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Data
Data on the bridge of the Enterprise-D
Data on the bridge of the Enterprise-D
Species: Android
Gender: Male
Home planet: Omicron Theta
Affiliation: Starfleet
Posting: USS Enterprise-D operations officer and second officer
USS Sutherland commanding officer (temporary)
USS Enterprise-E operations officer and second officer
Rank: Lieutenant commander
Portrayed by: Brent Spiner

Data[1] is a character, portrayed by Brent Spiner, in the Star Trek fictional universe. Designed by Doctor Noonien Soong, Lieutenant Commander[2] Data is an android who serves as the second officer and chief operations officer aboard the starships USS Enterprise-D and USS Enterprise-E. Data appears throughout the Star Trek: The Next Generation (TNG) television series and in the films based on The Next Generation. Image File history File links This is a lossless scalable vector image. ... Shortcut: WP:-( Vandalism is indisputable bad-faith addition, deletion, or change to content, made in a deliberate attempt to compromise the integrity of the encyclopedia. ... Image File history File links No higher resolution available. ... The hierarchy of scientific classification. ... “Mechanoid” redirects here. ... Gender in common usage refers to the sexual distinction between male and female. ... The shield and spear of the Roman god Mars, which is also the alchemical symbol for iron, represents the male sex. ... Omicron Theta is a fictional star from the Star Trek universe located in the Alpha quadrant. ... This article needs additional references or sources for verification. ... The USS Enterprise (NCC-1701-D) (or Enterprise-D, to distinguish it from prior starships with the same name) is a 24th century starship in the Star Trek fictional universe and the principal setting of the Star Trek: The Next Generation television series. ... The fictional Sovereign-class USS Enterprise (NCC-1701-E or Enterprise-E) is the primary setting of the films Star Trek: First Contact, Star Trek: Insurrection, and Star Trek: Nemesis. ... Lieutenant Commander is a commissioned rank of the Starfleet in the fictional universe of Star Trek. ... Brent Jay Spiner (born February 2, 1949) is an American actor, best known for his portrayal of the android Lieutenant Commander Data in the television and movie series Star Trek: The Next Generation. ... Brent Jay Spiner (born February 2, 1949) is an American actor, best known for his portrayal of the android Lieutenant Commander Data in the television and movie series Star Trek: The Next Generation. ... The current Star Trek franchise logo Star Trek is an American science fiction entertainment series and media franchise. ... A fictional universe is an imaginary world that serves as the setting or backdrop for one or (more commonly) multiple works of fiction or translatable non-fiction. ... In the fictional Star Trek: The Next Generation universe, Dr. Noonien Soong is a human cyberneticist who is the creator of the regular android character Data. ... Lieutenant Commander is a commissioned rank of the Starfleet in the fictional universe of Star Trek. ... “Mechanoid” redirects here. ... One of the fictional ships called the Starship Enterprise from Star Trek, one of the most famous fictional starships. ... The USS Enterprise (NCC-1701-D) (or Enterprise-D, to distinguish it from prior starships with the same name) is a 24th century starship in the Star Trek fictional universe and the principal setting of the Star Trek: The Next Generation television series. ... The fictional Sovereign-class USS Enterprise (NCC-1701-E or Enterprise-E) is the primary setting of the films Star Trek: First Contact, Star Trek: Insurrection, and Star Trek: Nemesis. ... The title as it appeared in most episodes opening credits. ...


Data is a sentient artificial lifeform designed to resemble a human. His positronic brain allows him impressive computational capabilities[3] and the ability to perform most human activities. However, he has ongoing difficulties understanding various aspects of human behavior and is unable to feel emotions[4] until he is provided with an "emotion chip" in Star Trek: Generations. Garry Kasparov playing against Deep Blue, the first machine to win a chess game against a reigning world champion. ... This article is about modern humans. ... A positronic brain is a fictional technological device, originally conceived by science fiction writer Isaac Asimov. ... Human behavior is the collection of activities performed by human beings and influenced by culture, attitudes, emotions, values, ethics, authority, rapport, hypnosis, persuasion, coercion and/or genetics. ... Star Trek: Generations (Paramount Pictures, 1994, see also 1994 in film) is the seventh feature film based on the popular Star Trek science fiction television series. ...


