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The Periodic Stack of Computation is a classification system for computing: a periodic table that gives every computational primitive consistent coordinates, including its thermodynamic cost in joules. Computer science is still building its Mendeleev.

The Periodic Stack · joules · an OpenIE project of the Charlot Lab

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Computing grew by intuition, not theory, running from ENIAC to TPUs with no underlying structure. The Periodic Stack gives computation coordinates and a thermodynamic axis, exposing primitives, gaps, and relationships. It is the foundation for eco-engineering compute in joules, not tokens.