A focus on context sensitivity and the spatial arrangement of computers An Overview of the Parctab Ubiquitous Computing Experiment

IEEE Personal Communications

Volumn 2, Issue 6, 1995, Pages 28-43

  Want, Roy ^a   Schilit, Bill N ^a   Adams, Norman I ^a   Gold, Rich ^a   Petersen, Karin ^a   Goldberg, David ^a   Ellis, John R ^a   Weiser, Mark ^a  

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Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PARCTAB SYSTEM; PORTABILITY; UBIQUITOUS COMPUTING;

COMPUTER SYSTEMS; LOCAL AREA NETWORKS; MOBILE TELECOMMUNICATION SYSTEMS; MODELS; PERSONAL COMPUTERS; PHILOSOPHICAL ASPECTS; PROJECT MANAGEMENT; RADIO COMMUNICATION; SYSTEMS ANALYSIS; TELECOMMUNICATION LINKS; USER INTERFACES;

PERSONAL COMMUNICATION SYSTEMS;

EID: 0029484342     PISSN: 10709916     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/98.475986     Document Type: Article

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