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[[Computronium]] is a golden grail of [[Information Technology]], a material which is a near perfect medium for the storage of data.
 
[[Computronium]] is a golden grail of [[Information Technology]], a material which is a near perfect medium for the storage of data.
* It is a hypothetical [[resource]] [[good]].
 
 
   
 
   
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The contemporary holo crystals of TL:13-15 Charted Space are vastly superior to the silicon electronics used by TL:7-9 societies. However, science and science fiction have long predicted a hypothetically perfect memory storage device known as computronium, with near unlimited storage space and capabilities to process calculations at unparalleled speeds.
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== History & Background ([[Dossier]]) ==
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No known science can produce such a substance... yet. Some theories hypothesize that such material can only be artificially synthesized or found in the cores of neutron stars or black holes. Others have supposed that it may exist in jump space. Another theory lends that a cold, degenerate star could be used in this manner.
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== See also ==
 
=== Library Data Referral Tree ===
 
=== Library Data Referral Tree ===
Please see the following [[AAB]] [[Library Data]] articles for more information:
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{{:Referral-Tree-C-Cognitive-Technology}}
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{{Referral-Tree-E-Education}}
 
{{:Referral-Tree-I-Information-Technology}}
 
{{:Referral-Tree-I-Information-Technology}}
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* C: [[Cognitive Science]] / [[Cybertechnology]] (Cogno-)
 
** [[Android]]
 
** [[Augment]]
 
** [[Cybernetics]]
 
** [[Cyborg]]
 
** [[Pseudobiological Robot]]
 
** [[Robot]]
 
** [[Total-Integration Process]]
 
** [[Wafertech]]
 
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* E: [[Education in Charted Space]]
 
** Educational Technologies
 
*** [[Artificial Intelligence]]
 
*** [[Computer]]s
 
*** [[Computer Software]]
 
*** [[Cyberware]]
 
*** [[Skillset]]s
 
*** [[Wafer]]s
 
** [[Institution|Institutions of Learning]]
 
*** [[Data Repository]]
 
*** [[Educational Institute]]s
 
*** [[Psionics Institute]]s
 
 
== Description ([[Specifications]]) ==
 
The contemporary holo crystals of TL:13-15 Charted Space are vastly superior to the silicon electronics used by TL:7-9 societies. However, science and science fiction have long predicted a hypothetically perfect memory storage device known as computronium, with near unlimited storage space and capabilities to process calculations in the many trillions per yoctosecond.
 
 
=== Image Repository ===
 
No information yet available.
 
 
== History & Background ([[Dossier]]) ==
 
No known science can produce such a substance... yet. Some theories hypothesize that such material can only be artificially synthesized or found in the cores of neutron stars or black holes. Others have supposed that it may exist in jump space.
 
  
 
== References & Contributors ([[Sources]]) ==
 
== References & Contributors ([[Sources]]) ==
{{Metadata}}
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{{Wikipedia|Computronium}}
 
{{Intermediate}}
 
{{Intermediate}}
{{Detail}}
 
 
{{Sources
 
{{Sources
|S2= [[Traveller Wiki Editorial Team]]
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| Author & Contributor: Lord (Marquis) and Master of Sophontology [[Maksim-Smelchak]] of the [[Ministry of Science]]  
|S3= Author & Contributor: Lord (Marquis) and Master of Sophontology [[Maksim-Smelchak]] of the [[Ministry of Science]]  
 
 
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{{LEN|Artifact|Information Technology|Resource}}
{{LEN|Artifact|Computer|Good|Information Technology|Resource}}
 

Latest revision as of 23:52, 29 June 2020

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Computronium is a golden grail of Information Technology, a material which is a near perfect medium for the storage of data.

The contemporary holo crystals of TL:13-15 Charted Space are vastly superior to the silicon electronics used by TL:7-9 societies. However, science and science fiction have long predicted a hypothetically perfect memory storage device known as computronium, with near unlimited storage space and capabilities to process calculations at unparalleled speeds.

History & Background (Dossier)[edit]

No known science can produce such a substance... yet. Some theories hypothesize that such material can only be artificially synthesized or found in the cores of neutron stars or black holes. Others have supposed that it may exist in jump space. Another theory lends that a cold, degenerate star could be used in this manner.

See also[edit]

Library Data Referral Tree[edit]

Cybertechnology[edit]

Education[edit]

Information Technology[edit]

References & Contributors (Sources)[edit]

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