Evernet

n.

Internet access that is instantly and always available from a number of different devices.

Example Citation:

"This Israeli motorist with a cell phone in each ear, driving with his elbows, gets my vote as the poster boy for the social disease of the next millennium — overconnectedness. This is the real Y2K virus for developed countries. It is the anxiety that is going to be produced when telecommunications combines with the "Evernet" — the technology that will soon allow people to get on line from their watches, their cars, their toasters or their Walkmans — so that everyone will be able to be connected all the time, everywhere."

— Thomas L. Friedman, "The Y2K Social Disease," The New York Times, August 10, 1999

Notes:

With all the different ways that people can connect to the Internet these days, Thomas Friedman's "overconnectedness" neologism seems like a useful addition to the lexicon. Unfortunately, the only citations I can find for it are reprints of Mr. Friedman's original article or commentaries on his original article. So it's not "post-worthy" yet, but I'll keep an eye on it.

Related Words:

innernet

microbrowser

Outernet

splinternet

telematics

WAPathy

WAPlash

Wi-Fi

Category:

Internet