Dramatically, Data is a rough counterpart to Spock from Star Trek: The Original Series (TOS) in that he has a rational, analytical mind and finds humans hard to understand, and through his attempts to understand human behavior, the series' creators comment on certain aspects of humanity. Unlike Spock, however, he is drawn to the concept of humanity. Coincidentally, Data was one of the few non-Vulcans to master the Vulcan nerve pinch.[5] For other uses, see Spock (disambiguation). ... The starship Enterprise as it appeared on Star Trek Star Trek is a culturally significant science fiction television series created by Gene Roddenberry in the 1960s. ... In epistemology and in its broadest sense, rationalism is any view appealing to reason as a source of knowledge or justification (Lacey 286). ... The analytic-synthetic distinction is a semantic distinction, used primarily in philosophy to distinguish propositions into two types: analytic propositions and synthetic propositions. ... Spock performs the Vulcan nerve pinch on a Red Shirt during a fight from And the Children Shall Lead As used in the fictional Star Trek universe, the Vulcan nerve pinch is a technique used mainly by Vulcans to render another lifeform unconscious by pinching the base of the victim...


Data's name[1] is properly pronounced (in IPA) /'dei.tə/ (or day-tuh) as opposed to the alternative pronunciations /'dɑ:.tə/ (dah-ta)or /'dæt.ə/ (datt-a). When Data corrects Dr. Katherine Pulaski for using the latter pronunciation, Pulaski asks, "What's the difference?" Data replies, "One is my name, the other is not".[6] Articles with similar titles include the NATO phonetic alphabet, which has also informally been called the “International Phonetic Alphabet”. For information on how to read IPA transcriptions of English words, see IPA chart for English. ... Katherine Pulaski was the replacement chief medical officer for Beverly Crusher during the second season of Star Trek: The Next Generation. ...

Contents

Fictional character biography

Star Trek: The Next Generation

Data's originally planned backstory was that he had been created by aliens.[7] The backstory appears in the novelisation of "Encounter at Farpoint" by David Gerrold, which has Data having been built by alien machines from Kiron III, in order to preserve the memories of a wiped-out human colony. Encounter at Farpoint was the first episode of Star Trek: The Next Generation. ... David Gerrold, born Jerrold David Friedman (January 24, 1944), is an award-winning science fiction author who started his career in 1966 as a college student by submitting an unsolicited story outline for the television series Star Trek. ...


The episode "Datalore" abandoned this backstory, and instead had the cyberneticist Dr. Noonien Soong creating Data on Omicron Theta after several attempts. In the episode, Data's immediate predecessor, Lore, Data's evil twin, is reactivated. Data discovers in the episode that he was active on Omicron Theta, but Soong deactivated him and erased most of his memories (although he retains most of the contents of the Omicron Theta colonists' journals) at some point prior to the Crystalline Entity's attack on the colony. The creature destroyed almost all the life on the planet, and Data was then found and reactivated by Starfleet officers. Another of Data's predecessors, B-4, is discovered in the movie Star Trek: Nemesis. He is functional but has much less experience than Data and B-4's neural pathways "are significantly less advanced" than Data's, as said by chief engineer Geordi LaForge upon his reasembly of B-4. ”Datalore” is a first season episode of Star Trek: The Next Generation, first broadcast January 18, 1988. ... Omicron Theta is a fictional star from the Star Trek universe located in the Alpha quadrant. ... Lore, played by Brent Spiner is a prototype android and the evil twin brother of Data in Star Trek: The Next Generation. ... other usages: Evil twin (wireless networks) Bart and Hugo Simpson, good and evil twins. ... In the fictional Star Trek universe the Crystalline Entity is an enormous spacefaring life-form. ... For other meanings, see B4. ... Star Trek Nemesis (Paramount Pictures, 2002; see also 2002 in film) is the tenth feature film based on the popular Star Trek science fiction television series. ... LeVar Burton as Geordi LaForge Geordi La Forge, a character in the Star Trek fictional universe, holds the rank of Lieutenant Commander, and is the Chief Engineer of the USS Enterprise-D and later the USS Enterprise-E, both under captain Jean-Luc Picard. ...


Data attended Starfleet Academy over the objections of Bruce Maddox and graduated with honors degrees in probability mechanics and exobiology.[3] Data served aboard several starships before being assigned to the Enterprise-D as the ship's chief operations officer. The official logo of Starfleet Academy, circa 2370. ... Bruce Maddox is a fictional character in the Star Trek universe. ... Latin honors are Latin phrases used to indicate the level of academic distinction with which an academic degree was earned. ... Statistical mechanics is the application of probability theory, which includes mathematical tools for dealing with large populations, to the field of mechanics, which is concerned with the motion of particles or objects when subjected to a force. ... Astrobiology (in Greek astron = star, bios = life and logos = word/science), also known as exobiology (Greek: exo = out) or xenobiology (Greek: xenos = foreign) is the term for a speculative field within biology which considers the possible variety of extraterrestrial life. ...


