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The ETCon Mini Wikipedia is an open dictionary of and encyclopedia like geared to new and emerging technology terminology. Where possible link to pre-existing useful material (i.e., check Wikipedia). Include the "Return to Emerging Technology Minipedia" link at bottom of each entry page.

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Blog

Blogger - Major blog software organization purchased by Google in 2003.

*Brain Waves* - Daily column about neurotechnology.

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Community Networks - Usually refers to wireless and broadband networks developed by community resources instead of commercial entities.

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Emergence

Emergent Democracy

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FOAF - Acronym for "friend of a friend."

FPGAs - Field Programmable Gate Arrays (from Hardware Hacking)

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GeoURL - Reverse DNS mapping geographic coordinates to locations.

GeoGeek - Messing around with geospatial information as an accessory to other narrative forms

GeoHerder - One trying to make sense of the current geospatial projects, and how they might fit together (see also "Herding Cats")

GeoWanker - A GeoGeek with low self esteem

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Hype - What happens when marketing and sales get into the mix of emerging technology.

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In-Room Chat

Intimate Computing

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Location-based Services

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Nanotechnology (molecular): "Thorough, inexpensive control of the structure of matter based on molecule-by-molecule control of products and byproducts of molecular manufacturing." - K.Eric Drexler, Chris Peterson, Gayle Pergamit. Also see the Foresight Institute FAQ about Molecular Nanotechnology.

Neurotechnology - is the set of tools that influence the human central nervous system, especially the brain, to achieve a desired effect. Today's neurotechnology includes -- biopharmaceuticals, genetic engineering, psychological conditioning, neuroprosthesis (e.g. cochlear implants), cellular implantation, electronic stimulation, and neuro-bio-nanotechnology. To read more on neurotechnology see Brain Waves: Neurons, Bits and Genes.

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OPML - "OPML an XML-based format that allows exchange of outline-structured information between applications running on different operating systems and environments." -- http://www.opml.org/

Open Standards

Outlining - Outliner

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RDF

RSS

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Smalltalk - Early Object Oriented programming language developed by Alan Kay at Xerox PARC.

Smart Mobs - The ability of groups of people to use mobile communications, Internet media, and pervasive computing (such as GPS) to organize collective action. (Howard Rheingold) http://www.smartmobs.com.

Semantic Indexing - Catchall phrase for automated techniques that look for patterns in content to try to infer structure in a data collection. Complementary to approaches that use metadata.

*Semantic Web* - "The Semantic Web is an extension of the current web in which information is given well-defined meaning, better enabling computers and people to work in cooperation." -- Tim Berners-Lee, James Hendler, Ora Lassila, The Semantic Web, Scientific American, May 2001

SOAP

Social Software

Social Software Alliance

SocialText

Squeak - Squeak is an actively maintained, free, open-source version of Smalltalk available from http://www.squeak.org.

STUPID Network, Rise of the - Articulated by David Isenberg in 1997. Asserts old telephone network optimized to intelligently route voice is being replaced by a stupid network that just routes bits.

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WiFi

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