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C.26.3:4.1 - Homeostasis and allostasis reading

Homeostasis means keeping a parameter or bundle inside viable bounds. Allostasis means preserving functioning through separately governed changes to internal settings, external relations, boundary conditions, or operating regime when circumstances change.

Do not say that all architecture is homeostasis. Say that some architecture decisions are viability-envelope decisions.