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-{{g}}The medium, not the message.
+{{def|Substrate|/ˈsʌbstreɪt/|n|[[File:Table with was and stylus Roman times.jpg|450px|thumb|center|a [[substrate]], yesterday]]
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+. The medium, not the message. An underlying substance or layer. The material on or from which an organism lives, grows or obtains its nourishment. <br>
+. A material which provides the surface on which something is deposited or inscribed. A waxen tablet, a [[Jacquard loom|punched card]], a magnetic disc.
-[[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 [[tangible]] 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 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?)
+{{sa}}
+*[[Tangible]]
+*[[Jacquard loom]]
+*[[Machine plasticity]]