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• anotechnology /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....
• blue goo: n. Term for `police' {nanobot}s intended to prevent {gray goo}
  denature hazardous waste, destroy pollution, put ozone back into the stratosphere, prevent halitosis, and promote truth, justice, and the American way, etc....
• gray goo: n. A hypothetical substance composed of {sagan}s of sub-micron-sized self-replicating robots programmed to make copies of themselves out of whatever is available.
  The image that goes with the term is one of the entire biosphere of Earth being eventually converted to robot goo....
• ano-: [SI: the next quantifier below {micro-}; meaning * 10^(-9)] pref.
  Smaller than {micro-}, and used in the same rather loose and connotative way....
• gray goo n. A hypothetical substance composed of sagans of sub-micron-sized self-replicating robots programmed to make copies of themselves out of whatever is available.
  The image that goes with the term is one of the entire biosphere of Earth being eventually converted to robot goo....
• blue goo n. Term for `police' nanobots intended to prevent gray goo
  denature hazardous waste, destroy pollution, put ozone back into the stratosphere, prevent halitosis, and promote truth, justice, and the American way, etc....
• anobot: /nan'oh-bot/ n. A robot of microscopic proportions, presumably built by means of {{nanotechnology}}.
  As yet, only used informally (and speculatively!...
• ano- pref. [SI: the next quantifier below micro
  meaning * 10^(-9)] Smaller than micro-, and used in the same rather loose and connotative way....
• anobot /nan'oh-bot/ n. A robot of microscopic proportions, presumably built by means of nanotechnology.
  As yet, only used informally (and speculatively!). Also called a `nanoagent'....