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  Applets 
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  Applets 
   Applets are mobile programs roaming about within computers. 
   
   
  UNDERSTANDING APPLETS 
   An Applet is a mobile program or function capable of 
  moving through the circuitry of computers (as opposed to 
  Processes, which are programs fixed in one location). 
   Most Applets are basic personalities with low intelligence 
  and simple missions. A Recorded Personality becomes an 
  Applet with the addition of Priority and Expiration. 
   
  THE ELEMENTS OF THE APPLET 
  Char 
  Details 
  C4 
  Intelligence 
  C5 
  Education or Training or Instinct 
  C6 
  Social Standing or Charisma (but not Caste) 
  CS 
  Sanity 
   
  A limited set of Skills or Knowledges or Talents 
   
  A set of unique Memories 
   
  A sense of Purpose and of Self (including IFFN). 
   
  Special Features: Priority. Expiration 
   
   
   
   Characteristics. An Applet may have one or more 
  characteristics C4 C5 C6.  
   Sanity. An Applet malfunctions if it fails a Sanity Check. 
   Skills. An Applet may have one or more skills; usually a 
  specialized Applet skill. 
   Memories. An Applet has Memories and is able to interact 
  with other applets about them. 
   Purpose. An Applet has a sense of Purpose, usually 
  hardwired, associated with its activities. The Applet has a 
  sense of Self, including an ability to identify and be identified 
  as a friend or foe. 
   Priority. Priority is established when the Applet is created.  
   Expiration. An Applet has an Expiration and it dissolves 
  when this date is reached. 
   
  MOVING IN THE CYBERSPACE EVIRONMENT 
   Applets function within Cyberspace: inside the circuitry of 
  computers. They move along connections between cells. 
   An Applet may move without limit through empty cells. 
   It may move without limit through any Process or Applet 
  with a lower Priority. It must Stop when it moves next to a 
  higher priority Process or Applet. 
   
  APPLET TYPES 
  Type 
  Description 
  Cleaner 
  Clears obsolete or useless code. 
  Fixer 
  Repairs chance variations or faults. 
  Phage 
  Destroys malware. 
  Courier 
  Carries internal messages and data.. 
  Popup 
  Carries messages to outputs. 
  Censor 
  Evaluates all Applets passing through it. 
  AI 
  Artificially Intelligent personality. 
  RP 
  Recorded organic personality. 
  Virus 
  Creates applets from within a Process. 
   
  APPLET CONFLICT 
   When applets clash, they resolve it through comparison of 
  assets. The applet with the greater assets prevails (tied 
  applets are immobilized). A losing applet is destroyed. 
   
  Applet1 Assets 
  vs 
  Applet2 Assets 
  C4+C5+C6+ 
  vs 
  C4+C5+C6+ 
  Priority + Skills 
   
  Priority + Skills 
    
  If AI or Personality: Add Good Flux. 
   
   IFF Identification Friend or Foe or Neutral. Native 
  applets (created within a computer carry an IFF code which 
  identifies them. Defenders attack Applets without the proper 
  IFF code. 
  APPLET GENERATOR 
   
  1 
  2 
  3 
  4 
  5 
  6 
  Virus 
  C4 
  1D 
  2D 
  0 
  0 
  0 
  0 
  C5 
  Edu=1D 
  Edu= 2D 
  Tra= 1D 
  Tra= 2D 
  Ins=1D 
  Ins= 2D 
  C6 
  Cha= 1D 
  Cha=2D 
  0 
  0 
  0 
  0 
  CS 
  2D 
  2D 
  1D 
  1D 
  1D 
  1D 
  Skill (=1D) 
  Clean 
  Fix 
  Anti-ware 
  Destination 
  Output 
  Censor 
  Memories 
  Temporary 
  Temporary 
  Temporary 
  Temporary 
  None 
  None 
  A Virus is a 
   
  Data Stream 
  or 
  Message 
   
  -----------------------     Priority= 1D Days.        Expiration= 1D Days.        ---------------------------- 
   
   
  SPECIAL APPLETS 
   
  AI 
  RP 
  C4 
  = 2D 
  = 2D 
  C5 
  =2D 
  = 2D 
  C6 
  Cha= 1D 
  =2D 
  CS 
  2D 
  2D 
  Skills 
  Many 
  Many 
  Memories 
  Permanent 
  Permanent 
  Priority 
  =1D 
  =1D 
  Expires 
  = 1D Days 
  1D Days 
  Or as dictated by the Sophont details 
   
   
  STANDARD 
  APPLET SKILLS 
   
  Skill Applet Type 
   
  Clean= Phage 
   
  Fix=  Fixer 
   
  Anti-ware=  Defender 
   Destination=  Courier 
   
  Output =  Popup 
   
  Censor=  Propaganda 
   
  
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