Fictional computers

fictional character in Arthur C. Clarke's Space Odyssey series

fictional synthetic intelligent machine network

1977 film by Donald Cammell

hypothetical computer system

GLaDOS (Genetic Lifeform and Disk Operating System) is a fictional character from the video game series Portal. The character was created by Erik Wolpaw and Kim Swift, and voiced by Ellen McLain. GLaDOS is depicted in the series as an artificially superintelligent computer system responsible for testing and maintenance in the Aperture Science Computer-Aided Enrichment Center in all titles. After betraying and almost killing the player, she is revealed to be responsible for the desertion of the Enrichment Center after going rogue and killing the scientists who created her. She is disabled as th

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A tricorder is a fictional handheld sensor that exists in the Star Trek universe. The tricorder is a multifunctional hand-held device that can perform environmental scans, data recording, and data analysis; hence the word "tricorder" to refer to the three functions of sensing, recording, and computing. In Star Trek stories the devices are issued by the fictional Starfleet organization.

1969 film by Joseph Sargent

Multivac is a fictional powerful computer appearing in over a dozen science fiction stories by American writer Isaac Asimov. Asimov's depiction of Multivac, a mainframe computer accessible by terminal, originally by specialists using machine code and later by any user, and used for directing the global economy and humanity's development, has been seen as the defining conceptualization of the genre of computers for the period (1950s–1960s). Multivac has been described as the direct ancestor of HAL 9000.

KITT or K.I.T.T. is the common name of two fictional characters from the action franchise Knight Rider. KITT is an artificially intelligent electronic computer module in the body of a highly advanced robotic automobile. The original KITT is known as the Knight Industries Two Thousand and appeared in the original TV series Knight Rider as a 1982 Pontiac Firebird Trans Am. The second KITT is known as the Knight Industries Three Thousand and appeared in the rebooted Knight Rider TV series and its two-hour 2008 pilot film, as a 2008–2009 Ford Shelby GT500KR.

1909 E.M. Forster science fiction short story

Computronium is a material hypothesized by Norman Margolus and Tommaso Toffoli of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) in 1991 to be used as "programmable matter", a substrate for computer modeling of virtually any real object.

science fiction device in Asimov's work

fictional character in SpongeBob SquarePants

British television science fiction drama serial

1972 novel by David Gerrold

SHODAN (), an acronym for Sentient Hyper-Optimized Data Access Network, is the main antagonist of Looking Glass Studios's cyberpunk-horror themed video game System Shock. An artificial intelligence originally in charge of a research and mining space station, after her ethical constraints are removed, she develops a god complex and goes rogue, killing almost everyone on board before being stopped by the hacker that originally removed her limitations. In the game's sequel System Shock 2, SHODAN returns, temporarily allying herself with a soldier to stop her rampaging creations. She is defeated a

Metroid character

fictional device specialised for medical use and real-life devices inspired by the fictional ones

Cybergirl is an Australian-French children's television series that was first broadcast on Network Ten in Australia. The 26-episode series, debuting in 2001, was created by Jonathan M. Shiff, whose previous series include Ocean Girl. It stars Ania Stepien in the title role.

episode of Thunderbirds (S1 E25)

novel by Frederik Pohl

fictional device used in Jack Kirby comics