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Anocomputer /nan'oh-k*m-pyoo'tr/ N. A Computer With Molecular-sized Switching Elements.
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nanocomputer /nan'oh-k*m-pyoo'tr/ n.
A computer with
molecular-sized switching elements. Designs for mechanical
nanocomputers which use single-molecule sliding rods for their
logic have been proposed. The controller for a nanobot would
be a nanocomputer.
Related:
anocomputer: /nan'oh-k*m-pyoo'tr/ n. A computer with molecular-sized switching elements.
Designs for mechanical nanocomputers which use single-molecule sliding rods for their logic have been proposed....
anotechnology /nan'-oh-tek-no`l*-jee/ n. A hypothetical fabrication technology in which objects are designed and built with the individual specification and placement of each separate atom.
The first unequivocal nanofabrication experiments took place in 1990, for example with the deposition of individual xenon atoms on a nickel substrate to spell the logo of a certain very large computer company....
anotechnology:: /nan'-oh-tek-no`l*-jee/ n. A hypothetical fabrication technology in which objects are designed and built with the individual specification and placement of each separate atom.
The first unequivocal nanofabrication experiments took place in 1990, for example with the deposition of individual xenon atoms on a nickel substrate to spell the logo of a certain very large computer company....
ano-: [SI: the next quantifier below {micro-}; meaning * 10^(-9)] pref.
Smaller than {micro-}, and used in the same rather loose and connotative way....
moby /moh'bee/ [MIT: seems to have been in use among model railroad fans years ago.
Derived from Melville's "Moby Dick" (some say from `Moby Pickle')....
Computer (com-pyoo-ter) n.-Incredibly fast idiot!
SQWERTY: Computer keyboard sized down for use by children.
ano- pref. [SI: the next quantifier below micro
meaning * 10^(-9)] Smaller than micro-, and used in the same rather loose and connotative way....
etrocomputing /ret'-roh-k*m-pyoo'ting/ n. Refers to emulations of way-behind-the-state-of-the-art hardware or software, or implementations of never-was-state-of-the-a
esp. if such implementations are elaborate practical jokes and/or parodies, written mostly for hack value, of more `serious' designs....