In 2365, cyberneticist Bruce Maddox obtains permission to have Data reassigned for "study," which would involve the android's deactivation, disassembly, and duplication (with his knowledge and memories dumped into a computer and thereafter transferred back), possibly destroying his personality and sentience in the process. Data refuses, but Maddox asserts that Data is Starfleet property and therefore unable to refuse the procedure. With Captain Jean-Luc Picard as his advocate, Starfleet Judge Advocate General asserts that Data is not property and therefore can refuse the procedure, which he does.[3] Captain is a commissioned rank of the Starfleet in the fictional universe of Star Trek. ... Jean-Luc Picard is a fictional human Star Trek character portrayed by actor Patrick Stewart. ... The Judge Advocate General (often shortened to JAG) is an office of the United Federation of Planets, charged with overseeing legal matters within Starfleet. ...

Data and Lal, his short-lived android daughter

Desiring to reproduce, Data creates an android daughter, Lal, in 2366. She exceeds Data's abilities, using verbal contractions and feeling some emotions. She becomes scared when Starfleet scientists wanted to separate her from Data, and, overwhelmed, she suffers a cascade neural failure and dies. She tells Data, "I love you, father," but Data is incapable of reciprocating. To preserve Lal's existence, Data transfers her memories into his own memory core.[8] ImageMetadata File history File links DataLal. ... ImageMetadata File history File links DataLal. ... In the television program Star Trek: The Next Generation, Lal (played by Hallie Todd) is the name of Lieutenant Commander Datas daughter. ... This article or section does not adequately cite its references or sources. ... This article or section does not adequately cite its references or sources. ... In the television program Star Trek: The Next Generation, Lal (played by Hallie Todd) is the name of Lieutenant Commander Datas daughter. ...


During his captivity at the hands of fraudulent antiquities dealer Kivas Fajo, Data makes clear his ability to kill "if necessary". The episode is ambiguous as to whether Data finds it necessary to kill Fajo to prevent Fajo from murdering other people: Data is beamed away at the moment of firing. Chief O'Brien detects that Data's weapon has discharged, but Data suggests that it was a malfunction.[9] USS Enterprise-Ds transporter A transporter is a fictional teleportation machine used in the Star Trek universe. ... Miles OBrien Miles Edward OBrien is a character in the fictional Star Trek universe, played by Colm Meaney. ...


During the Borg invasion of the Federation in 2366-7, Data successfully interfaces with Locutus of Borg (an assimilated Picard who is abducted then rescued), accesses the Borg collective consciousness, and introduces a command into a low-level program pathway that forces the Borg to regenerate. This action effectively "put them to sleep", halting their advance and causing the Borg ship's power systems to overload, destroying the vessel.[10] This article needs additional references or sources for verification. ... Combatants Borg Collective United Federation of Planets Commanders The Hive mind Admiral J.P. Hanson † Strength 1 Borg cube 40 Starfleet vessels Casualties Unknown 11,000+ casualties, 39 starships In the fictional Star Trek universe, the Battle of Wolf 359 is the first major battle between the United Federation of... Spoiler warning: Locutus of Borg Locutus of Borg is, in the Star Trek fictional universe, the designation for a drone within the Borg Collective made using the body of Captain Jean-Luc Picard of the USS Enterprise-D, who was assimilated circa stardate 43989. ... Captain Jean-Luc Picard, as Locutus, undergoing assimilation after his abduction in Star Trek: The Next Generation. ...

Data and his father, an elderly Dr. Noonien Soong

In 2367, Soong, intending to give Data a basic emotion chip, activates a homing signal that overrides Data's other programming. Unbeknownst to Soong, the beacon summons Lore as well. Lore fools Soong into giving him the chip, then kills his father and departs.[11] Image File history File links DataSoongolder. ... Image File history File links DataSoongolder. ... In the fictional Star Trek: The Next Generation universe, Dr. Noonien Soong is a human cyberneticist who is the creator of the regular android character Data. ...


Data temporarily commands the USS Sutherland as part of Picard's blockade of the Klingon-Romulan border during the Klingon Civil War. Sela chooses Data's ship as the target for a scheme to interrupt the Starfleet force's tachyon net, which prevents the cloaked Romulan flotilla from crossing into Klingon space. Despite his crew's misgivings, Data identifies a failure in Sela's scheme and almost single-handedly exposes the Romulan ships.[12] The USS Sutherland (NCC-72015) in 2368 The Nebula-class starship appears in the Star Trek fictional universe. ... Sela is a fictional character on Star Trek: The Next Generation, the daughter of an alternate timeline version of Tasha Yar and a Romulan official. ... A Klingon Bird of Prey from Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country fires while using a cloaking device In several science fiction universes, a cloaking device is an advanced stealth system which causes a spaceship or individual to be invisible and extremely difficult to detect with normal sensors. ... Romulans are a fictional alien species in the Star Trek universe related to Vulcans. ...


