Fictional computers

Adam Malkovich is a fictional character in the Metroid video game series. He is only refered to and only appears in Metroid Fusion. ...more on Wikipedia about "Adam Malkovich"

Adam Selene is the nom de guerre of the fictional character Mike, a self-aware computer system, in the science fiction novel The Moon is a Harsh Mistress ( 1966), by Robert A. Heinlein. Note that the last name is taken from Selene, the Greek goddess of the moon, which is the location of the novel. Adam Selene is "killed" in the Battle in the Corridors when it becomes inconvenient for Mike to continue to pose as Adam Selene. ...more on Wikipedia about "Adam Selene"

Alpha is the name of a fictional computer in Mike Walker's radio drama of the same name. ...more on Wikipedia about "Alpha (computer)"

AM is the name of the evil computer in Harlan Ellison's short story I Have No Mouth, and I Must Scream, ( 1967). It initially stands for Allied Mastercomputer, but as the computer evolves the meaning of the initials change: ...more on Wikipedia about "AM (fictional computer)"

The Computer Assisted Biologically Augmented Lifeform (CABAL) is an artificial intelligence in the Tiberian Series of Command & Conquer. ...more on Wikipedia about "Computer Assisted Biologically Augmented Lifeform"

In futurology, computronium refers to a hypothetical material engineered to maximize its use as a computing substrate. While futurists usually use it to refer to hypothetical materials engineered on the molecular, atomic, or subatomic level by some advanced form of nanotechnology, the term can also be applied both to contemporary computing materials, and to constructs of theoretical physics that are unlikely to ever be practical to build. ...more on Wikipedia about "Computronium"

FATE (Future Altering Time Entity) is a super computer created by Belthasar in the distant future. FATE is self-aware and can operate alone. After Chronopolis was hurled back in time, FATE secured the control of the Military Time Lab. The creation of the super computer is not fully explained in the game, but it is the opinion of most that it was created to analyze the data output of the experiments that took place in Chronopolis. ...more on Wikipedia about "FATE (Chrono Cross)"

(FUCKUP) First Universal Cybernetic-Kinetic Ultra-micro Programmer is a fictional computer used to pilot a submarine, communicate with dolphins and predict the likelihood of World War III by generating hexagrams from virtual throws of I Ching sticks. ...more on Wikipedia about "FUCKUP"

GWB-666 is the acronym for Great White Beast 666, which is the central computer of the Illuminati in Robert Anton Wilson's Schrödinger's Cat trilogy. ...more on Wikipedia about "GWB-666"

HARLIE is the abbreviation for the fictional Human Analog Replication, Lethetic Intelligence Engine (originally Human Analog Robot Life Input Equivalents), an Artificial Intelligence which appears in the David Gerrold science fiction novel When H.A.R.L.I.E. Was One (a "fix-up" from previously published short stories, 1972; a significantly revised edition subtitled Release 2.0 (and changing the meaning of the acronym) appeared in 1988). Only time will tell whether a "Release 3.0" will follow, as "2.0" is as dated now (more dated, in some ways) as the original was in 1988. ...more on Wikipedia about "H.A.R.L.I.E."

HAL 9000 (Heuristically programmed ALgorithmic computer) is a fictional computer/ character in the Space Odyssey series, the first being the novel and film 2001 A Space Odyssey, written by Arthur C. Clarke in 1968. HAL is an artificial intelligence, the sentient on-board computer of the spaceship Discovery that eventually goes rampant. HAL is usually represented only as his television camera "eyes" that can be seen throughout the Discovery spaceship. The voice of HAL 9000 was performed by Canadian actor Douglas Rain. HAL became operational on January 12, 1997 ( 1992 in the movie) ** at the H.A.L. Laboratory in Urbana, Illinois, and was created by Dr. Chandra. In the 2001 film, HAL is depicted as being capable not only of speech recognition, facial recognition, and natural language processing, but also lip reading, art appreciation, interpreting emotions, expressing emotions and reasoning. ...more on Wikipedia about "HAL 9000"

Hex is an elaborate, Heath Robinson/ Rube Goldberg-esque, magic-powered computer housed at the Unseen University in the Discworld series by author Terry Pratchett. ...more on Wikipedia about "Hex (Discworld)"

