Four Conceptions of Instruction Sequence Faults

Abstract

The notion of an instruction sequence fault is considered from various perspectives. Four different viewpoints on what constitutes a fault, or how to use the notion of a fault, are formulated. An integration of these views is proposed.

Informaticology: combining Computer Science, Data Science, and Fiction Science

“…(informaticology) for the academic background of an informaticus (assuming he or she has one). 3 An individual knowledgeable of musicologie is called a musicoloog, and a scholar of politicologie is called a politicoloog. This suggest that an academically oriented expert of informaticologie may be called an informaticoloog.…”

“…The line of reasoning based on assumption A1 becomes unconvincing if one prefers to translate informatics to informatietechnologie (information technol- 3 For the English terminology these choices imply that informaticology ought to denote (or to evolve in such a way that it will denote) the science of informatics if a best fit with the proposal on Dutch terminology is to be found. I have no opinion concerning the plausibility that the meaning of the terms informatics and informaticology will evolve in that direction.…”

“…Usage of inseqware requires a machine (execution architecture, see [10]) which puts it into effect (see [2,4]) in a context where intended objectives can be obtained (otherwise the effectuation is at best merely a test, see also [3,21]). I will speak of actual usage of W when W is effectuated in a context where the intended objectives that W 's designers (or owners) had in mind count.…”