In 2368, Data's head is discovered in an archaeological site in San Francisco. The ensuing investigation sends Data, followed by several senior Enterprise-D officers, to late 19th century San Francisco. Data's presence sets up a number of temporal paradoxes involving Guinan, who is on Earth at that time, and the senior staff as they discover and deal with an alien presence on Earth. Data's head is blown off in the 19th century while his body travels back to the 24th century. Picard, left in the past, plants a message into the head; when it is reattached hundreds of years later, the message allows the crew to avoid a catastrophe and rescue Picard—who leaves Data's head behind to be rediscovered five centuries later.[13] This page is a candidate for speedy deletion. ... Guinan, played by Whoopi Goldberg, is a recurring character on Star Trek: The Next Generation. ...

Data with an android version of his mother, Dr. Juliana Tainer

In 2370, Lore kidnaps Data and coerces him, through Lore's manipulation of the emotion chip, into aiding an insurrection by the Borg. Data is forced to attack and disassemble his brother. The weapons blast that subdues Lore also damages the emotion chip.[14] Image File history File links DataTainer. ... Image File history File links DataTainer. ... Juliana Tainer is a character in the fictional Star Trek universe, played by Fionnula Flanagan. ...


Later in 2370, Data meets a woman who appears to be and thinks she is Dr. Juliana Tainer, the widow and collaborator of Dr. Soong; in a sense, Data's mother. However, she is an android constructed by Dr. Soong after the original Dr. Tainer died; unlike Data, she was built to be unaware of her artificial nature, and she eventually divorced Dr. Soong and remarried. When an accident incapacitates Tainer, Data discovers in her circuitry a message from Soong imploring him not to reveal to Tainer her true nature. Data respects Soong's wishes.[15] Juliana Tainer is a character in the fictional Star Trek universe, played by Fionnula Flanagan. ...


In an alternate future created by Q, Data holds the Lucasian professorship at Cambridge. Picard's actions at various points in the timeline, however, mean that this exact future will not come to pass.[16] The tone or style of this article or section may not be appropriate for Wikipedia. ... The incumbent of the Lucasian Chair of Mathematics, the Lucasian Professor is the holder of a mathematical professorship at Cambridge University. ... The University of Cambridge (often Cambridge University), located in Cambridge, England, is the second-oldest university in the English-speaking world and has a reputation as one of the worlds most prestigious universities. ...


Films

Lt. Cmdr. Geordi La Forge assists Data in installing the emotion chip Dr. Soong made for him

In 2371, Data chooses to install the emotion chip he extracted from Lore. Despite initial difficulties in adaptation, Data successfully integrates the emotion chip.[17] He is later able to deactivate the emotion chip at will.[18] Image File history File links DataLaForgeemotionchip. ... Image File history File links DataLaForgeemotionchip. ... Geordi La Forge is a regular character in the television series Star Trek: The Next Generation, played by LeVar Burton. ...


When the Enterprise-E pursues a Borg sphere through a temporal warp to 2063, the Borg Queen takes Data captive and attempts to coerce him into allying with the Borg, reactivating his emotion chip to make Data easier to manipulate. She provides him the ability to feel tactile sensations as humans do by grafting functional organic flesh to portions of his body, and attempts to seduce him sexually. Although Data is tempted by the Queen's manipulations, his apparent actions to aid the Borg are a ruse; his actions are instrumental in averting the Borg's attempt to prevent humanity's first contact with Vulcans and assimilation of humanity in the 21st century.[18] In the Star Trek fictional universe, various Borg starships are observed, all appearing as simple geometric solids with greebled exteriors and being very generalized and decentralized in design. ... This article needs additional references or sources for verification. ... First contact is a term used to describe a first meeting of two previously unknown cultures. ... It has been suggested that Tplana-hath be merged into this article or section. ...


Damage caused by weapons fire on the Ba'ku homeworld leads to Data blacking out and his ethical programming taking control of his actions; as such, he exposes a Federation–Son'a plot to forcibly relocate the Ba'ku in order to collect potentially useful metagenic particles in the planet's rings.[19] This article or section does not adequately cite its references or sources. ... The Sona are a space-faring race in the fictional Star Trek universe. ...

