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Monday, May 26, 2008
Technology of Online Learning - Smart Phones: A Tutorial - Ramesh Singh, Preeti Bhargava, Samta Kain - Ubiquity
Pervasive Computing integrates computation in the environment rather than having computers which are distinct objects. Other terms for pervasive computing include ubiquitous computing, calm technology, things that think and everyware. In other words, pervasive computing means computers everywhere, making them available throughout the physical environment while making them effectively invisible to the user. Instead of having a desktop or a laptop machine, the technology pervasive computing uses is embedded in the environment. Ubiquitous technology is often wireless, mobile or networked making its users more connected to the world around them and the people in it. Through pervasive computing, users use today's digital tools like laptops, mobile phones, PDAs, smartphones to communicate and exchange information in different ways and conceive and use the geographical and temporal spaces differently. In addition of being an aspect of information dissemination, pervasive or ubiquitous computing is global and local, social and personal, invisible and visible at the same time.
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