frazs

Frazs is a term used in speculative discussions to denote a unit of information, action, or influence in distributed systems. A fraz is treated as an indivisible packet, carrying a value that may represent data, weight in a decision, or a signal, depending on the context. In formal models, frazs are defined by a set of attributes: identifier, timestamp, source, type, and content value. A fraz stream is an ordered collection of frazs, and analyses often focus on throughput, latency, reliability, and resilience.

In theoretical work, frazs are used to explore how information propagates across heterogeneous networks; researchers examine how fraz streams can be merged or split, how loss or corruption affects the system, and how control policies influence flow.

Origin and usage: The term originated in collaborative fiction and teaching materials to illustrate unit-based analysis of networks. It is not part of standard information theory or computer science terminology, though it is used as a pedagogical tool to compare models. In some science fiction narratives, frazs function as the currency that governs interactions among autonomous agents.

See also: Tokens, packets, quanta; network latency; information theory.