A List Can Be

A limit

A border

A series

A sequence

A boundary

A honeycomb

A compilation

An enumeration

Itemized items

Segmented data

Delimited data

A liberating tool

Elements together

A closed open form

A sequence of words

Particularized data

A stream of content

A good starting point

A promise of finitude

A collection of values

A set of possible items

A way of creating order

An art form, like haiku

A way of facing infinity

A collection with purchase

The last tool for lazy writers

An ordered collection of values

Information spatially organized

An ordered collection of entities

How we parse and manage the world

A series of items set forth in order

An instance of an abstract data type

An instrument of wondrous hypotyposis

A way of making infinity comprehensible

An attempt to grasp the incomprehensible

Something bigger than the words it contains

An effective, concise work and teaching tool

A way to try and contain uncontainable things

A database containing an ordered array of items

The most concise form of expression available to us

Things assigned, prioritised, ranked and streamlined

A meaningful whole referring beyond itself to the real world

The raw matter of learning, needing transforming by digestion

A fortunate excuse for writers who cannot put a whole book together

A series of items written, printed, or imagined one after the other

Subjects positioned within a pre-existing category and classification

A set of things that all belong to a particular category, written down one below the other

A number of connected items written or printed consecutively, typically one below the other

A practical way of saving time when we feel overwhelmed by everything we have to do or want to do

An easy reading experience, in which conceptualization, categorization, and analysis is completed in advance of actual consumption

A record of short pieces of information, usually written or printed with a single thing on each line and often ordered in a way that makes a particular thing easy to find

The shorthand for what really matters to us: our hopes and aspirations, likes and dislikes, rules for living and loving, records of our memories and reminders of the things we want to do before we die