Structure

Structure is a fundamental, tangible or intangible notion referring to the recognition, observation, nature, and permanence of patterns and relationships of entities.

Description

This notion may itself be an object, such as a built structure, or an attribute, such as the structure of society.

The description of structure implicitly offers an account of what a system is made of: a configuration of items, a collection of inter-related components or services.

Structural patterns

A structure may be:

• A hierarchy (a cascade of one-to-many relationships)
• A network featuring many-to-many links
• A lattice featuring connections between components that are neighbors in space

See also

• Attribute
• Complexity
• Design
• Engineering
• Entity
• Hierarchy
• Geometry
• Lattice
• Model
• Modelling language
• Network
• Pattern
• Pattern language
• Software design pattern
• Tree structure

External links

• Structure @ Wikipedia