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'''Liquid computing''' refers to a style of workflow interaction of applications and computing services across multiple devices, such as computers, smartphones, and tablets. The term was coined in July 2014 by [[InfoWorld]],<ref>{{cite web|last1=Gruman|first1=Galen|title=Welcome to the next tech revolution: Liquid computing|url=http://www.infoworld.com/article/2608440/ios/article.html|website=infoworld.com|publisher=IDG|accessdate=15 February 2015}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|last1=Bridgwater|first1=Adrian|title=What is liquid computing?|url=http://www.computerweekly.com/blogs/cwdn/2014/07/what-is-liquid-computing.html|website=computerweekly.com|publisher=TechTarget|accessdate=15 February 2015}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Definition of 'liquid computing'|url=https://www.pcmag.com/encyclopedia/term/66841/liquid-computing|website=pcmag.com|publisher=Computer Language Co.|accessdate=20 February 2015}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|last1=Rice|first1=Sam|title=Liquid Computing|url=http://www.applauseit.co.uk/blog/liquid-computing/|website=applauseit.co.uk|publisher=ApplauseIT|accessdate=20 February 2015}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|last1=James|first1=Howard|title=Liquid computing: The next big thing in IT?|url=http://www.marketsmagazine.net/liquid-computing-the-next-big-thing-in-it/|website=marketsmagazine.net|publisher=Markets Magazine|accessdate=20 February 2015|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://archive.istoday/20150309130752/http://www.marketsmagazine.net/liquid-computing-the-next-big-thing-in-it/|archivedate=9 March 2015}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|last1=Rege|first1=Ojas|title=Three Questions Enterprises Should Ask About iOS 8|url=https://www.mobileiron.com/en/smartwork-blog/three-questions-enterprises-should-ask-about-ios-8|website=mobileiron.com|publisher=MobileIron|accessdate=20 February 2015}}</ref> but the underlying concepts have long existed in computer science, such as in the notions of [[pervasive computing]] and [[ubiquitous computing]]. The key differentiator for liquid computing over other related notions is that of being focused on the movement among devices of a workflow involving people.

In a liquid computing approach, a person might work on a task on one device, then go to another device that detects the task in progress at the first device and offer to take over that task. For example, you might begin composing an email on a smartphone and when you come near your computer, its mail software detects the in-progress email and lets you continue to work on it on the computer. The data involved, including its current state, flows from one device to another (more accurately, from an application on a device to an application on another device), thus the term "liquid computing."