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[[Substrate]]: (''[[noun|n]]''): An underlying substance or layer. The  material on or from which an organism lives, grows, or obtains its nourishment.
[[Substrate]]: (''[[noun|n]]''): An underlying substance or layer. The  material on or from which an organism lives, grows, or obtains its nourishment.


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 paper on which it was printed.
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''.
But ''now''.
(Sub-thread: is physically printed material “[[tangible]]” information? Or just a [[tangible]] ''substrate'' in which information is embedded?)
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