Data holding the head of another "brother", B-4, upon his discovery

Shortly after William Riker and Deanna Troi's wedding, Data discovers a prototype version of himself, whom Dr. Soong had named B-4. Data copies his knowledge and memories to B-4's brain in the hopes that this would help B-4 learn and grow. Shortly thereafter, Data is destroyed while detonating a thalaron beam generator aboard the Reman ship Scimitar[20], saving the lives of the crew of the Enterprise. When Picard attempts to explain to the simple B-4 that Data is dead, B-4 cannot quite grasp it. But then Picard overhears B-4 singing part of a song Data had been singing earlier, suggesting that Data is not necessarily gone forever. (However, it is somewhat unlikely Data will be resurrected in another film, as The Next Generation is likely finished as a franchise for at least the near future, and Spiner has repeatedly said he is aged past the point of believably playing an ageless android.) Image File history File links DataB4hd. ... Image File history File links DataB4hd. ... For other meanings, see B4. ... Captain William Thomas Will Riker is a Star Trek character, played by Jonathan Frakes. ... Commander Deanna Troi, played by actress Marina Sirtis, is a main character in Star Trek: The Next Generation, and the related films which followed. ... For other meanings, see B4. ... In the fictional Star Trek universe, Remans are natives of the planet Remus. ...


Relationships

Data with Spot

Data characterizes his ability to have friends as being based on his "mental pathways" becoming accustomed to certain people's "sensory inputs"; such inputs are "missed" when those people are gone.[21] Data (played by Brent Spiner) with his pet cat Spot in a scene from an episode of Star Trek: The Next Generation. ... Data (played by Brent Spiner) with his pet cat Spot in a scene from an episode of Star Trek: The Next Generation. ... In the television series Star Trek: The Next Generation, Spot is Datas pet cat and a recurring character. ...


Data is best friends with Geordi La Forge. Geordi La Forge is a regular character in the television series Star Trek: The Next Generation, played by LeVar Burton. ...

Data experiencing "sexuality" with the Borg Queen in Star Trek: First Contact

Data briefly has a sexual relationship with Lieutenant Tasha Yar in 2364,[22] and he briefly pursues a romantic relationship with Lieutenant Junior Grade Jenna D'Sora in 2367.[23] In 2373, Data has an intimate encounter with the Borg Queen. Image File history File links DataBorgQueen. ... Image File history File links DataBorgQueen. ... This article is about human sexual perceptions. ... The Unicomplex, a huge Borg complex in the Delta Quadrant. ... Star Trek: First Contact (Paramount Pictures, 1996; see also 1996 in film), is the eighth feature film based on the popular Star Trek science fiction television series. ... Lieutenant is a commissioned rank of the Starfleet in the fictional universe of Star Trek. ... Lieutenant Natasha Yar, played by Denise Crosby, is a Starfleet officer in the fictional Star Trek universe. ... Lieutenant Junior Grade is a commissioned rank of the Starfleet in the fictional universe of Star Trek. ... This article is about the fictional race of aliens. ...


Data had an affinity for other artificial lifeforms, both androids like him and less sophisticated machines like Exocomps.[24] Data also seems to have an affinity with children, becoming close to them in several stories.


Over the years, a strong relationship of loyalty, respect, and trust emerges between Picard and Data. Picard mentors Data in "the human condition", in particular with holodeck recreations of Shakespearean works.[25] A holodeck on the Enterprise-D; the arch and exit are prominent. ... Wikipedia does not yet have an article with this exact name. ...


Although Data has the admiration and respect of his fellow shipmates, there are individuals who question his rights. Bruce Maddox asserted when Data applied to Starfleet Academy that he was not a sentient being, and refers to Data as "it" until the JAG decision (the officer herself had previously declared that Data was a "toaster") that asserted Data's right to make his own decisions.[3] Afterward, Data sent several missives to Maddox to aid in the cyberneticist's ongoing research. Vice Admiral Anthony Haftel tries to separate Data from Lal upon the latter's activation, predicating this desire on refusal to recognize Data as a "parent."[8] During his temporary reassignment during the Klingon Civil War, Data's first officer aboard the Sutherland, Lieutenant Commander Christopher Hobson, requests a transfer because he does not believe an android would make a good commanding officer, although he comes to respect Data's abilities.[12] Vice Admiral is the third highest commissioned Starfleet rank in the Star Trek fictional universe. ... In the Star Trek fictional universe, the Klingon Civil War was the culmination of the power struggle between Gowron and the House of Duras, which continued even after Duras himself was killed at the hands of Lieutenant Worf in 2367. ...


