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pervasive computingRefers to the use of computers in everyday life, including PDAs, smartphones and other mobile devices. It also refers to computers contained in commonplace objects such as cars and appliances and implies that people are unaware of their presence. One of the Holy Grails of this environment is that all these devices communicate with each other over wireless networks without any interaction required by the user. See pervasive workplace. How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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has begun the publication of two new journals, including IEEE Pervasive Computing and IEEE Transactions on Mobile Computing, and will launch a third new journal, IEEE Security & Privacy, with a January issue. In May 2001, NIST, with NSA's Advanced Development Research Activity, cosponsored its second annual pervasive computing conference. The IBM PowerPC IAP (Internet Appliance Platform) combines a microprocessor with a number of optional pervasive computing features, all onto a single "system-on-a-chip. |
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