ubicomp

n.

A computing model in which information technology is pervasively and seamlessly integrated into the objects and activities that people use in their daily lives. Also: ubi-comp. [From ubiquitous computing.]

Example Citations:

In our ubicomp (ubiquitous computing) future, cities and their inhabitants will be dotted with sensors and radio relays. The data from those devices will bombard each of us with more of the sights, sounds, smells, and vibrations we are trying to get away from. Isn't rush hour on the Green Line quite enough?

—Mark Baard, "Personal tech," The Boston Globe, January 14, 2008

My desk is a mess of both electronics and paper, and I spend days poring over magazines, staring at websites and digging around in info of all sorts. It probably explains why I get unfeasibly interested in projects which bring the virtual to the physical (or vice versa). Sometimes they're called ubicomp and sometimes they're just fun.

—Bobbie Johnson, " Hacking the physical and the digital: http://www.guardian.co.uk/technology/blog/2009/jan/21/gadgets," Guardian Unlimited, January 21, 2009

Earliest Citation:

Rochester, N.Y., becomes a high-tech paradise this week with the opening of Montage '93, the International Festival of the Image. The celebration offers attendees a glimpse of the latest in virtual reality and computer graphics. One hot topic will be ubiquitous computing, or "Ubi-Comp."

—"Welcome to the next level," InformationWeek, July 26, 1993

Related Words:

affective computing

ambient findability

civionics

hardlink

smartifact

telematics

Categories:

Data

Networking

Technology (General)