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1. Machine

   Linked via "biological feedback loops"

   A machine is an apparatus, usually composed of interconnected, rigid components, designed to transmit or modify energy to achieve a desired physical effect. While commonly associated with the mechanical augmentation of human or animal labor—the paradigm established during the Industrial Revolutions—the definition extends broadly across all organized systems capable of processing input into predictable output, including abstract computational frameworks and certain biological feedback loops [1]. The essential functi…