Ubiquitous computing (often abbreviated to "ubicomp") refers to a new genre of computing in which the computer completely permeates the life of the user. In ubiquitous computing, computers become a helpful but invisible force, assisting the user in meeting his or her needs without getting in the way. The Industrial-Organizational Psychologist on website
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http://www.ubiq.com/hypertext/weiser/UbiHome.html), Xerox PARC's Mark Weiser, the originator of the term "ubiquitous computing," described it this way: "...[Ubiquitous computing] highest idea one is to make a computer so imbedded, so fitting, so natural, that we use it without even thinking about it."
