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Ubiquitous computing was introduced byMarcWeiser in the early 1990s [619]. In Weiser’s vision, computers would become ubiquitous, that is, they would be present in every facet of human life. This vision has sometimes also been called the vision of the disappearing computer, since, as Weiser said, once computers become so commonplace that they are everywhere, they become such a natural part of the environment that we no longer notice them. Hence, it can be said that once computers are everywhere, they are, in fact, nowhere.
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Kangasharju, J. (2005). 27. Peer-to-Peer and Ubiquitous Computing. In: Steinmetz, R., Wehrle, K. (eds) Peer-to-Peer Systems and Applications. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol 3485. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/11530657_27
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