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Mark Weiser coined the phrase "ubiquitous computing" around 1988, during his tenure as Chief Technologist of the Xerox Palo Alto Research Center (PARC).Both alone and with PARC Director and Chief Scientist John Seely Brown, Weiser wrote some of the earliest papers on the subject, largely defining it and sketching out its major concerns.
Ubiquitous Commerce also known as U-Commerce, u commerce or uCommerce (not 'U.Commerce' [1]), refers to a variety of goods and/or services.Sometimes, it is used to refer to the wireless, continuous communication and exchange of data and information between and among retailers, customers, and systems (e.g., applications) regardless of location, devices used, or time of day.
Additional supporting technology and trends include remote work, [117] [118] [119] telehealth, [120] [121] the blockchain, [122] [123] and online banking technology, [124] A "ubiquitous city"(U-city) is one concept of a smart city that provides access to public services through any connected device, bringing easy accessibility to every ...
Ubiquity may refer to: Ubiquity (software), a simple graphical installer made for the Ubuntu operating system; Ubiquity (Firefox), an experimental extension for the Firefox browser; Ubiquity (role-playing game system), a table-top RPG system; Ubiquiti, an American wireless data communication company; Ubiquity Records, an American music label
Ubiquiti Inc. (formerly Ubiquiti Networks, Inc.) [3] is an American technology company founded in San Jose, California, in 2003. [1] [4] Now based in New York City, [5] Ubiquiti manufactures and sells wireless data communication and wired products for enterprises and homes under multiple brand names.
The ubiquity of the Internet in modern-day society has prompted António Guterres, the United Nations Secretary-General to convene a panel of professional experts to discuss the future of the Internet and the role of the Internet in globalized digital cooperation. Three models were proposed after several rounds of discussion, i.e. a Digital ...
Omnipresence or ubiquity is the property of being present anywhere and everywhere. The term omnipresence is most often used in a religious context as an attribute of a deity or supreme being , while the term ubiquity is generally used to describe something "existing or being everywhere at the same time, constantly encountered, widespread, common".
In 1975, the first general purpose home automation network technology, X10, was developed. It is a communication protocol for electronic devices. It primarily uses electric power transmission wiring for signalling and control, where the signals involve brief radio frequency bursts of digital data, and remains the most widely available.