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What do AFS, AOS and ARC each do?

Separate resources, operating semantics and the runtime that hosts them.

  1. AFSResource access
  2. AOSOperating semantics
  3. ARC
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Think of an application as a workshop. AFS gives resources addresses and operations. AOS organizes operating behavior. ARC connects those capabilities to an execution environment.

For an app reading material and answering requests, the resource path belongs to AFS. Loading the app and routing a request involve operating semantics. Accepting network traffic and connecting platform services require runtime adapters.

These are responsibilities, not three products users must install separately. They also do not promise identical features on every platform. AFS-UI and AUP address interface context and expression within this broader system.

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Does an AFS path mean the app is already serving network requests?

No. Addressable resources and a complete execution environment are different responsibilities.

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Products

  • ARC active

    The runtime for Blocklets. It gives a developer a place to run an application described as a Blocklet, together with the resources that Blocklet declares it needs.

Terms

  • AFS

    AFS (Agentic File System) turns the files, services, and active work relevant to a task into an inspectable resource view. Instead of handing an agent an undifferentiated machine or a pile of APIs, it gives the task a world with names and boundaries.