Whatever the approach to software development may be, the final program must satisfy some fundamental properties.
This is at the level of an observation, but is a fundamental property.
In fact, it is not a fundamental property of electromagnetism per se.
As such, it is a fundamental property of intelligent behavior.
The same holds true for pretty much every fundamental property of the forces and particles that make up the universe.
Entropy is viewed as a more fundamental property of matter.
"This fundamental property of the atmosphere was one we hadn't been able to confirm before."
It is not a fundamental property of such systems.
But to date, it is also considered the fundamental property of any particle.
Each step in these processes is based on a single, fundamental property of equations.