# Stateful Systems **Domain:** Computing / Systems Architecture **Doc Type:** Concept **Maturity:** Developed **Related:** [[Operational State Machines]], [[Enigma]], [[Self-Reference]], [[wiki/Bauhaus Architects of AI|Bauhaus Architects of AI]] ## Definition Stateful systems retain information from prior operations so later behavior depends on both current input and accumulated state. ## Corpus Context Statefulness is not self-reference. A machine may change behavior according to stored state without representing or describing itself. ## Backlinks - [[wiki/Bauhaus Architects of AI|Bauhaus Architects of AI]] - [[articles/Bauhaus Architects of AI|Bauhaus Architects of AI]]