Editing Paper (section)

==Applications==
Paper can be produced with a wide variety of properties, depending on its intended use.
*'''For representing value:''' paper money, bank note, cheque, security (see ''security paper''), voucher and ticket
*'''For storing information''': book, [[notebook]], [[graph paper]], magazine, newspaper, art, zine, [[letter (message)|letter]]
*'''For personal use''': [[diary]], note to remind oneself, etc.; for temporary personal use: scratch paper
*'''For communication:''' between individuals and/or groups of people.
*'''For packaging:''' corrugated box, paper bag, [[envelope]], Packing & Wrapping Paper, Paper string, Charta emporetica and wallpaper
*'''For cleaning:''' toilet paper, handkerchiefs, paper towels, facial tissue and cat litter
*'''For construction:''' papier-mâché, origami, paper planes, quilling, paper honeycomb, used as a core material in composite materials, paper engineering, construction paper and paper clothing
*'''For other uses:''' [[emery paper]], sandpaper, [[blotting paper]], litmus paper, universal indicator paper, [[paper chromatography]], electrical insulation paper (see also ''dielectric'' and ''permittivity'') and filter paper
It is estimated that paper-based storage solutions captured 0.33% of the total in 1986 and only 0.007% in 2007, even though in absolute terms, the world's capacity to store information on paper increased from 8.7 to 19.4 petabytes.<ref name="HilbertLopez2011">[http://www.sciencemag.org/content/332/6025/60 "The World’s Technological Capacity to Store, Communicate, and Compute Information"], especially [http://www.sciencemag.org/content/suppl/2011/02/08/science.1200970.DC1/Hilbert-SOM.pdf Supporting online material], Martin Hilbert and Priscila López (2011), Science (journal), 332(6025), 60-65; free access to the article through here: martinhilbert.net/WorldInfoCapacity.html</ref> It is estimated that in 1986 paper-based postal letters represented less than 0.05% of the world's telecommunication capacity, with sharply decreasing tendency after the massive introduction of digital technologies.<ref name="HilbertLopez2011"/>