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 # Design Principles

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 The architecture of FARSA is based on three key ideas: the **components**, the **configuration file** and the **plugins**.

-The **components** are software modules that implement a given object or process. They can be organized in a hierarchical manner. The main characteristic of components is that they can be automatically instantiated and configured from the content of a configuration file. Components might also include associated commands and graphical widgets that can be accessed by the FARSA main graphic interface.
+The **components** are software modules that implement a given object or process. They can be organized in a hierarchical manner. The main characteristic of components is that they can be automatically instantiated and configured from the content of a configuration file. Components might also include associated commands and graphical widgets that can be accessed by the FARSA main graphical user interface.

 The **configuration file** is a text file that specifies the components that are going to be used in a particular project and the parameters that are used to configure them. The file has a hierarchical structure analogous to the hierarchical organization of components. The configuration file is a human readable text file that can be edited through the Total99 graphic interface or directly through a standard text editor. The modular and hierarchical organization of components combined with the configuration file has several advantages:

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 3. Creation of the required components (done automatically)
 4. Configuration on the basis of the configuration parameters (done automatically)
 5. Creation of the associated commands and graphical widgets (done automatically)
-6. Running one or more commands and open graphical widgets to inspect the run
+6. Running one or more commands and open graphical widgets to carry on experiments and to analyze results