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Ubiquitous computing

Ubiquitous computing (or "ubicomp") is a concept in software engineering, hardware engineering and computer science where computing is made to appear seamlessly anytime and everywhere. In contrast to desktop computing, ubiquitous computing implies use on any device, in any location, and in any format. A user interacts with the computer, which can exist…

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Ubiquitous computing

Nodes116
Edges115
Triples50
Avg. degree1.98
Density0.017241
Components1

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related to Further reading · 17
Ubiquitous computing → Abowd, ACM International Joint Conference, ACM International Symposium, Adam Greenfield's, Adjunct Proceedings, Computing Machinery, Everyware, Flora, Gregory UbiComp-ISWC, New York, Pervasive, Proceedings, Salim, The Dawning Age, Ubiquitous Computing ISBN, United States ISBN, Wearable Computers Association
related to Examples · 14
Ubiquitous computing → Although, Dangling String, Eight Million Gods, Japan's Yaoyorozu, LAN, Live Wire, Many, Mark Weiser's, Natalie Jeremijenko's, One, Project, This, Weiser, Xerox PARC
related to history · 10
Ubiquitous computing → Both, Brown, Center, Chief Scientist John Seely, Chief Technologist, Mark Weiser, PARC, PARC Director, Weiser, Xerox Palo Alto Research
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Ubiquitous computing → Canada, Concordia University, This, Topological Media Lab, Ubiquitous
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Ubiquitous computing → Mark Weiser, Ubiquitous
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Ubiquitous computing → Privacy

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computing ubiquitous computer mobile also research devices different device computers systems internet weiser parc university including everyday new pervasive ambient

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a refrigerator or a pair of glassesinstance ofsmart phones and terminals in everyday objects0.80text
Ubiquitous computingrelated to Core conceptsUbiquitous0.60section
Ubiquitous computingrelated to Core conceptsMark Weiser0.60section
Ubiquitous computingrelated to ExamplesOne0.60section
Ubiquitous computingrelated to ExamplesNatalie Jeremijenko's0.60section
Ubiquitous computingrelated to ExamplesLive Wire0.60section
Ubiquitous computingrelated to ExamplesDangling String0.60section
Ubiquitous computingrelated to ExamplesXerox PARC0.60section
Ubiquitous computingrelated to ExamplesMark Weiser's0.60section
Ubiquitous computingrelated to ExamplesThis0.60section
Ubiquitous computingrelated to ExamplesLAN0.60section
Ubiquitous computingrelated to ExamplesWeiser0.60section

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