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Self-surviving #1 (permalink) Wed Nov 01, 2006 21:37 pm   Self-surviving
 

Hi

I know this word used as a special term, but I’ve actually failed to find it’s 'common' meaning in universal dictionaries.
(And only one of them mentions it, allowing self-surviving be a 'dictionary word' in its own right :)).

Could you say, what is the difference (in your understanding) between:

surviving and self-surviving,
survival and self-survival
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Self-surviving #2 (permalink) Wed Nov 01, 2006 21:42 pm   Self-surviving
 

Hi,

I would suggest the addition of 'self' is that you survive or experience survival without the help of anyone else.

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Self-surviving #3 (permalink) Thu Nov 02, 2006 7:52 am   Self-surviving
 

Hi Alan

It fits. :)
Quote:
…two distinct revolutionary approaches to distributed system integration and Web content diffusion were proposed: autonomic computing and the Semantic Web.
These approaches are currently two of the most active research fields in the information technology area. After three years, many common themes came out: while autonomic computing research is focused on providing ways to define self-surviving systems, the semantic Web struggles to define Web content semantics producing complex and distributed services on the Internet. In a sense, the first area approaches systems defining the "internal, operational knowledge", while the second defines the knowledge about the environment into which software entities and humans should cohabit.

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…Based on the shield, we can further build self-surviving IT systems that can defend themselves against and survive disasters without human intervention.
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