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What makes a system be self-sustaining?

Is it:

• checking for errors and correcting?
  • e.g. ecc memory, assertions in code, etc.
• having a separate thread that maintains some system properties?
  • e.g. garbage collection

• a network of cooperating processes that pass information to tune their behaviour?
  • e.g. internet routers exchanging route information via BGP

Other ideas

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