| 1 | [[quoteright:300:[[Website/{{Cracked}} https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/magic_computer_6380.jpg]]]] |
| 2 | [[caption-width-right:300:"[[HollywoodStyle Hollywood]] thinks that computers run on black magic and hackers are wizards."]] |
| 3 | -> ''"Quite exciting, this computer magic."'' |
| 4 | -->-- '''Viv''', ''Film/ThisIsSpinalTap'' |
| 5 | |
| 6 | Computers on TV often bear only superficial resemblance to their real life counterparts. In fact, they are often just a [[Creator/ArthurCClarke 21st-century substitute for magic]]. A [[TechnoWizard Computer Wizard]] ''is'' a literal wizard. Evoking arcane words with their keyboard, they cast spells into the infinite (and physically real) realms of {{Cyberspace}}. |
| 7 | |
| 8 | For computers which are ''literally'' magical see {{Magitek}}. See also ClarkesThirdLaw. If a computer is shoddy, and not magical in any way (except maybe magically ''terrible''), it's TheAllegedComputer. |
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| 10 | !!Tropes: |
| 11 | [[index]] |
| 12 | * TheAlternet |
| 13 | * ArtificialIntelligence |
| 14 | ** AIIsACrapshoot |
| 15 | ** BenevolentAI |
| 16 | * BeepingComputers |
| 17 | * BillionsOfButtons |
| 18 | * ComputerEqualsMonitor |
| 19 | * ComputerEqualsTapedrive |
| 20 | * TheComputerIsYourFriend |
| 21 | * ComputersSpeakBinary |
| 22 | * ComputerVirus |
| 23 | * ComputerVirusesAreComputerIllnesses |
| 24 | * ContagiousAI |
| 25 | * CoolCodeOfSource |
| 26 | * TheCracker |
| 27 | * CutTheJuice |
| 28 | * CyberGreen |
| 29 | * DestructionEqualsOffSwitch |
| 30 | * DeusEstMachina |
| 31 | * DigitalAbomination |
| 32 | * DigitizedHacker |
| 33 | * DuelingHackers |
| 34 | * EnhanceButton |
| 35 | * EverythingIsOnline |
| 36 | * EverythingSensor |
| 37 | * ExactProgressBar |
| 38 | * {{Expositron 9000}} |
| 39 | * ExtremeGraphicalRepresentation |
| 40 | * FacialRecognitionSoftware |
| 41 | * TheGenieInTheMachine |
| 42 | * GooglingTheNewAcquaintance |
| 43 | * HackYourEnemy |
| 44 | * HackedByAPirate |
| 45 | * HackerCave |
| 46 | * HackerCollective |
| 47 | * {{Hackette}} |
| 48 | * HackingMinigame |
| 49 | * HackTheTrafficLights |
| 50 | * HaveYouTriedRebooting |
| 51 | * HighlyVisiblePassword |
| 52 | * HollywoodEncryption |
| 53 | * HollywoodHacking |
| 54 | * HollywoodWebCam |
| 55 | * HolographicTerminal |
| 56 | * InsideAComputerSystem |
| 57 | * InstantAIJustAddWater |
| 58 | * TheInternet |
| 59 | * ItsASmallNetAfterAll |
| 60 | * LogicBomb |
| 61 | * MagicFloppyDisk |
| 62 | * MasterComputer |
| 63 | * MatrixRainingCode |
| 64 | * MechanicalAbomination |
| 65 | * TheModernGods |
| 66 | * MurderDotCom |
| 67 | * ObfuscatedInterface: Interface displays are unclear/confusing to the viewer, the characters, or both. |
| 68 | * OmniscientDatabase |
| 69 | * OnlineAlias |
| 70 | * OurGraphicsWillSuckInTheFuture |
| 71 | * PasswordSlotMachine |
| 72 | * PiecemealFundsTransfer: Cybernetic funds are transferred gradually and the process can be seen on-screen. |
| 73 | * PlayfulHacker |
| 74 | * PlugNPlayTechnology |
| 75 | * RapidFireTyping |
| 76 | * SchoolGradeHacking |
| 77 | * ScreensAreCameras |
| 78 | * SinisterSurveillance |
| 79 | * SlowLoadingInternetImage |
| 80 | * TechnoDystopia |
| 81 | * TechnoWizard |
| 82 | * ThingOMeter |
| 83 | * ViewerFriendlyInterface |
| 84 | * VirtualRealityWarper |
| 85 | * WetwareBody |
| 86 | * WeirdlyUnderpoweredAdmins |
| 87 | [[/index]] |
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