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In his book The Rise of the Network Society, Manuel Castells suggests that there is an ongoing shift from already-decentralised, stand-alone microcomputers and mainframes towards entirely pervasive computing.

In his model of a pervasive computing system, Castells uses the example of the Internet as the start of a pervasive computing system.

The logical progression from that paradigm is a system where that networking logic becomes applicable in every realm of daily activity, in every location and every context.

Castells envisages a system where billions of miniature, ubiquitous inter-communication devices will be spread worldwide, " like pigment in the wall paint ".