- noun
- A distributed cloud of software agents that augments the computational power of the human brain.
- Source
- Accelerando
- noun plural
- Marginally different strands of reality, caused by sequences of events where various different things happen with subatomic particles throughout the universe.
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- Oracle
- noun
- A software package that directly interfaces with the brain via a wetware implant.
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- Neuromancer
- noun
- An animal bred for slavery, genetically similar to a human.
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- Good Mountain
- verb
- The dissolution, dissociation, and total dissipation of a monarch.
- Origin
- Formed from ‘monarch’ and lúsis (loosening).
- Source
- The Cyberiad
- noun informal
- A low-status male living on Earth, not in the employ of the United Orbital Soviet.
- See also
- Dirtgirl
- Source
- Hardwired
- noun
- A creature that contracts its body when one end is in fresh water and the other in salt water, bred for use as a pump or motor.
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- The Crucible of Time
- noun
- A device allowing the operator to compose music automatically.
- Origin
- Derived from metron (measure).
- Source
- We