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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}}  
 
[[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}}  
* It is an [[Good|object]] and a technological [[device]], a product of [[Information Technology]].
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* It is an [[Good|object]] and a technological [[device]], a product of [[Information Technology]]. {{Unpublished cite|author= Maksim-Smelchak }}
* The simple hardiness of ship’s computers makes them extremely durable.
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* The simple hardiness of ship’s computers makes them extremely durable. {{Unpublished cite|author= Maksim-Smelchak }}
* 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]].
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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 {{Unpublished cite|author= Maksim-Smelchak }}
  
 
== Description ([[Specifications]]) ==
 
== Description ([[Specifications]]) ==
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== History & Background ([[Dossier]]) ==
 
== History & Background ([[Dossier]]) ==
''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.
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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 {{Unpublished cite|author= Maksim-Smelchak }}
  
 
== References & Contributors (Sources) ==
 
== References & Contributors (Sources) ==

Revision as of 16:01, 14 January 2019

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Ship’s Computer: The computer installed on a ship controls all activity within, and is especially used to enhance weapons fire and defensive activity. [1]

  • It is an object and a technological device, a product of Information Technology. [2]
  • The simple hardiness of ship’s computers makes them extremely durable. [3]
  • 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. [4]

Description (Specifications)

A Ship’s Computer also transmits control impulses for maneuver and jump drives, and conducts the routine operation of all ship systems. What the computer actually does is based on the programs actually installed and operating at any one time. [5]

Selected Ship's Computer Types

  1. Model/1 Computer
  2. Model/2 Computer
  3. Model/3 Computer
  4. Model/4 Computer
  5. Model/5 Computer
  6. Model/6 Computer
  7. Model/7 Computer
  8. Model/8 Computer
  9. Model/9 Computer

Selected Ship's Computer Modifiers

  1. bis
  2. fib

History & Background (Dossier)

Ship’s Computers within Charted Space are intentionally built to work under a number of different operating systems, different technology levels of computers, and to be extensively toughened for use under hard vacuum and heavy exposure to cosmic radiation if necessary. [6]

References & Contributors (Sources)

This list of sources was used by the Traveller Wiki Editorial Team and individual contributors to compose this article. Copyrighted material is used under license from Far Future Enterprises or by permission of the author. The page history lists all of the contributions.
  1. Marc Miller. Starships (Game Designers Workshop, 1977), 38.
  2. Information provided to the library by Maksim-Smelchak
  3. Information provided to the library by Maksim-Smelchak
  4. Information provided to the library by Maksim-Smelchak
  5. Marc Miller. Starships (Game Designers Workshop, 1977), 38.
  6. Information provided to the library by Maksim-Smelchak