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  2  definitions  found 
 
  From  Jargon  File  (4.2.3,  23  NOV  2000)  [jargon]: 
 
  nanotechnology  /nan'-oh-tek-no`l*-jee/  n.  A  hypothetical 
  fabrication  technology  in  which  objects  are  designed  and  built  with 
  the  individual  specification  and  placement  of  each  separate  atom. 
  The  first  unequivocal  nanofabrication  experiments  took  place  in  1990, 
  for  example  with  the  deposition  of  individual  xenon  atoms  on  a  nickel 
  substrate  to  spell  the  logo  of  a  certain  very  large  computer  company. 
  Nanotechnology  has  been  a  hot  topic  in  the  hacker  subculture  ever 
  since  the  term  was  coined  by  K.  Eric  Drexler  in  his  book  "Engines  of 
  Creation"  (Anchor/Doubleday,  ISBN  0-385-19973-2),  where  he  predicted  that 
  nanotechnology  could  give  rise  to  replicating  assemblers,  permitting 
  an  exponential  growth  of  productivity  and  personal  wealth  (there's  an 
  authorized  transcription  at  `http://www.foresight.org/EOC/index.html'). 
  See  also  {blue  goo},  {gray  goo},  {nanobot}. 
 
 
 
  From  The  Free  On-line  Dictionary  of  Computing  (13  Mar  01)  [foldoc]: 
 
  nanotechnology 
 
  /nan'-oh-tek-no"l*-jee/  A  hypothetical  fabrication  technology 
  in  which  objects  are  designed  and  built  with  the  individual 
  specification  and  placement  of  each  separate  atom.  The  first 
  unequivocal  nanofabrication  experiments  took  place  in  1990, 
  for  example  with  the  deposition  of  individual  xenon  atoms  on  a 
  nickel  substrate  to  spell  the  logo  of  a  certain  very  large 
  computer  company.  Nanotechnology  has  been  a  hot  topic  in  the 
  hacker  subculture  ever  since  the  term  was  coined  by  K.  Eric 
  Drexler  in  his  book  "Engines  of  Creation",  where  he  predicted 
  that  nanotechnology  could  give  rise  to  replicating  assemblers, 
  permitting  an  exponential  growth  of  productivity  and  personal 
  wealth. 
 
  See  also  {nanobot}. 
 
  {(http://www.lucifer.com/~sean/Nano.html)} 
 
  (1996-01-10) 
 
 




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