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Subject:Re: Definitions please: ubiquitous vs pervasiv From:Janice Gelb <janiceg -at- marvin -dot- eng -dot- sun -dot- com> To:"TECHWR-L" <techwr-l -at- lists -dot- raycomm -dot- com> Date:Tue, 21 May 2002 13:00:51 -0700 (PDT)
Frank Kronberg <Frank -dot- Kronberg -at- Sun -dot- COM> wrote:
>
> I need some feedback on the differences/similarities
> between the definitions of these two words as they
> would be used by a technical writer when discussing
> distributed/technical computing.
>
"*Pervasive* computing involves devices like hand-helds --small,
easy-to-use devices -- through which we'll be able to get
information on anything and everything. That's the sort of thing
that Web-enabled cell phones promise. *Ubiquitous* computing, though,
eschews our having to use computers at all. Instead, it's computing
in the background, with technology embedded in the things we already
use. That might be a car navigation system that, by accessing
satellite pictures, alerts us to a traffic jam ahead, or an oven
that shuts off when our food is cooked."
The author notes that this definition is taken from a
Computerworld article from 03/20/2000, vol 34 issue 12.
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