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}}. |
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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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