A structure can be a building or other thing built, such as a bridge, but here the structure of a thing is how the parts of it relate to each other, how it is put together; how it works is process, but process requires a viable structure.

Both reality and language have structure. One of the goals of general semantics, and of science, is to create and use language the structure of which accurately parallels the structure of reality.

See also

• Patterns
  • Hierarchy
  • Structural violence
  • Infrastructure
  • Cascading Style Sheets
  • Network, web, or retiary structure
  • Refactoring
• General semantics
  • Anarchism
  • Data model
  • Network architecture
  • Scheme programming language
  • Simple network management protocol
• Reality
  • Consciousness
  • Discrete space
• Form
  • Chemical structure
    • structural formula
  • Architecture
  • Tree structure
  • Structural failure
  • Tent
  • Truss
  • Dormer
  • Musical form
• Content
  • Composition
  • Text encoding
  • Parser
• People
  • Alfred Korzybski
• Lists or enumerative structure
  • List of Magic School Bus books, episodes, and software
  • List of ancient temple structures

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In computer science, a structure is also a common term for a record data structure, especially in C and its derivatives.