axons 112

   circuits 120

   structures, mirror 115-6, 146, 166

Neurons 49, 109-15, 165-6, 336

   mirror 114-5, 139, 165, 188, 259

   pre-synaptic 110, 122, 166

Neurophysiology 254, 257

Neurotransmitters 110-1, 113, 120, 122, 165

New species 1, 4-6, 51, 70, 129, 263, 265, 297, 299, 317, 319

   of computer 297-8, 317, 319

New York Times 195, 199, 301-2

Newton, Isaac 265

Newton's equations 217

NFC (Near-Field Communication) 322

Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers 346

Niven, Larry 100

Non-repudiation 100, 177, 220, 332, 367

Nova 79, 103

Nuclear family 86, 88, 156, 270

Nucleic acids 43

Nucleotides 42-3

Number, social security 162, 199, 251-2

Núñez, Rafael 123, 130, 281

Nygaard, Kristen 115

O

Oath of Fealty 100

Oberthur 68

Object-oriented mechanisms 188, 273, 278

Objects 60, 67, 86, 115, 125, 127, 130, 132, 134, 139, 149-50, 154, 187-8, 191, 200, 204, 206, 213, 221-2, 273-5, 277-8, 280-1, 289, 300, 364, 369, 402

   manipulation of 123, 130, 281, 288

O'Brien 314-5

Observers 56, 246, 324, 390

   analytical 258

   unbiased 354

Olfactory sensors 125

Olmstead versus United States 315

Olsen, Ken 66, 135

Olympics, Summer 118

Ontology 168-70, 210-2, 273, 303, 339, 345, 373, 389, 401

   social system 168, 326

Open Systems Interconnection (OSI) 97, 105, 160-1

Operating system software 171, 260, 263, 301

Operating systems 66, 68-9, 181, 200, 255, 257, 259-60, 262-6, 277, 286, 301, 328, 392-4

Operations 20, 35, 44-5, 61, 63-5, 73, 76, 98, 109-10, 113, 115, 119, 123, 127, 131-2, 135, 137-8, 151, 168-9, 181, 209, 213, 218-9, 224, 230-3, 236-7, 252, 254, 261, 264, 267, 271, 274-6, 281, 285, 287, 315, 320-1, 325-8, 333, 335, 350, 358, 361, 367, 370, 387, 393, 397

   basic 61, 181, 274

   complex 110, 228

   cryptographic 230, 233, 328, 331-2

   decryption 181, 332

   encryption 332

   middleman 193

   provisioning 254, 290

   real-time 64

Operators 177, 214, 243-4, 302, 355

   human 64, 241

   roaming 177, 243

   telephone system 137

Oracle 142

Orbit 215, 217

Orga 68

Organisms 5, 18, 40, 44, 46-8, 51-2, 79, 117, 255-6, 299, 383, 388, 400

   individual 49, 52, 54, 141

   living 5, 33, 41-2, 45-7, 49, 51, 56, 94, 104, 106, 108, 141, 269, 330, 333, 339, 378, 399

Organizations 4, 36, 41, 70, 99, 151, 159, 197-8, 210, 225, 253, 269, 286, 361, 389

   criminal 192

   governmental 16

   human 76, 402

   recursive 374

   religious 14, 16, 24, 31, 142, 159, 168, 353-4, 379

Organs 18, 45, 106, 109, 119-20, 122, 253

Origin of Species 18, 299, 354

Orwell, George 314

OSI, see Open Systems Interconnection

Output 62-3, 65, 173, 262, 336

   channel 110, 133-4, 262, 334

Overture 172, 227, 364

Owner 67, 201, 204, 219, 231-2, 234-8, 241, 243-4, 246, 301, 328

   flock 219-20

Ownership 35, 101, 189, 204, 368

Oxidative phosphorylation 118

Oxygen 80, 103