Posts tagged with “communication”
- noun
- A mutable, foldable, transparent plastic which can display images and text.
- Origin
- Abbreviation of ‘information’ and fiche (a card).
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- A Memory Called Empire
- adjective
- Of an ansible: one who sings the twinning song but is not part of a cluster.
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- Waiting on a Bright Moon
- noun
- A device that allows instantaneous communication over any distance.
- Origin
- Contraction of ‘answerable’.
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- Rocannon’s World
- noun
- An encapsulated message sent over a digital communications network.
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- The Girl Who Was Plugged In
- noun
- A portable device for sending and receiving voice communications over long distances.
- Origin
- Derived from ksenos (foreign) and vox (voice).
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- The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt
- noun
- A personalised newspaper containing only news items in which the reader has expressed an interest.
- Origin
- Abbrevation of ‘homeostatic newspaper’.
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- Ubik
- noun
- A device for sending and receiving wireless voice communications.
- Origin
- Formed from the prefix piezo- (relating to piezoelectricity) and phone (sound).
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- Gateway
- noun
- A portable audio recording and playback device, employing phonograph records as the storage medium.
- Origin
- Formed from vox (voice) and phone (sound).
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- Bioshock Infinite
- noun
- A device for imprinting a message in the cry of a bird.
- Origin
- Abbreviated from ‘disguised transmission’.
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- Dune