Holly is the ship's computer on the science fiction TV comedy show Red Dwarf. The character is played by Norman Lovett in series 1, 2, 7 and 8. Following a "head sex change" to look like his parallel universe alter ego "Hilly", Holly was played by Hattie Hayridge in series 3-5. Holly did not appear at all in series 6, and as the male version he appeared in series 7 only in the final episode. ...more on Wikipedia about "Holly (Red Dwarf)"

A Jupiter Brain is a theoretical computing megastructure the size of a planet. Unlike a Matrioshka Brain, a Jupiter Brain is optimized for minimum signal propagation delay, and so has a compact structure. Power generation and heat dissipation are formidable concerns for a Jupiter Brain implementation. ...more on Wikipedia about "Jupiter Brain"

* The Engine, a mechanical computer featured in Gulliver's Travels ( 1726). This is considered to be the first fictional computer. ...more on Wikipedia about "List of fictional computers"

In the fictional Star Trek universe, the M5 is a computer system based on "multitronic" technology. It appeared in the Star Trek: The Original Series episode " The Ultimate Computer". ...more on Wikipedia about "M5 (Star Trek)"

The Master Control Program (MCP), voiced by David Warner, is the main villain of the Disney movie Tron. It is an artificial intelligence mainframe computer created by Ed Dilinger (Also played by Warner) that ruled over the computer world. It is also a villain in Kingdom Hearts II, in the Tron-based world, Space Paranoids. ...more on Wikipedia about "Master Control Program (Tron)"

A Matrioshka Brain is a hypothetical megastructure, based on the Dyson sphere, of immense computational capacity. It is an example of a Class B stellar engine, employing the entire energy output of a star to drive computer systems. ...more on Wikipedia about "Matrioshka Brain"

The Matrix, in the long-running British science fiction television series Doctor Who, is a massive computer system on the planet Gallifrey that acts as the repository of the combined knowledge of the Time Lords. ...more on Wikipedia about "Matrix (Doctor Who)"

In Iain M. Banks' Culture novels, starships, planets and orbitals have their own Minds: self-conscious, hyperintelligent machines originally built by humanoid species but which have outsmarted their creators by several orders of magnitude since then. ...more on Wikipedia about "Mind (The Culture)"

Mother Brain (often referred to as the Mother Brain) is a major antagonist and boss of the Metroid video game series, acting as the cyborg computer of the Space Pirates. The villain generally appears as a giant one-eyed brain with protruding metal spikes and power cables, surrounded by a glass tank, various automated defense systems, and a pool of lava or acid. ...more on Wikipedia about "Mother Brain (Metroid)"

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Mother Brain is the Orwellian computer villain in the Phantasy Star II video game. She is the final boss in the game, located in Noah, the game’s final "dungeon." She is first heard of in Algol in AW 845, and is destroyed in AW 1284. Mother Brain is also mentioned in Phantasy Star IV. ...more on Wikipedia about "Mother Brain (Phantasy Star II)"

Multivac is the name of a fictional computer in many stories by Isaac Asimov from 1955 to 1975. According to his autobiography In Memory Yet Green, Asimov coined the name in imitation of UNIVAC, the early mainframe computer. While he initially intended the name to stand for "Multiple vacuum tubes", his later story " The Last Question" expands the -ac suffix as " analog computer". ...more on Wikipedia about "Multivac"

In Robert A. Heinlein's novel The Moon Is a Harsh Mistress ( 1966), the character Mycroft Holmes' is a self-aware computer system entrusted with running the life-support systems, among many other things, in a penal colony underground in the Moon or "Luna". Mycroft eventually sides with characters inciting a revolution to free Luna, and is instrumental in their victory against the Lunar Authority on Earth. ...more on Wikipedia about "Mycroft Holmes (computer)"

Neuromancer (ISBN 0006480411) by William Gibson, is considered to be the first proper cyberpunk novel and won the Nebula Award, the Philip K. Dick Memorial Award, and the Hugo Award after being published in 1984. It was Gibson's first novel and is part of the The Sprawl trilogy. ...more on Wikipedia about "Neuromancer"

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