Spot

Spot
Spot as seen in "In Theory"
Species: Felis domesticus
Home planet: Earth

Spot is Data's pet cat and a recurring character in the show. Spot is not actually spotted. Spot appears in several episodes during TNG's last four seasons, first appearing in "Data's Day". Spot also appears in Star Trek: Generations and Star Trek: Nemesis. Image File history File links No higher resolution available. ... In Theory is an episode of the fourth season episode of Star Trek: The Next Generation. ... The hierarchy of scientific classification. ... Trinomial name Felis silvestris catus (Linnaeus, 1758) The cat (or domestic cat, house cat) is a small domesticated carnivorous mammal. ... This article is about Earth as a planet. ... It has been suggested that Residential pets be merged into this article or section. ... Binomial name Felis catus Linnaeus, 1758 Synonyms Felis lybica invalid junior synonym The cat (or domestic cat, house cat) is a small carnivorous mammal. ... Spot can refer to: Look up spot in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ... Datas Day is a fourth season episode of Star Trek: The Next Generation. ... Star Trek: Generations (Paramount Pictures, 1994, see also 1994 in film) is the seventh feature film based on the popular Star Trek science fiction television series. ... Star Trek Nemesis (Paramount Pictures, 2002; see also 2002 in film) is the tenth feature film based on the popular Star Trek science fiction television series. ...


Spot originally appears as a male Somali cat, but later appears as a female orange tabby house cat,[26] eventually giving birth to kittens (TNG: "Genesis"). The authors of the Star Trek Encyclopedia jokingly speculate that these inconsistencies can be explained by the idea that Spot is a shape-shifter or victim of a transporter accident (depending on which edition of the Encyclopedia one reads). The Somali is a long-haired abyssinian. ... Classic domestic longhair tabby Tabby cats are often mistaken as a certain breed of cat. ... Kitten at six weeks. ... Spoiler warning: After a short time off the Enterprise, Captain Picard and Data return to find the ship adrift, and the crew de-evolved. ... The Star Trek Encyclopedia: A Reference Guide to the Future is an encyclopedia of all things related to Star Trek. ... Shapeshifting, transformation or transmogrification refers to a change in the form or shape of a person. ...


Data creates several hundred food supplement variations for Spot and composes "Ode to Spot" in the cat's honor (TNG: "Schisms"). (The poem was actually written by Clay Dale, the visual effects artist.) A computer error later causes some of the ship's food replicators to create only Spot's supplements and replaces portions of a play with the ode's text (TNG: "A Fistful of Datas"). Schisms is an episode of Star Trek: The Next Generation from the sixth season. ... A Fistful of Datas is a sixth-season episode of Star Trek: The Next Generation. ...


In (TNG: "Genesis") the morphogenetic virus "Barclay protomorphosis syndrome" temporarily mutates Spot into an iguana-like reptile. Spoiler warning: After a short time off the Enterprise, Captain Picard and Data return to find the ship adrift, and the crew de-evolved. ... Species Lesser Antillean Iguana, Green Iguana, Iguanas are lizards native to tropical areas of Central and South America and the Caribbean. ...


Spot is notoriously unfriendly to most people other than Data. Commander William Riker once received serious scratches from Spot (TNG: "Timescape"). Geordi La Forge borrowed her to experience taking care of a cat, but she ate some of his shoes and damaged his furniture (TNG: "Force of Nature"). When Data asked Worf to take care of Spot, Worf proved to be allergic to her and sneezed in her face, angering her (TNG: "Phantasms"). However, she did get along with Lieutenant Reginald Barclay, thus when Data had to leave on a mission at the same time Spot's kittens were due, he persuaded Barclay to take care of her (TNG: "Genesis"). Commander is a commissioned Starfleet officer rank in the fictional Star Trek universe. ... Captain William Thomas Will Riker is a Star Trek character, played by Jonathan Frakes. ... “Timescape” is an episode from the sixth season of the television series Star Trek: The Next Generation. ... Geordi La Forge is a regular character in the television series Star Trek: The Next Generation, played by LeVar Burton. ... Force of Nature is a seventh season episode of Star Trek: The Next Generation, first broadcast on November 15, 1993. ... Worf (Klingon: worIv) is a Klingon Starfleet officer in the Star Trek fictional universe. ... This article needs cleanup. ... Phantasms is a seventh-season Star Trek: The Next Generation episode. ... Lieutenant is a commissioned rank of the Starfleet in the fictional universe of Star Trek. ... Lieutenant Reginald Endicott Barclay III is a recurring character in the Star Trek fictional universe, created by Sally Caves and played by Dwight Schultz. ... Spoiler warning: After a short time off the Enterprise, Captain Picard and Data return to find the ship adrift, and the crew de-evolved. ...


After Data died, it was mentioned in Star Trek: Titan that Worf is now taking care of her on board the Enterprise. Worf (Klingon: worIv) is a Klingon Starfleet officer in the Star Trek fictional universe. ...


