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{{ | {{a|tech|{{wmc|Table with was and stylus Roman times.jpg|a [[substrate]], yesterday}}}}{{qd|Substrate|/ˈsʌbstreɪt/|n|{{L1}} | ||
}} | The medium, not the message. An underlying substance or layer. The material on or from which an organism lives, grows or obtains its nourishment. <li> | ||
A material which provides the surface on which something is deposited or inscribed. A waxen tablet, a [[Jacquard loom|punched card]], a magnetic disc. A piece of paper.</ol>}} | |||
{{drop|O|nce upon a}} time the distinction between [[information]] and the [[substrate]] on which that information was conveyed was not apparent. The information in a letter, book, or newspaper was indistinguishable from the [[tangible]] paper on which it was printed. | |||
But ''now''. | But ''now''. | ||
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Substrate
/ˈsʌbstreɪt/ (n.)
- The medium, not the message. An underlying substance or layer. The material on or from which an organism lives, grows or obtains its nourishment.
- A material which provides the surface on which something is deposited or inscribed. A waxen tablet, a punched card, a magnetic disc. A piece of paper.
Once upon a time the distinction between information and the substrate on which that information was conveyed was not apparent. The information in a letter, book, or newspaper was indistinguishable from the tangible paper on which it was printed.
But now.
(Sub-thread: is physically printed material “tangible” information? Or just a tangible substrate in which information is embedded?)