biocomputern.

Brit.

/ˌbʌɪə(ʊ)kəmˈpjuːtə/, U.S.

/ˌbaɪoʊkəmˈpjudər/

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: bio- comb. form, computer n.

Etymology: < bio- comb. form + computer n. Compare later biocomputing n.

1. Science Fiction and Computing. A computer having components and circuits formed from or modelled on biological molecules or structures; (in later use) spec. a computing device which uses the chemical properties of biological molecules (esp. DNA) to store and process information. Cf. biochip n.

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society > computing and information technology > hardware > computer > [noun] > notional

machine1936

Turing machine1937

biocomputer1952

1952 Astounding Sci. Fiction Oct. 107/2 He crushed them, or harnessed them to his plow, or borrowed their neural circuits for his bio-computers.

1975 Council Anthrolpol. & Educ. Q. 6 31/1 Mini-biocomputers are installed in each individual at infancy, eliminating any chance of harmful environmental influence.

1980 Futures 12 528/1 A scientist whose brain is preserved after an accident and used as the core of a biocomputer guiding a spaceship.

1982 Computerworld 11 Jan. (In Depth section) 6/5 With recombinant-DNA splicing and genetic editing techniques, we know how to build the basic building blocks for possible future bio-computers.

1997 San Francisco Chron. (Nexis) 30 Nov. (Sunday Review section) 5 A molecule called bacteriorhodopsin..may hold the key to biocomputers with floppy disks holding 200 million megabytes of RAM.

2000 Wired Jan. 154/2 Ever more powerful computers are being pursued on many fronts—..biocomputers that adopt the fluid computational strategies of nature.

2. A brain (esp. a human one) regarded as a computer. Also in extended use: any complex biological system regarded in such a way.

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1968 J. C. Lilly Programming & Metaprogramming in Human Biocomputer 3/2 The chemical agent lysergic acid di-ethylamide (LSD-25) has been shown..to cause large changes in the modes of functioning of the human biocomputer.

1974 Scientia Horticulturae 2 319 Bulbs, like most plants, contain temperature monitoring system(s). They function like ‘biocomputers’.

1990 J. D. Barrow Theories of Everything ii. 29 The concept of God is an inevitable outworking of the laws of Nature in the minds of certain species of complex biocomputers like ourselves.

2007 K. Albrecht Pract. Intelligence vi. 170 Slips of the tongue..offer interesting glimpses into the biocomputer's language processing software.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, November 2010; most recently modified version published online June 2022).

单词	biocomputer
释义	biocomputern. Brit. /ˌbʌɪə(ʊ)kəmˈpjuːtə/, U.S. /ˌbaɪoʊkəmˈpjudər/ Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: bio- comb. form, computer n. Etymology: < bio- comb. form + computer n. Compare later biocomputing n. 1. Science Fiction and Computing. A computer having components and circuits formed from or modelled on biological molecules or structures; (in later use) spec. a computing device which uses the chemical properties of biological molecules (esp. DNA) to store and process information. Cf. biochip n. ΘΚΠ society > computing and information technology > hardware > computer > [noun] > notional machine1936 Turing machine1937 biocomputer1952 1952 Astounding Sci. Fiction Oct. 107/2 He crushed them, or harnessed them to his plow, or borrowed their neural circuits for his bio-computers. 1975 Council Anthrolpol. & Educ. Q. 6 31/1 Mini-biocomputers are installed in each individual at infancy, eliminating any chance of harmful environmental influence. 1980 Futures 12 528/1 A scientist whose brain is preserved after an accident and used as the core of a biocomputer guiding a spaceship. 1982 Computerworld 11 Jan. (In Depth section) 6/5 With recombinant-DNA splicing and genetic editing techniques, we know how to build the basic building blocks for possible future bio-computers. 1997 San Francisco Chron. (Nexis) 30 Nov. (Sunday Review section) 5 A molecule called bacteriorhodopsin..may hold the key to biocomputers with floppy disks holding 200 million megabytes of RAM. 2000 Wired Jan. 154/2 Ever more powerful computers are being pursued on many fronts—..biocomputers that adopt the fluid computational strategies of nature. 2. A brain (esp. a human one) regarded as a computer. Also in extended use: any complex biological system regarded in such a way. ΚΠ 1968 J. C. Lilly Programming & Metaprogramming in Human Biocomputer 3/2 The chemical agent lysergic acid di-ethylamide (LSD-25) has been shown..to cause large changes in the modes of functioning of the human biocomputer. 1974 Scientia Horticulturae 2 319 Bulbs, like most plants, contain temperature monitoring system(s). They function like ‘biocomputers’. 1990 J. D. Barrow Theories of Everything ii. 29 The concept of God is an inevitable outworking of the laws of Nature in the minds of certain species of complex biocomputers like ourselves. 2007 K. Albrecht Pract. Intelligence vi. 170 Slips of the tongue..offer interesting glimpses into the biocomputer's language processing software. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, November 2010; most recently modified version published online June 2022). < n.1952
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