Glossary

Calm technology

When technology recedes into the background of our lives so that it does not impinge on us when we interact with it.

Green computing

Is the environmentally responsible and eco-friendly use of computers and their resources.

Pervasive computers

Embedded microprocessors in day-to-day objects, allowing them to communicate data, often used interchangeably with ubiquitous computing.

Ubiquitous computing

Or ‘ubicomp’ describes when computing is anytime and everywhere, in contrast to desktop computing.