Fiber Optic Computer

A Fiber Optic Computer, also notated as Fibre Optic Computer is a specially hardened computer most often used in military ships.

• It is typically a kind of ship's computer and ship equipment.

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• I: Information Technology (Info-)
  • Brain
  • Artificial Intelligence
  • Computer
  • Computer Software
  • Computronium
  • Data Repository
  • Datanet
  • Electronics
  • Machine Life
  • Personality
  • Ship's Computer
  • Skillset
  • Wafer 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
    • Computers
    • Computer Software
    • Cyberware
    • Skillsets
    • Wafers
  • Institutions of Learning
    • Data Repository
    • Educational Institutes
    • Psionics Institutes

Description (Specifications)

It is a computer whose logic circuits are constructed from fibre optic conduits. Such computers are less vulnerable to radiation effects than normal electronic computers and for this reason are often used on military vessels.

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
3. flt

History & Background (Dossier)

Hard radiation is a serious problem in deep space, or even with interplanetary space, the stellar system. It wreaks havoc on electronics, especially conventional electronics. Fiber Optic Computers were one of the solutions to minimize damage from radiation in deep space.

Expected Computer Development Sequence

MACRO LEVEL:

• Compass → Astrolabe → Sextant → Analog Computer → Electromechanical Computer → Electronic Computer → Positronic Computer → Pseudo-Reality Computer → Psychotronic Computer

References & Contributors (Sources)

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• High Passage 4
• The Traveller Adventure
• Traveller Wiki Editorial Team
• Author & Contributor: Lord (Marquis) and Master of Sophontology Maksim-Smelchak of the Ministry of Science