Specifications

Weighing 100 kilograms,[15] (approximately 220 pounds) Data is composed of 24.6 kg of tripolymer composites, 11.8 kg of molybdenum–cobalt alloys, and 1.3 kg of bioplast sheeting.[9] Data's upper spinal support is a polyalloy designed for extreme stress; his skull is composed of cortenide and duranium.[27] Data was built with an ultimate storage capacity of 800 quadrillion bits (93,132,257.46 gigabytes or 88.82 petabytes). At the onset, Data was constructed with a total linear computational speed rated at 60 trillion floating point operations per second (TFLOPS).[3] However, through bidirectional sequencing (which compensates for signal degradation) and conversion of his main interlink sequencer to asynchronous operation, Data's computational speed was later no longer limited by the physical separation of his positronic links and, thus, became effectively unlimited.[24] This allows for sentient cognition at a time-resolution of at least hundredths of a second. He has stated that, to him, a thought lasting for 0.68 seconds feels like "an eternity".[18] The kilogram or kilogramme (symbol: kg) is the SI base unit of mass. ... The pound (abbreviations: lb or, sometimes in the United States, #) is a unit of mass (called weight in everyday parlance) in a number of different systems, including English units, Imperial units, and United States customary units. ... General Name, Symbol, Number molybdenum, Mo, 42 Chemical series transition metals Group, Period, Block 6, 5, d Appearance gray metallic Standard atomic weight 95. ... For other uses, see Cobalt (disambiguation). ... A gigabyte (derived from the SI prefix giga-) is a unit of information or computer storage equal to 1000³ bytes or 1024³ bytes (1000³ = one billion). ... A petabyte (derived from the SI prefix peta- ) is a unit of information or computer storage equal to one quadrillion bytes. ... Linear algebra is the branch of mathematics concerned with the study of vectors, vector spaces (also called linear spaces), linear maps (also called linear transformations), and systems of linear equations. ... In computing, FLOPS (or flops) is an acronym meaning FLoating point Operations Per Second. ...


Data's storage capacity is at least 17 times that of Google circa 2005, over 93 million iPod Shuffles, 11,904 times more than Wikipedia as of August 2006[28] or approx 20,696,057.21 standard DVDs. After Data's specifications were initially noted on-screen, TNG began referring to fictional quads (and SI prefix derivatives) as the basic units of computer storage capacity. As well, BlueGene/L, the world's fastest supercomputer, has a measured peak computational speed of approximately 280 TFLOPS, almost five times that of Data's initial computational speed. Not to be confused with googol or Barney Google. ... iPod (fifth generation) in Apple Universal Dock, iPod nano (second generation) and iPod shuffle (second generation) iPod is a brand of portable media players designed and marketed by Apple and launched in 2001. ... iPod shuffle is an iPod digital audio player designed and marketed by Apple Inc. ... A quad is a measurement of data size on the science fiction show Star Trek, including kiloquads, gigaquads, and teraquads. ... An SI prefix (also known as a metric prefix) is a name or associated symbol that precedes a unit of measure (or its symbol) to form a decimal multiple or submultiple. ... Blue Gene/L Blue Gene is computer architecture project designed to produce several next generation super computers, operating in the PFLOPS range. ... TOP500 (www. ...


Brent Spiner on Data

Brent Spiner has noted that he has visibly aged out of the role and that it would be implausible for him to continue playing an android whose appearance should not change with time [29] (although the seventh-season episode "Inheritance" establishes that Data has an aging program that can change his appearance). While Spiner has often expressed affection for Data and appreciation for his career within Star Trek, he has also made it quite clear he is ready to move on. Brent Jay Spiner (born February 2, 1949) is an American actor, best known for his portrayal of the android Lieutenant Commander Data in the television and movie series Star Trek: The Next Generation. ... Inheritance is the title of an episode of the television series Star Trek: The Next Generation. ...


Key episodes and milestones

Notable moments in Data's life as shown on screen:

