Lieven:
>Next, adding to this situation, we must remember that the TalkNow
>Software is written on how "a visiting Klingon would call a thing
>he sees on earth". Form this point of view, apparently (my guess)
>Klingons don't have CDs. That's why the Klingon calls it a
>"data-plate". And the plural of plate is {ngop}, of course.
De'vID:
>> In TNG, the Federation seems to transfer data on some kind
>> of "data crystal" (what? why don't they have wifi or
>> Bluetooth or something?). Do we know what Klingons use?
IIRC we've seen Klingon tricorders and PADDs, but I don't recall
ever seeing a data storage device. In TOS those solid plastic
squares were called "microtapes" or "data solids". In TNG those
translucent plastic rectangles (about 1 x 2 inches) were called
"isolinear chips" and in DS9 the Cardassians - and everyone else on
Terok Nor - used "isolinear rods" (plastic cylinders about the size
of a cigarette). The USS Voyager used "bio-neural gel packs".
The object has been called *{De' bobcho'} "data module" once or
twice on the List. I've also seen *{De' ta} but that seems to refer
more to the type of file rather than physical format: e.g. *{De'
ta} "data file", *{ghogh ta} "sound file", {ghotpu' tamey}
"personnel files", *{HaSta ta} "video recording/hologram", {may' ta}
"record of battle", etc.
--
Voragh
Ca'Non Master of the Klingons
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