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Nanotechnology - Dictionary Definition and Overview |
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Nanotechnology : (noun)
1: the branch of engineering that deals with things smaller
than 100 nanometers (especially with the manipulation of
individual molecules)
Based on WordNet 2.0
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Nanotechnology :
/nan'-oh-tek-no"l*-jee/ Any fabrication technology in which
objects are designed and built by the specification and
placement of individual atoms or molecules or where at least
one dimension is on a scale of nanometers.
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)">(http://www.lucifer.com/~sean/Nano.html).
(2003-05-02)
Based on the Online Dictionary of Computing [Computer_Dictionary]:
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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.
Based on the Online Dictionary of Computing [Computer_Dictionary]:
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