The workshop vocabulary: a short definition and a practical note for each term.
A definition
Oracle
A system that returns a reading from a question, a seed and a set of symbols.
What it is
A system that returns a reading from a question, a seed and a set of symbols.
In practice
An oracle should record the question, the seed and the draw. Without the record, you cannot tell a reading from a memory.
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- Glitch A fault, error or unexpected output read as a signal.
- Seed A short value that makes a random or generated operation repeatable.
- Banishing A deliberate close: a boundary, a clearing, a return to ordinary attention.
- Field record The dated note of what was done, what was expected and what happened.
- Digital altar A screen, folder, page or virtual room arranged for attention, offering and return.
- Ledger An append-only record of constructs, feedings, readings and closings.
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