# Structure
## MicroSim spec
- **Recommended sim type:** network graph
- **Microsimmability score:** 62/100
- **Layout:** [[Force|force]]-directed node-link graph on the canvas; sliders below.
### Parameters (tunable controls)
- `Number of nodes`
- `Connection probability`
- `Edge weight`
### What animates
Nodes and links arrange by a force layout; connectivity, clustering, and flow update live as edges are added or removed.
### Learning objective
Relate connection structure to how [[Information|information]] or flow spreads across the network.
## Links (Wikipedia order)
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`API` · `Abstract_data_type` · `Abstract_structure` · `Aircraft` · [[Algorithm]] · `Alpha_helix` · `Amino_acid` · `Ant_colony` · `Arch` · `Beam_(structure)` · `Beaver_dam` · `Beta_sheet` · `Biological_organisation` · `Biology` · `Biomolecular_structure` · `Bravais_lattice` · `Bridge` · `Building` · `Cell_(biology)` · `Chichen_Itza` · `Class_browser` · `Collagen` · `Complex_network` · `Compressive_strength` · `Computer` · `Computer_language` · [[Computer_science]] · `Concrete_slab` · `Construction` · `Counterpoint` · [[Crystal_structure]] · `DNA` · `Data_structure` · [[Deductive_reasoning]] · `Dopamine` · `Duration_(music)` · `Encapsulation_(computer_programming)` · `Ferromagnetism` · `Flexural_rigidity` · `Gender` · `Hash_table` · `Hierarchical_organization` · [[Hierarchy]] · `Indentation_style` · [[Inductive_reasoning]] · `Inference` · `Infrastructure` · `John_Cage` · `Lattice_(order)` · `Lewis_structure` · `Life` · `Linguistics` · `Linked_list` · [[Logic]] · `Machine` · `Macromolecule` · `Mathematical_structure` · `Membrane` · `Mineral` · `Musical_form` · `Nassi–Shneiderman_diagram` · `National_Institute_of_Standards_and_Technology` · `Nucleic_acid` · `Numerical_analysis` · `Organism` · `Organization` · `Oxford_English_Dictionary` · `Package_manager` · `Peptide` · `Phrase_(music)` · `Piezoelectricity` · `Pitch_(music)` · `Premise` · `Program_optimization` · `Programming_language` · `Protein` · `Protein_primary_structure` · `Protein_quaternary_structure` · `Protein_secondary_structure` · `Protein_structure` · `Protein_tertiary_structure` · `Queue_(abstract_data_type)` · `Reference_(computer_science)` · `Religion` · `Rope` · `Shell_(structure)` · `Skeletal_formula` · `Skeleton` · `Social_class` · `Social_structure` · [[Software_architecture]] · `Space_Shuttle` · `Space_group` · `Stack_(abstract_data_type)` · `Structural_analysis` · `Structural_biology` · [[Structural_engineering]] · `Structural_formula` · `Structural_geology` · `Structural_load` · `Structuralism_(philosophy_of_science)` · `Structure_(mathematical_logic)` · `Structure_and_agency` · `Structure_chart` · `Strut` · `Symmetry` · [[System]] · `Sámi_people` · `Timbre` · `Tissue_(biology)` · `Translation_(geometry)` · `Truss` · `Valence_electron` · `Validity_(logic)` · `Vault_(architecture)`
## From the Real GENERATIVE library
*Structure — placed from the Real G.E.N.E.R.A.T.I.V.E. course library (STEM and Music room). Source: Wikimedia Commons (via Wikipedia article media). [Details & license](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:DNA_simple2.svg).*
> A structure is an arrangement and organization of interrelated elements in a material object or system, or the object or system so organized.[1] Material structures include man-made objects such as buildings and machines and natural objects such as biological organisms, minerals and chemicals. Abstract structures include data structures in computer science a ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Structure))
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> p5.js MicroSim stub · part of [[System]] · [Wikipedia source](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Structure)
> Relation: subfield of System.
## Concept summary
A structure is an arrangement and organization of interrelated elements in a material object or system, or the object or system so organized.
## Build checklist
- [ ] Claim it: set `status: in-progress` + `lease` + `leased_at`
- [ ] Write the child page explaining the concept (tie it back to system)
- [ ] Finalize parameter ranges and defaults
- [ ] Implement the p5.js sketch (drawing + control regions)
- [ ] Add caption + the learning objective on the page
- [ ] Set `status: done`
## p5.js sketch
```javascript
// MicroSim: Structure
let controls = {};
function setup() {
// createCanvas(...); create sliders for the parameters above.
}
function draw() {
// background(...); read controls; render network graph; respond live.
}
```
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## Semiotic profile
> *The semiotic universals this article invokes, machine-derived from the crossref — **unverified** (born so). Populated 2026-07-06 for the Systems room.*
**Universals (6):** 🟡 structure (8) · 🟢 network (8) · 🟡 system (7) · 🟢 flow (2) · 🟡 information (2) · 🟢 probability (1)
**Enter by sign:** Systems Semiotic Gateway · Alphabetum · Icon Registry · ← Systems Portal
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## Wikipedia : Wikitube
**Strict pair:** [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Structure) : [Wikitube](https://en.wikitube.io/wiki/Structure)
## Previous hub tags
Tree parent: [[Dynamical_system]].
Legacy hubs: none.
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*Sources: 1 legacy note. Minted wave 1, 2026-07-30 (v1.6 order).*