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Haptics

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Encyclopedia of Social Network Analysis and Mining

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Kinesthetic communication; Tactile; Tactual

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Ambient:

It describes the aspect of the environment that completely surrounds of something

Haptics:

It is relating to the sense of touch, in particular relating to the process of recognizing objects through touch. It is the science of using technology to apply touch (tactile) sensation and control to interaction with computer application

Holograms:

A three-dimensional image of an object formed by recording on a photographic plate or filming the pattern of the interference of light beams from a laser or other coherent light source

Human interaction:

The action, effect, or influence that one kind of particle has on another. In another word, if a human interact with someone or with any device by talking, looking, sharing, or engaging in any kind of action that involves the two of them can be said to have had an interaction with each other

Social networking:

The use of Internet-based social media programs such as websites and...

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  • Safar M, Mahdi K (2011) Social networking and community behavior modeling: qualitative and quantitative measures (Premier Reference Source), 1st edn. IGI Global. ISBN-13: 978-1613504444

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Bennakhi, A., Safar, M., Al-Shiridah, G. (2018). Haptics. In: Alhajj, R., Rokne, J. (eds) Encyclopedia of Social Network Analysis and Mining. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4939-7131-2_110211

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