The Computers of Star Trek

In the tradition of the bestselling "The Physics of Star Trek" comes a delightful exploration of the computers on the show and how they reveal the popular assumptions and beliefs of the '60s, '80s, and '90s.

Acknowledgments

ix

Preface

xi

A Note on the Abbreviations

xv

Footsteps into the Future

1

(14)

A Twenty-Fourth-Century Mainframe

15

(38)

Security

53

(22)

Navigation and Battle

75

(12)

Artificial Intelligence

87

(18)

Data

105

(22)

The Holodeck

127

(18)

Missing Bits

145

(20)

Notes

165

(3)

Index

168

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The Computers of Star Trek

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