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- Discussion threads 2007-12-04
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- Blog posts 2007-11-12
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- Blog posts 2007-09-05
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