Context is what really matters.
I've been reading some books on the scientific topic of "emergence". My take on this is that things are defined by their context. Take two balls for example. If you get far enough away, they look like one blob - maybe one ball. Is it one ball or two balls - it depends upon the context - your point of view.
Software doesn't approach things this way. A thing is not defined by its context - not entirely. Take something like an XML document. Its structure is defined by a schema, which references a namespace that gives meanng to the terms. So the structure is defined in relative to a context, but not in the context of how it is used.
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