A beginning but not necessarily an end

A processing operation has an identifiable beginning, a point in time when it started, but it is not necessarily true to say (nor should it be assumed) that simply because it has been started it will be concluded (executed in full). The processing of information by a Being may well start but, for whatever reason, may remain incomplete (as assessed by its purpose, see §04.01.05). The processing of information is an action that has to start (Beings can and will process information) and at some point will stop, regardless of whether its intended purpose has been achieved or not (which, again, is an individually assessable, arbitrary finding each time, see §04.01.05). In other words, as all processing is a composite action, the accessing of information for the purpose of deletion, for example, may well start, but the deletion itself may never happen or not happen in full (or to the satisfaction of the Being concerned). Having said that, because all processing has a purpose (see §04.01.02), once a processing operation has started it must be assumed that it is intended that its purpose will be achieved, that its completion will be striven for, that it is the first part of an intended series of actions, that is, that the Being that undertook the processing will try to conclude it/fulfil its intended (for that Being) purpose (see also why we should keep our promises).

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