Persistent Compute Objects, or picos,   are tools for modeling the Internet of Things. A pico represents an entity–something an entity—something that has a unique identity and a long-lived existence. Picos can represent people, places, things, organizations, and even ideas. 

Motiovation

Personal dataThe motivation for picos is to design infrastructure to support the Internet of Things that is decentralized, heterarchical, and interoperable. These three characteristics are essential to a workable solution and are sadly lacking in our current implementations. 

Without these three characteristics, it's impossible to build an Internet of Things that respects people's privacy and independence.

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Once the response has been returned, the pico waits for another event.

KRL

KRL Rulesets execute inside a persistent compute object, or pico. 

While rulesets are the primary organizing feature of KRL, you cannot program KRL without understanding picos. 

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