Completeness

A). What is analogous to continuity in the world of discrete systems? Completeness. No gaps. Everything is covered. All possible and required elements are present;
B). When a system is "complete", new properties (quality) appear "for free". It is especially true when the system is a collection of components which work together in some way.

The opposite:

Incompleteness

A). Make the thing incomplete, so that it can be amended;
B). Make things incomplate to remove extra quality.

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Examples:

Completeness:

• Mendeleev Periodic Table. The table is a system of arranging chemical elements. It predicted the nuclear and electron structure of atoms and allows discovery of new elements be done systematically;
• A technical system where all necessary parts exist and are fully functional is much superior to a system which is not done yet;
• A strong theory explains EVERY aspect and fact of reality it covers. All cases must be taken into consideration when developing a strong theory.

Incompleteness:

• Abstract class in software engineering;
• A system which is not functioning until a moment when it encounters a necessary part.