<s>
In	O
business	O
travel	O
,	O
a	O
road	B-General_Concept
warrior	I-General_Concept
is	O
a	O
remote	O
worker	O
that	O
uses	O
mobile	O
devices	O
such	O
as	O
tablet	B-Device
computers	I-Device
,	O
laptops	B-Device
,	O
smartphones	B-Application
,	O
and	O
Internet	O
access	O
while	O
traveling	O
to	O
conduct	O
business	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Unlike	O
digital	O
nomads	O
,	O
road	B-General_Concept
warriors	I-General_Concept
do	O
not	O
necessarily	O
choose	O
to	O
travel	O
;	O
it	O
is	O
part	O
of	O
their	O
work	O
duties	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
term	O
is	O
believed	O
to	O
originate	O
in	O
the	O
Mel	O
Gibson	O
movie	O
Mad	O
Max	O
2:The	O
Road	B-General_Concept
Warrior	I-General_Concept
(	O
1981	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
the	O
pre-mobile	O
technology	O
era	O
,	O
road	B-General_Concept
warriors	I-General_Concept
were	O
people	O
whose	O
jobs	O
required	O
a	O
lot	O
of	O
travel	O
,	O
either	O
by	O
car	O
or	O
plane	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
As	O
both	O
computer	O
and	O
telecommunication	O
technologies	O
became	O
more	O
portable	O
and	O
less	O
expensive	O
,	O
the	O
need	O
for	O
Road	B-General_Concept
Warriors	I-General_Concept
to	O
come	O
back	O
to	O
offices	O
for	O
use	O
of	O
limited	O
and	O
costly	O
resources	O
began	O
to	O
wane	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Major	O
technologies	O
that	O
impacted	O
Road	B-General_Concept
Warriors	I-General_Concept
:	O
</s>
<s>
Portable	O
terminal	O
-	O
Allowed	O
Road	B-General_Concept
Warriors	I-General_Concept
to	O
access	O
work	O
computers	O
for	O
first	O
time	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
term	O
Road	B-General_Concept
Warrior	I-General_Concept
has	O
been	O
credited	O
to	O
the	O
1981	O
movie	O
Mad	O
Max	O
2	O
sub-titled	O
"	O
Road	B-General_Concept
Warrior	I-General_Concept
"	O
starring	O
Mel	O
Gibson	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
2009	O
movie	O
"	O
Up	O
in	O
the	O
Air	O
"	O
starred	O
George	O
Clooney	O
as	O
a	O
person	O
who	O
fully	O
lives	O
the	O
Road	B-General_Concept
Warrior	I-General_Concept
life	O
to	O
the	O
extreme	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Road	B-General_Concept
Warriors	I-General_Concept
use	O
mobile	O
devices	O
and	O
laptop	B-Device
computers	I-Device
that	O
connect	O
to	O
companies	O
 '	O
information	O
systems	O
.	O
</s>
