Nanosite

In Neal Stephenson's novel The Diamond Age a nanosite represents a microscopic entity with a specific function, not necessarily deleterious, but also within biopolitics policies: "[...] the court physician had introduced a set of nanosites— nanotechnological parasites—under the supervision of Miss Pao."[1]

References

  1. Stephenson, Neal (1995). The Diamond Age. Bantam Spectra. p. 132.
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