Computron

For The Transformers character Computron, see Technobots. For electron tube computing device Computron, see Computron Tube.

Computron is computer hacker jargon, often humorously referred to as a unit of computing power, typically an unspecified informal composite of processing power, RAM, and disk drive space. Elsewhere it is the mythical subatomic particle that is the quantum of computing power.

Computron is also the name of a Dutch IT company.[1]

Computron was a character featured on the episode The Banker from the show The Office

References

• Jargon File 4.2.0. (2000). http://catb.org/jargon/html/C/computron.html
• Sandberg, A. Quantum Compudynamics Today. http://www.nada.kth.se/~asa/madsci/qcd.html