  • "Encounter at Farpoint" – character introduction presented as only artificial lifeform aboard USS Enterprise
  • "The Naked Now" – becomes intoxicated due to a disease passing through the Enterprise; experiences "fully functional" sexuality with Lt. Yar being capable of "multiple techniques"
  • "Datalore" – discovers "evil" brother, Lore, who assumes his place by drugging him into unconsciousness
  • "The Schizoid Man" – meets, and is subsequently taken over by his "grandfather", Ira Graves, to near destruction
  • "The Measure of a Man" – legally declared an individual as opposed to Starfleet property, yet is not named a full sentient being as merely free officer, able to choose not to get disassembled as test subject for his positronic brain
  • "Déjà Q" – first experience of emotion, ripping laughter given by Q, on saving him from getting killed at gis own peril
  • "The Offspring" – creates and loses daughter, Lal, from his own neural net matrix
  • "The Most Toys" – is abducted as collector's item, faces the moral dilemma as to kill him in self-defense or not, lying in contrast to his ethical programming not to harm living beings
  • "The Best of Both Worlds" – intervenes to put the Borg "to sleep" and saves Earth from Borg invasion
  • "Brothers" – finds his creator, Dr. Soong; reunites with Lore, only to see him steal the emotion chip meant for himself
  • "Data's Day" – a day in the life of Data, learns how to dance and tap-dance within seconds by mere observation
  • "Clues" – lies to crew to protect them from death
  • "In Theory" – has romantic and failing relationship with Lt. D'Sora
  • "Redemption, Part II" - first command of a starship, in the face of open prejudice towards his superior android nature
  • "Unification" – meets Spock on Romulus
  • "The Quality of Life" – advocates for sentient "tools" not to be sacrificed against their will
  • "Birthright" – experiences first dreams
  • "Hero Worship" – counsels a recently-orphaned boy who emulates his emotionless nature incapable to feel pain
  • "Descent" – experiences "negative" emotions, reunites with and, afterward, disassembles Lore who controls his free will
  • "Phantasms" – experiences first nightmares
  • "Inheritance" – finds his "mother", Dr. Tainer
  • "Thine Own Self" – loses his memory and gets "killed", by folks he saves at his skills of applied medicine
  • "Masks" - is targeted by several ancient culture entities speaking through him possessing his body and mind
  • Star Trek: Generations – installs emotion chip retrieved from Lore and experiences full scope of joy, crippling fear, and overwhelming guilt
  • Star Trek: First Contact - gets captured by the Borg, experiences true sensual feelings through organic skin grafted onto his endoskeletal structure, gets seduced by the Borg Queen who can switch on his emotion chip at will, destroys her to save Earth from invasion once more
  • Star Trek: Insurrection - exposes plot to relocate the "immortal" Ba'ku after his safety protocols are heavily compromised on getting phasered
  • Star Trek: Nemesis – discovers older brother, B-4, into whom he transfers his own memory engrams, prior to sacrificing himself to save the USS Enterprise and crew from total destruction by Reman ship Scimitar

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See also

Man Vs. ... In the Star Trek fictional universe, the Emergency Medical Hologram or EMH (full name: EMH Program AK-1 Diagnostic and Surgical Subroutine Omega-323) is a holographic program intended to support or replace medical personnel aboard a Starfleet vessel or installation in case of emergency. ... The starship Voyager (NCC-74656), an Intrepid-class starship. ... Porthos is a fictional dog in the Star Trek: Enterprise universe. ...

References

  1. ^ a b In the episode "The Measure of a Man", Data's full name—the sole word—is elaborated upon in an on-screen graphic with the initialisms NFN and NMI: No First Name, No Middle Initial.
  2. ^ In the past timeline scenes in "All Good Things...", Data wears the insignia of a lieutenant junior grade, although Picard addresses him as "Commander."
  3. ^ a b c d e TNG: "The Measure of a Man"
  4. ^ TNG: "Encounter at Farpoint"
  5. ^ TNG: "Unification, Part II"
  6. ^ TNG: "The Child"
  7. ^ Nemeck, Larry (2003). Star Trek: The Next Generation Companion. Pocket Books. ISBN 0-7434-5798-6. 
  8. ^ a b TNG: "The Offspring"
  9. ^ a b TNG: "The Most Toys"
  10. ^ TNG: "The Best of Both Worlds"
  11. ^ TNG: "Brothers"
  12. ^ a b TNG: "Redemption, Part II"
  13. ^ TNG: "Time's Arrow"
  14. ^ TNG: "Descent"
  15. ^ a b TNG: "Inheritance"
  16. ^ TNG: "All Good Things..."
  17. ^ Star Trek: Generations
  18. ^ a b c Star Trek: First Contact
  19. ^ Star Trek: Insurrection
  20. ^ Star Trek: Nemesis
  21. ^ TNG: "Legacy"
  22. ^ TNG: "The Naked Now"
  23. ^ TNG: "In Theory"
  24. ^ a b TNG: "The Quality of Life"
  25. ^ TNG: "The Defector", "Emergence"
  26. ^ Okuda, Michael; Okuda, Denise [1994]. "S", The Star Trek Encyclopedia, Debbie Mirek, Pocket Books, 460. ISBN 0671536095. 
  27. ^ TNG: "The Chase
  28. ^ http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Technical_FAQ#How_big_is_the_database.3F
  29. ^ http://www.comingsoon.net/news/startreknews.php?id=16437

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