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[[Ship’s Computer]]: The [[computer]] installed on a [[ship]] controls all activity within, and is especially used to enhance [[weapon]]s fire and defensive activity. {{Page cite|name= Starships|page=38|version=Classic Traveller}}
 
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* It is an [[Good|object]] and a technological [[device]], a product of [[Information Technology]]. {{Unpublished cite|author= Maksim-Smelchak }}
 
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* The simple hardiness of ship’s computers makes them extremely durable. {{Unpublished cite|author= Maksim-Smelchak }}
 
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* Almost all are designed to use lower technology repair components in most functionalities. For this reason, ship’s computers tend to be much larger and more voluminous than strictly function-based [[microelectronics]]. {{Unpublished cite|author= Maksim-Smelchak }}
 
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* Many call them robotic or [[ship brain]]s. More sophisticated models are called [[ship mind]]s.
 
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== Description ([[Specifications]]) ==
 
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A ''Ship’s Computer'' also transmits control impulses for [[Maneuver Drive|maneuver]] and [[jump drive]]s, and conducts the routine operation of all [[ship]] systems. What the computer actually does is based on the [[program]]s actually installed and operating at any one time. {{Page cite|name= Starships|page=38|version=Classic Traveller}}
 
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=== Selected Ship's Computer Types ===
 
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# [[Model/1 Computer]]
 
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=== Selected Ship's Computer Modifiers ===
 
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== History & Background ([[Dossier]]) ==
 
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''Ship’s Computers'' within [[Charted Space]] are intentionally built to work under a number of different operating systems, different [[technology level]]s of [[computer]]s, and to be extensively toughened for use under hard [[vacuum]] and heavy exposure to cosmic radiation if necessary. {{Unpublished cite|author= Maksim-Smelchak }}
 
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=== Development Sequence ===
 
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=== Technological Overview of Ship's Computers ===
 
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== References & Contributors (Sources) ==
 
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{{Intermediate}}
 
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{{Sources
 
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|S1= {{Ludography cite|name= Starships |page=38|version=Classic Traveller}}
 
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|S2= {{Ludography cite|name= High Guard |page=TBD|version=Classic Traveller}}
 
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|S3= {{Ludography cite|name= High Guard |page=TBD|version=Mongoose Traveller}}
 
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|S4= [[Traveller Wiki Editorial Team]]
 
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|S5= Author & Contributor: Lord (Marquis) and Master of Sophontology [[User:Maksim-Smelchak|Maksim-Smelchak]] of the [[Ministry of Science]]
 
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{{LE|Computer|Device|Electronics|}}
 

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