Q. What is the difference between an embodied agent and a diffuse agent?

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Q. How do agent-based systems differ from command-based systems?

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Q. What is the relationship between direct manipulation and agent-based systems?

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Q. What is the main goal of ubiquitous computing?

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Q. What term did IBM coin for the emerging paradigm of ubiquitous computing?

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Q. What analogy is used to describe the vision of ubiquitous computing?

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Q. What are the three different scales of computing discussed by Weiser's work at PARC?

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Q. How does a yard-sized computer differ from a foot-sized computer?

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Q. How does ubiquitous computing relate to the disappearance of technology?

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Q. What are some examples of computing devices at the foot scale?

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Q. What types of displays are used at the yard scale of computing?

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Q. What is the third wave of computing characterized by?

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Q. What technologies are converging to make ubiquitous computing possible?

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Q. According to Weiser, what makes ubiquitous computing revolutionary?

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Q. In what places is ubiquitous computing becoming part of everyday life?

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Q. What is the term used to describe the embedding of computation into day-to-day life, aiming for users to be unaware of interaction?

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Q. What are some examples of the types of sensors used for context-aware computing?

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Q. What are the principles of appropriate intelligence in context-aware applications?

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Q. How does context-aware computing challenge the interaction with a computer?

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Q. Which model of interaction, introduced by Norman, might not be applicable to the radical paradigm shift of context-aware computing?

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