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March 2009

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EXFORMATION. This is a term coined by the Danish Physics Tor Nørretranders in his book the User Illusion, meaning explicitly discarded information. Originally spelt eksformation in Danish, the word first appeared in English in an article Nørretranders wrote in 1992. From Wikipedia: “Effective communication depends on a shared body of knowledge between the persons communicating. [...]

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