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===Definition===
Some of the contents of our brain resides elsewhere. Traditionally in address books and letters, ledgers and receipts, objects and heirlooms. Some are memories, some are facts, some are data. In technology, [[Avatar|avatars]] become memories and representations, placeholders for meaning and value, ideas and presence.

For example, one's old cell phone may remind one of the relationships and communication that passed through that place,<ref>Gathman, E. Cabell Hankinson. Cell Phones. In Turkle, Sherry. The Inner History of Devices. MIT Press. 2008. Pg. 41.</ref>specifically if the device was the primary or significant touchpoint during the course of the relationship. In these cases, the way  to get to the human is through the interface, which ends up taking on, and reminding the person of the characteristics of a person.

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