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<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><head><title>gray goo</title><link rel="stylesheet" href="../../jargon.css" type="text/css"/><meta name="generator" content="DocBook XSL Stylesheets V1.61.0"/><link rel="home" href="../index.html" title="The Jargon File"/><link rel="up" href="../G.html" title="G"/><link rel="previous" href="GPV.html" title="GPV"/><link rel="next" href="gray-hat.html" title="gray hat"/></head><body><div class="navheader"><table width="100%" summary="Navigation header"><tr><th colspan="3" align="center">gray goo</th></tr><tr><td width="20%" align="left"><a accesskey="p" href="GPV.html">Prev</a><EFBFBD></td><th width="60%" align="center">G</th><td width="20%" align="right"><EFBFBD><a accesskey="n" href="gray-hat.html">Next</a></td></tr></table><hr/></div><dt><a id="gray-goo"/><dt xmlns="" id="gray-goo"><b>gray goo</b>: <span xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" class="grammar">n.</span></dt></dt><dd><p> A hypothetical substance composed of <a href="../S/sagan.html"><i class="glossterm">sagan</i></a>s
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of sub-micron-sized self-replicating robots programmed to make copies of
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themselves out of whatever is available. The image that goes with the term
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is one of the entire biosphere of Earth being eventually converted to robot
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goo. This is the simplest of the <a href="../N/nanotechnology.html"><i class="glossterm">nanotechnology</i></a>
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disaster scenarios, easily refuted by arguments from energy requirements
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and elemental abundances. Compare <a href="../B/blue-goo.html"><i class="glossterm">blue goo</i></a>.</p></dd><div class="navfooter"><hr/><table width="100%" summary="Navigation footer"><tr><td width="40%" align="left"><a accesskey="p" href="GPV.html">Prev</a><EFBFBD></td><td width="20%" align="center"><a accesskey="u" href="../G.html">Up</a></td><td width="40%" align="right"><EFBFBD><a accesskey="n" href="gray-hat.html">Next</a></td></tr><tr><td width="40%" align="left" valign="top">GPV<EFBFBD></td><td width="20%" align="center"><a accesskey="h" href="../index.html">Home</a></td><td width="40%" align="right" valign="top"><EFBFBD>gray hat</td></tr></table></div></body></html>
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